The New York Police Department is pretty well known around the country, yet because of this story, they've now become well-known around the world, for the wrong reason.
See, they have a presence on social media, and have noticed that many New Yorkers and tourists have taken pictures with officers and decided to take this to their advantage, by creating a hashtag and campaign by asking denizens of New York and tourists to send pictures of themselves with police officers (you know, should-to-shoulder, smiling, enjoying not being tasered or pistol-whipped) and tweet them with this hashtag: "#myNYPD".
Do you have a photo w/ a member of the NYPD? Tweet us & tag it #myNYPD. It may be featured on our Facebook. pic.twitter.com/mE2c3oSmm6
— NYPD NEWS (@NYPDnews) April 22, 2014This happened the other night. This would seem to work, right? WRONG.
Apparently, people took this some other way by posting pictures of random people being beaten and arrested by police officers and use the hashtag alongside them! Some of them aren't even the NYPD! They're just random police officers from somewhere in the world! Because of this, #myNYPD has become the #1 trending topic in the WORLD! Mind you, this happened LAST. NIGHT. Here are some example straight from Twitter:
Need a lift? The #NYPD's got you! Free Delivery, Only at #myNYPD pic.twitter.com/AStS3ZjoZu
— Occupy Wall Street (@OccupyWallStNYC) April 22, 2014The #NYPD will also help you de-tangle your hair. #myNYPD pic.twitter.com/nrngQ1bOWv
— Cocky McSwagsalot (@MoreAndAgain) April 22, 2014#myNYPD cares about noise control, so they'll shoot a homeless man's dog while he's having a seizure #NYPD pic.twitter.com/0N7KQqFhzX
— Dana Michelle A (@sagesurge) April 23, 2014Free Massages from the #NYPD. What does YOUR Police Department offer? Tweet at #MyNYPD pic.twitter.com/IFWr8exuqH
— Occupy Wall Street (@OccupyWallStNYC) April 22, 2014#myNYPD feature this on Facebook, swine! @NYPDnews pic.twitter.com/kvJSkiL7a8
— [OAKLAND]ASM (@OLAASM) April 22, 2014You might not have known this, but the NYPD can help you with that kink in your neck. #myNYPD pic.twitter.com/NTfCZstunT
— Bardock Obama (@TheBardockObama) April 23, 2014#myNYPD Keeping us safe from 'bad dogs' pic.twitter.com/DONJjfyPZc
— Illuminated Slave (@LuminatedSlave) April 23, 2014I could put so many here; they're just too rich.
I'm sorry, but I just find this hilarious. How some random people take pictures of busts and arrests by police officers and embarrass the NYPD in the same breadth just makes me laugh hard. As sad as the pictures are in context, the tweets, along with the situation, make them worthy of Conan or Arsenio or @midnight or The Daily Show or anything else on Comedy Central. Although the NYPD will not stop with the SoMed presence, they need to rethink the "show us how much you love us on social media" thing. This is a huge black eye for them, and a huge belly laugh for us.
I'll end this one with this: The people who made these tweets with the pictures and the humor and side-splitting and the [stammer] (Jerry Lewis joke)--well, they won the Internet yesterday.
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