CMV: The people throwing snow/ice balls at NYPD officers retreating should be criminally charged

Here's one video of the incident that I'm basing my view on.

Everyone throwing between 1:22 and 1:24 be charged. Officers are walking away with their backs turned, clearly not consenting to being hit.

Everyone throwing between 1:40 and 1:44 should be charged more significantly. Officers are retreating to their vehicle and clearly signaling and telling people to stop.

The person throwing at 1:17 should not necessarily be charged, as the office is facing forward, and the ball hits the torso instead of the face. It may not be obvious that the officer is not participating in the fight. I'm willing to give the thrower the benefit of the doubt here.

Doing this kind of stuff to armed officers is so incredibly stupid and dangerous for everyone. Two officers were injured.

Secondly, I think Mamdani is a fucking disgrace defending violence against the NYPD because he's condoning confusing them with ICE.

"I've said that what I saw was a snowball fight. It should be treated accordingly. It was one that got out of hand. But that's what it was," he said

"Some people were confused, I think because they thought they weren't NYPD, they were ICE, or they were working with ICE."

What I see in this footage is not a snowball fight, but agitators using the situation to attempt to legally assault officers. I believe Mamdani knows this, but is essentially lying in the name of appealing to the public.

I don't think the charges should be particularly punishing, but they need to happen to send a message. I think 60 hours of community service is reasonable. I also don't think this should be a nationally noteworthy story, but Mamdani refusing to call it what it is really makes me question his judgement.