You have undoubtedly heard the highlights: Hundreds of 20- and 30-somethings show up for a Twitter fueled snowball fight at 14th and U streets NW in DC on Saturday. All was apparently fun and games until a snowball hit a Hummer driven by an off-duty DC policeman.
He pulled his gun.
Unsurprisingly, many in the geeky crowd had video cameras. Video was quickly posted to YouTube. One tops Bitly.TV right now. (There you can read a live stream of Tweets about it.) The DC police chief just issued this harsh statement:
I have reviewed the video clips and heard from the public. It is very obvious to me that the officer pulled his service weapon in response to the snowballs hitting his vehicle. I have no doubt about this, nor has the officer denied the accusations.
Let me be very clear in stating that I believe the actions of the officer were totally inappropriate! In no way, should he have handled the situation in this manner. We have taken swift action by placing him on non-contact status until all the facts are gathered and discipline is handed down.
Comments anyone? Some snark to get us started, hopefully President Obama will steer clear of this one…