The New York Police Department turned what they thought would be a social media blitz into a public relations nightmare with a Twitter hashtag campaign #myNYPD.
The idea was to get residents to take snapshots depicting positive encounters they’d had with New York’s finest and post them on Twitter — the best photos would then be posted on the NYPD’s Facebook page.
Here’s the tweet that started the ball rolling:
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
What they got in response wasn’t at all what they expected. Here’s one from writer/filmmaker Layla Sola:
thanks #mynypd for beating up octogenarian jaywalkers. I feel safer. pic.twitter.com/ihmcmSFRwn
— Layla Sola (@ljsola) April 23, 2014
Oops! Then they started coming in fast and furious:
Cops Got Everyone to Tweet Photos of Police Brutality Thanks to Their Failed #myNYPD Hashtag http://t.co/5b0rlKO5ZO pic.twitter.com/fZxlh5N79l
— VICE (@VICE) April 23, 2014
#MyNYPD : Protecting the corporations from the citizens since 1857. pic.twitter.com/5HxtERXisg
— Occupy Rochester MN (@OccupyRMN) April 22, 2014
Backlash against #myNYPD social media campaign spills over into user-generated #myLAPD hashtag http://t.co/3jKLo0Jh1b pic.twitter.com/UZzCLIw463
— RT America (@RT_America) April 23, 2014
Homeless man is having a seizure. #MyNYPD ease his troubles by shooting his dog http://t.co/hFaFhRQvYs pic.twitter.com/AIZBTvjany
— Up the Rebels (@occbaystreet) April 23, 2014
Happy people stood up today for #myNYPD pic.twitter.com/piDar4Vl2Z
— WeAreChange NYC (@WeAreChangeNYC) April 23, 2014
This one looks fine, until you read the sign they’re standing next to.
Sometimes the jokes write themselves. #S17 #myNYPD pic.twitter.com/Wrp6RGpByZ
— Pancake Witch (@TheRealKeori) April 22, 2014
There were also some favorable ones, like this from writer, blogger and conservative political activist Synnove Bakke, but they were much too few and far between:
.@NYPDnews my friend and I in NYC for event. Thanks for keeping us safe #MyNYPD pic.twitter.com/pajwreiX6F
— Synnove Bakke (@JerzyLuv2A) April 23, 2014
Conclusion? They should have seen this one coming. Some genius just didn’t think this one through.
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