NYPD's Feel-Good Twitter Attempt Goes Awry

Photo contest backfires

The New York Police Department's social media staffers were probably sick of the occasional negative imagery of NYC's Finest on Twitter, so they thought they'd turn the idea on its head today with the tweet seen below.

Bad idea. And really, given the often sociopolitical nature of social media, what did they expect?

Twitter users pounced on the opportunity to tweet any ugly image involving Gotham's police they could find.

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