Accused snowball slinger insists he was ‘having fun with the second’ — as he shamelessly promoted his YouTube account

The man accused of throwing icy snowballs at New York’s Finest instructed The Post on Friday that he was simply a part of a crowd “enjoying the moment’’ that day  — as he shamelessly promoted his YouTube account and gave a “shoutout” to Mayor Zohran Mamdani.

“It was meant to be enjoyable, that’s all,’’ stated suspect Gusmane Coulibaly, a Bronx 27-year-old who goes by “Diaperman’’ whereas supposedly pulling pranks, recording them and posting them on the platform.

“People of all ages had been there simply having fun with the second,’’ stated Coulibaly of the incident — which despatched two cops to the hospital throughout the social-media-touted snowball battle Monday that drew tons of of individuals to  Washington Square Park.

“Fun doesn’t have an age restrict. I’m 27, however that doesn’t imply I can’t take pleasure in life,’’ he wrote throughout the trade with The Post on Instagram.

His no “age restrict’’ remark was apparently a nod to Mamdani’s now-infamous protection of the snowball-fight members as simply “youngsters’’ having enjoyable.

“There had been folks older than me there too. It wasn’t about age — it was about being outdoors and having a very good time,’’ Coulibaly stated.

“I came with the mindset that we’d have fun and go home. That’s it,” Coulibaly wrote.

“And film for my channel on YouTube: lifeofdiaper,” he added — getting within the plug for himself, together with by providing the day and time he streams.

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Asked whether or not he was conscious cops had been injured, Coulibaly replied, “I’m not going to talk on particular particulars as a result of the case remains to be ongoing.

“What I’ll say is, I by no means wished anybody to get damage. That was by no means the intention. I got here with the mindset of getting enjoyable and going dwelling, like everybody else,’’ Coulibaly stated.

The suspect had been picked up earlier this month for allegedly harassing and making an attempt to rob a straphanger.

In Monday’s incident, Coulibaly was initially charged with assault on a cop, in addition to obstruction of governmental administration and disorderly conduct.

The cop-assault rap was then tossed by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, whose workplace claimed it didn’t have sufficient proof to assist the cost as a result of it couldn’t show Coulibaly’s actions may very well be tied to essentially the most significantly damage officer’s accidents.

The DA’s workplace ended up selecting lesser expenses of harassment and the government-obstruction rap.

Coulibaly was launched from custody to await his subsequent court docket listening to.

Both Mamdani and Bragg have been blasted as town’s “Axis of Anarchy’’ over their dealing with of the troubling incident.

NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch has referred to as the pelting of the cops “legal’’ and vowed to guard her ranks.