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Punk with rap sheet arrested in NYPD snowball attack — and he’s not a ‘kid’ as Mayor Mamdani insisted
NY Post ^ | 26 February A.D. 2026 | Joe Marino and Amanda Woods

Posted on 02/26/2026 8:42:09 AM PST by lightman

One of the hooligans who allegedly pelted NYPD cops with snowballs in a rowdy free-for-all at Washington Square Park has been unmasked — as a 27-year-old punk who was arrested for attempted robbery just weeks ago, police said.

Gusmane Coulibaly was cuffed on Thursday in connection to the Monday afternoon mayhem that sent two uniformed cops to the hospital, authorities said.

The charges he faces in the snow-slinging case were not immediately known.

The NYPD released an image of Gusmane Coulibaly, who was arrested in connection with pummeling NYPD officers with snowballs earlier this week. DCPI

And it isn’t Coulibaly’s first run-in with the law. The goon was arrested for attempted robbery in the subway less than three weeks ago, police said.

Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch previously described the icy incident as “criminal” and “disgraceful.”

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; US: New York
KEYWORDS: mamdani; nyc; snowball; themagain

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Yup, Yogi...

1 posted on 02/26/2026 8:42:09 AM PST by lightman
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To: lightman

Well, if Mamdani and Alvin Bragg want to call him a “kid in a snowball fight,” he isn’t going to be charged with anything serious. Bragg will probably let him off with a warning. Until NYC votes in a different mayor and a different DA, stuff like this is going to continue to happen.


2 posted on 02/26/2026 8:46:57 AM PST by Opinionated Blowhard (When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.)
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To: lightman
The charges he faces in the snow-slinging case were not immediately known.

I supposed they could start with assault.

3 posted on 02/26/2026 8:54:45 AM PST by Not A Snowbird (Thank you, Lord. Every day. (@FeistyFed on TS) 🐝.)
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To: lightman

The goon was arrested for attempted robbery in the subway less than three weeks ago,


Attempted robbery and he’s out on the streets? How much was his bail?


4 posted on 02/26/2026 8:56:00 AM PST by hanamizu
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To: lightman

OMG!! The CRIMINAL is BLACK!! I AM SHOCKED!


5 posted on 02/26/2026 9:04:54 AM PST by Ann Archy (Abortion.....the HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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whats up with those cops??..if they did that here in Detroit, somebody would be getting a serious ass kicking.


6 posted on 02/26/2026 9:13:10 AM PST by basalt (Y ou new to this??)
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To: Ann Archy

More importantly, his name ain’t exactly of western origin.

Could he be an illegal Alien?


7 posted on 02/26/2026 9:14:06 AM PST by old school
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To: lightman

I had an elderly uncle who was a NY City copy from the late 1940s to the early 1980s

Typical Irish beat cop, born in Brooklyn, lived in Staten Island, rose through the ranks. He passed away 20 years ago. He would be so sad to see what happened to his city.

He was a walking chronicle of the decline and decay of NY City. Even in the worst days of Ed Koch, no one questioned the ability of police to defend themselves. You attacked a cop, you got a beating - and then you went to court and to jail. It was guaranteed instant justice.

It kept the animals in line. Now the policy from the top is purposeful chaos.


8 posted on 02/26/2026 9:15:30 AM PST by PGR88
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To: lightman

We knew they were black when the media described them as “kids” or “teens” and intentionally blurred their pictures.


9 posted on 02/26/2026 9:22:23 AM PST by thegagline (Sic semper tyrannis! Trump & Vance, 2024! (Formerly) Goldwater & Thomas Sowell)
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To: Not A Snowbird

You use the word in the popular sense, but FYI it’s incorrect. If I raise my hand as if to hit somebody, putting the fear into that person is assault. If I hit him, that’s battery. This lowlife should be charged with battery


10 posted on 02/26/2026 9:29:43 AM PST by j.havenfarm (25 years on Free Republic, 12/10/25! More than 12,750 replies and still not shutting up!)
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To: lightman

The bet here is that a foreign born judge, which there are many, will walk the scum bag out and dismiss the charges.


11 posted on 02/26/2026 9:34:51 AM PST by kenmcg (ti hi o)
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To: lightman

New York City?

Charges Dismissed!


12 posted on 02/26/2026 9:40:41 AM PST by Bon of Babble (You Say You Want a Revolution?)
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To: lightman

It’s them again.


13 posted on 02/26/2026 10:06:40 AM PST by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as )
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To: hanamizu

Well if he got nothing, in NYC he was probably released with negative bail.


14 posted on 02/26/2026 10:12:07 AM PST by Mouton (There is a new sheriff and deputy in town now!)
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To: lightman

The last snow the area got was not the fun snowball type snow. It packed hard and heavy like a rock.


15 posted on 02/26/2026 10:14:48 AM PST by Wilderness Conservative (There will be no voting our way out of this mess.)
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To: hanamizu

I guess there are several questions here...like why was he out on the street after an arrest? What are they using in NYC that they call “justice” these days? The perp is not a juvenile at 27 yrs. old. I hope somebody in city administration knows what they’re doing these days, but right now it sure doesn’t look like it. Perhaps there are certain officials that, like this “kid”, have slipped through the cracks. I’d personally have to say that maybe Mayor Mamdani is not capable of running a hot dog stand, let alone a major city. But then I guess it’s true what they say....that you get what you voted for.


16 posted on 02/26/2026 10:21:41 AM PST by oldtech
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To: lightman

Gusmane!
I’m positive his father is pissed and ashamed.


17 posted on 02/26/2026 10:32:17 AM PST by MrBambaLaMamba (עומד לצד ישראל. The only good commie is one that's dead - Country Joe McDonald)
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To: j.havenfarm

Some of the “snowballs” were formed abound rocks.

Aggravated battery at the very least.


18 posted on 02/26/2026 10:32:23 AM PST by lightman (Beat the Philly fraud machine the Amish did onest, ja? Nein, zweimal they did already!)
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he shouldn’t have been out -

“Coulibaly’s last brush with the law came on Feb. 6, when he allegedly stormed up to a straphanger in the Fordham Road station and demanded, “Run everything in your pockets. You don’t want this to get physical,” according to the criminal complaint.

He was arrested and charged with attempted robbery, attempted petit larceny and harassment, the court doc said.”


19 posted on 02/26/2026 12:11:21 PM PST by Baladas
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To: lightman

I saw two white dudes doing the same. They should also be arrested.


20 posted on 02/26/2026 12:13:39 PM PST by Fledermaus ("It turns out all we really needed was a new President!")
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