The Internet Gave The NYPD A Lesson In Interneting

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

A few months ago R Kelly thought it'd be a neat idea if he got fans to ask him questions with the hashtag #AskRKelly. And ask they did, although not in a way he'd presumably anticipated. Enter the NYPD, who in an attempt to get more Twitter followers, asked the internet to send in pics of their police selfies with the hashtag #myNYPD... and so they did.

MT @NYPDnews: Do you have a photo w/ a member of the NYPD? Tweet us & tag it #myNYPD pic.twitter.com/epG5E9cUBF
— DefendedInTheStreets (@KimaniFilm) April 22, 2014

Ok, I've gotta get in on this… #MyNYPD, during the Kimani Gray protests last year. Attacking a woman from @Copwatch pic.twitter.com/klRthdfxIP
— Jenna Pope (@JennaBPope) April 22, 2014

NYPD crushing a black man's spine. He lost all sensation below his neck from this. #myNYPD pic.twitter.com/lhPgo7UNSA
— Scizyr Saj'Xanin (@Scizyr) April 22, 2014

#myNYPD pic.twitter.com/xlWkhrHZ9k
— Rami (@RamiSafadi93) April 22, 2014

If you can't walk, don't worry, the NYPD will carry you. How helpful! #myNYPD pic.twitter.com/XMLDXTAe3i
— Cocky McSwagsalot (@MoreAndAgain) April 22, 2014

Need a lift? The #NYPD's got you! Free Delivery, Only at #myNYPD pic.twitter.com/AStS3ZjoZu
— Occupy Wall Street (@OccupyWallStNYC) April 22, 2014

Want some help with that tan? #myNYPD can help! pic.twitter.com/n9P2O1OfGF
— आनिल् (@guru0509) April 22, 2014

#myNYPD shot 9 innocent bystanders near the Empire State Bldg just to get one guy pic.twitter.com/5e1dZLnri2
— Copwatch (@Copwatch) April 22, 2014

"And we're going to have to run you over, just for good measure." #myNYPD pic.twitter.com/q6JMNAajxb
— Casey Aldridge (@CaseyJAldridge) April 22, 2014

Free Massages from the #NYPD. What does YOUR Police Department offer? Tweet at #MyNYPD pic.twitter.com/IFWr8exuqH
— Occupy Wall Street (@OccupyWallStNYC) April 22, 2014

Yours truly. RT @NYPDnews: Do you have a photo w/ a member of the NYPD? Tweet us & tag it #myNYPD. pic.twitter.com/olAxGgU4Hs
— Justin Wedes (@justinwedes) April 22, 2014

Every white shirt has to get in on the brutality, right @NYPDnews #myNYPD pic.twitter.com/bnXw0y6Uch
— [OAKLAND]ASM (@OLAASM) April 22, 2014

NYPD helping an old lady cross the street. #MyNYPD pic.twitter.com/fz9SKsSPcV
— Anonymous Operations (@YourAnonCentral) April 22, 2014