A huge mob of rowdy winter warriors descended on a Manhattan park on Monday afternoon — throwing snowballs in a chaotic scene and tormenting cops, according to authorities and witnesses.
The snow day revelry inside Washington Square Park got out of hand shortly after 4 p.m. and police were called to respond to the ruckus, according to the NYPD.
Cops found a large group throwing snowballs and observed pure pandemonium as hundreds of people launched frozen projectiles at each other and oncoming traffic, according to police and witnessed by The Post.
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