Updated — 6:56 p.m. ET
Today the NYPD asked Twitter users to post cute personal photos with NYPD officers.
Do you have a photo w/ a member of the NYPD? Tweet us & tag it #myNYPD. It may be featured on our Facebook.
And for a while it worked pretty well.
@NYPDnews my photo from my ride along with the boys from the 90th pct #myNYPD
People were sharing nice pictures of NYPD officers just hanging out.
@NYPDnews #myNYPD #MyBrother #YankeeStadium
And that was nice... for about an hour...
Making friends @NYPDnews #mynypd ❤️
Until people started filling the #MyNYPD hashtag with photos of alleged police brutality.
Here the #NYPD engages with its community members, changing hearts and minds one baton at a time. #myNYPD
Every white shirt has to get in on the brutality, right @NYPDnews #myNYPD
And it doesn't appear to be slowing down.
@NYPDnews #myNYPD
A lot of Twitter users started finding photos of police officers from any city and tagging them with #myNYPD.
#myNYPD
It turns out Twitter users had more than a few photos of NYPD officers looking less than friendly.
This should be featured on facebook RT @brotherguss #MyNYPD One of my favorites
"And we're going to have to run you over, just for good measure." #myNYPD
And then things got even worse when Occupy Wall Street's Twitter got involved.
Do you have a photo w/ a member of the #NYPD? Tweet us & tag it #myNYPD. It may be featured on their Facebook!
@OccupyWallStNYC #myNYPD keeping me safe by tackling me to the ground, punching me & arresting me (1)
Turns out not everyone is a huge fan of the NYPD.
NYPD crushing a black man's spine. He lost all sensation below his neck from this. #myNYPD
Yours truly. RT @NYPDnews: Do you have a photo w/ a member of the NYPD? Tweet us & tag it #myNYPD.
So, the lesson here? Be careful what you ask for on the internet, I guess.
NO ONE MAKES ME BLEED MY OWN BLOOD. Well, except #myNYPD. They do that a lot.
An officer from Precinct 114 once ticketed me for doing this exact thing on the N train. #myNYPD
The NYPD issued a statement about #myNYPD and said Twitter provides an "open forum."
NYPD issues a statement regarding #myNYPD initiative.