Societal collapse happens the way Hemingway described bankruptcy: gradually, then suddenly. Only 23 years ago, Islamic terrorists killed 3,000 while destroying the World Trade Center. The police responded heroically and were accorded appropriate respect. Here is the respect accorded the NYPD now that the city is run by moonbats who grovel before Islam and the streets are controlled by left-wing militants who rally in support of Muslim terror atrocities:

This occurred Monday at the outrageously overpriced daycare center for spoilt liberal brats known as New York University.

The New York Post reports:

The viral video, shared on X, shows NYPD Assistant Chief James McCarthy and his officers being chased and surrounded by protestors Monday night while trying to get inside the NYU Catholic Center after arresting one of them.

The police were attempting to seek shelter from the lawless mob.

Background:

The students had created their own “tent city” in solidarity with the sprawling encampment set up at Columbia University, with NYU students demanding their own school divest holdings tied to Israel over the war in Gaza.

The “war in Gaza” is a reference to Israel’s attempts to defend itself following the worst terror atrocities since 9/11. More on the appalling spectacle at Ivy League Columbia here.

During Monday night’s clash with police, some protesters pelted NYPD officers with bottles as they worked to clear the encampment, with one demonstrator hitting a cop in the head with a chair, the NYPD said.

This isn’t the first time since 10/7 that a pro-Hamas mob has demonstrated its contempt for the increasingly irrelevant NYPD.

As goes a nation’s first city, so will go the whole country. We are running out of time to change course dramatically.

On a tip from seaoh.