NYPD faces backlash after Twitter campaign goes horribly wrong
On Tuesday afternoon the New York Police Department tweeted from their @NYPDNews account for people to send them photographs with officers. What they hoped for was photos like the one below...
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- What they received was more bad cop than good cop. The hashtag was quickly hijacked by people sharing photographs of police brutality from Occupy Wall Street, stop and frisk, and violent arrests, to videos of unarmed 16-year-olds pinned to the wall.According to the New York Daily News by midnight on Tuesday over 70,000 people had taken to Twitter criticising the NYPD, with #myNYPD overtaking #HappyEarthDay as the top trending hashtag.
May as well throw in my own #myNYPD pic. They didn't like this @OccupyWallStNYC girl chanting, 5 cops needed obvs pic.twitter.com/YQ6BioC3SZ
Homeless, and mentally disabled seek refuge in a synagogue? #MyNYPD my beat you unconscious pic.twitter.com/II3aSxloS6
#MyNYPD One of my favorites pic.twitter.com/UqZiWE2U
A picture I took in Times Square, Feb 2010 of Minnie Mouse getting arrested. #myNYPD pic.twitter.com/7kbuntxBGM
#MyNYPD: Protecting the corporations from the citizens since 1857. pic.twitter.com/el4zUZmpug via @holeinwall13
He just pulled her hair for human rights good measure #myNYPD pic.twitter.com/GmiySEmmMe
how #myNYPD treats 16 year olds who say "no" to being stopped and frisked: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BlwdIOKqYPE … pic.twitter.com/MhyArnHKXK
#myNYPD work for the 1% against the 99%! pic.twitter.com/VeYmZyo1GQ- Other police departments across the US have also been targeting after Twitter users were inspired by #myNYPD, with #myLAPD and #myCPD quickly becoming popular. The trend has even reached across the pond to Europe, and Greece especially where #myELAS shows users sharing photos of heavy-handed Greek police, at protests especially.
Backlash against #myNYPD social media campaign spills over into user-generated #myLAPD hashtag http://on.rt.com/pu5euo pic.twitter.com/J8ggytEdhK
#myCPD beats peaceful protesters, press and even random passersby if they dare challenge the masters. pic.twitter.com/Zd3q4ttqis
Ειδικά εφέ σε ταινία επιστημονικής φαντασίας της #myELAS pic.twitter.com/sNoWkTw3IH
NYPD issues a statement regarding #myNYPD initiative. pic.twitter.com/FNev3yisXd
