Dermot Shea slams Washington Square Park mayhem as ‘abhorrent behavior’

Police Commissioner Dermot Shea on Tuesday slammed the mayhem and violence overrunning Washington Square Park as “abhorrent behavior” that shouldn’t be acceptable anywhere — and is “going to have to be dealt with.” 

The top cop made the comments on NY1 after a weekend of pandemonium at the green space, in which two people were knifed, a man was robbed, and a cook was assaulted at a nearby diner. Anti-police rhetoric, including “Cops Kill,” was also scrawled along the park’s iconic arch.