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NFL reporter Ed Werder lashed out at New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Tuesday following the politician’s comments about snowballs thrown at New York police officers.
NYPD officers were seen being beaten while walking through Washington Square Park, according to several videos on social media. Officers were responding to a call about a large, disorderly group in the park, an NYPD spokesperson said. Some officers suffered multiple facial lacerations.
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New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani speaks to reporters during a press conference in New York, Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
Mamdani appeared to downplay the incident.
“How anyone wearing a badge stands next to this mayor, much less risks his life for him, is beyond me,” the former ESPN reporter wrote on X.
Werder explained to critics that he always held law enforcement in high regard.
“It doesn’t matter where you live. Treating the police with such disrespect is wrong,” he added.
Mamdani wrote on social media early Tuesday that he saw videos of officers being pelted with snowballs.
NFL reporter Ed Werder at Dallas Cowboys training camp at River Ridge Fields on July 27, 2022. (Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports)
“Officers, like all city workers, have been out in a historic snowstorm, keeping New Yorkers safe and cars moving,” Mamdani wrote in X. “Treat them with respect. If anyone is catching a snowball, it’s me.”
No arrests have been made in the incident.
The Sergeants Benevolent Association (SBA) told Pak Gazette Digital that while “some people” may try to dismiss the incident as “college pranks or harmless kids throwing snowballs,” the deliberate attack on uniformed police officers while carrying out their lawful duties constitutes assault.
“We cannot condemn strongly enough the recent shameful and dangerous attacks on NYPD police officers while responding to a 911 call in Washington Square Park,” SBA President Vincent Vallelong wrote in a statement. “The behavior of the people who threw the snowballs, many of whom were believed to be NYU students, was reckless and illegal, and put the lives and safety of others at risk.”
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Vallelong added that those who threw snow and ice at officers “are crossing[ed] a clear line.”
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