NOTE TO STUDENTS: Watch the videos under “Resources” below before answering the questions.

1. What happened to multiple NYC police officers during a planned public snowball fight in Washington Square Park in Manhattan on Monday?

2. What call were the police responding to when they were targeted with a continuous barrage of snowballs and chunks of snow and ice?

3. How did democratic-socialist Mayor Zohran Mamdani describe the attack on the officers?

4. How do police officials describe the incident?

5. Watch the videos under "Resources" below.
a) What do you think? Do you agree with the mayor or with police officials? Explain your answer.
b) Ask a parent the same question.

6. One reader noted that it was not a snowball fight as it was one-sided. Another noted that the officers shouldn't have been "grouchy" and instead should have participated in the snowball fight. What do you think?

7. Commenting on Mayor Mamdani's response to the attack on the police officers, an x user wrote: "If you can’t even condemn people assaulting cops in broad daylight, you have no business running this city."
Despite the fact that two officers were injured, the mayor said that he does not believe anyone should be charged in the incident.
Do you agree or disagree? Explain your answer.