Leadership means drawing clear lines about what we will normalize and what we will not.
That is why I must speak out against the incident yesterday in Washington Square Park that shows a group throwing snowballs at NYPD officers, leaving some with facial lacerations. That conduct is unacceptable.
Our officers stand in the cold, in difficult conditions, often facing hostility, to keep New Yorkers safe. They are public servants, not props for entertainment or targets for spectacle.
What occurred reflects a troubling mindset that treats human beings in uniform as objects rather than as people deserving of basic respect and dignity.
A great city is built on mutual respect. When we normalize behavior that dehumanizes others, we erode the social fabric that binds us together.
We can, and must, do better than this.
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