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This NYPD Idea Backfired Horribly On Twitter

This NYPD Idea Backfired Horribly On Twitter
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Editor, HuffPost New York

The New York City Police Department sent out an interesting request on Tuesday, asking followers to send photos of themselves posing proudly with officers using the 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, 2014

An attempt at web-savvy community building? Not enough criminals humble bragging about their crimes on the Internet today? It's unclear, but it's also safe to assume the resulting tweets probably weren't what the NYPD had in mind:

Free 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 pic.twitter.com/yVxLdlrvUX

— Desus Nice (@desusnice) April 22, 2014

Homeless and sleeping in a synagogue? #MyNYPD has an ass kicking answer! #ForShame! pic.twitter.com/9DIL07bYKk

— Doc Rocketﾟﾌﾹ (@DocR0cket) April 22, 2014

#myNYPD Protecting the bike lanes of Manhattan. pic.twitter.com/30Adx3AI40

— Adrian Kinloch (@adriankinloch) April 22, 2014

#mynypd finds so many ways to be a racist threat to people's rights and lives pic.twitter.com/u5Q09Ll9A5

— Joel Reinstein (@pinkopros) April 22, 2014

An officer from Precinct 114 once ticketed me for doing this exact thing on the N train. #myNYPD pic.twitter.com/r5ZbO2f6t4

— Dan Stuckey (@danstuckey) April 22, 2014

#NYPD protect banks and kiks pacific people #Wallstreet Mafia #myNYPD pic.twitter.com/eKiElOg9hI

— HDG (@hdgremix) April 22, 2014

Check out the full hashtag stream here.

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