Crime & Safety
#myNYPD Backfires As Twitter Sounds Off On Police Brutality
The #myNYPD hashtag took Twitter by storm, but not in the way the police department wanted it to.
The NYPD didn't expect such a heated reaction when it asked Twitter users to tweet pictures of themselves with officers with the hashtag #myNYPD. Now the viral trend is encouraging other communities to discuss police brutality.
Check out how it all unfolded.
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