The NYPD's been getting some bad press (and sweet overtime pay) of late, particularly after last week's grand jury failure to indict the cop who killed unarmed Staten Island man Eric Garner. One group of cop enthusiasts feels bad for these beleaguered officers, so they've gone ahead and planned a pro-cop rally outside City Hall on Friday, December 19th, complete with the accompanying hashtag, #ThankyouNYPD. And, since Twitter history is doomed to repeat itself, there's been some online backlash.

Prediction: This hashtag is going to be great. pic.twitter.com/1cwgmulT1v — Matt Yglesias (@mattyglesias) December 11, 2014

#ThankYouNYPD for denying that my roommate had been arrested while you were holding him in a jail cell. — Elion Caplan (@elioncaplan) December 11, 2014

#ThankYouNYPD for protecting our rights to privacy by going to #NJ to spy on muslims. Isn't progress great? — RadikalTourGuide-NYC (@thepellareport) December 11, 2014

#ThankYouNYPD for the chance to educate thousands of people on your history of systemic racism and violence. pic.twitter.com/G0wEDkbFV8 — The People's Library (@OWSLibrary) December 11, 2014

#ThankYouNYPD for beating many of my friends from Occupy so badly they now have seizure disorders. — Cassandra Complex (@bombecerise) December 11, 2014

#ThankYouNYPD for your consistently ethical conduct and dedication to equal justice under the law! pic.twitter.com/5S6V08LtX7 — Emily Robinson (@See_Em_Play) December 11, 2014

#ThankYouNYPD for frisking my 12yo brother & his classmates on their way home from JHS #BlackLivesMatter — Chelle (@divatweetypie) December 11, 2014

Though the rally's official Facebook event was initially canceled—per a statement on the Thank you NYPD group's page, "SOMEONE IS TRYING TO SHUT US DOWN BY HARASSING PEOPLE. WE ARE NOT WEAK. WE DO NOT LIVE IN FEAR. WE HAVE SURVIVED 9/11, WE WILL SURVIVE LITTLE BULLIES AND THEIR MEANINGLESS WORDS. IT'S STILL ON. KEEP SPREADING THE WORD"—it's still planned for December 19th at 5 p.m., outside City Hall. Hooray.

