Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

If Mamdani wins, NYC’s police have no intention of dying in the name of social justice
American Thinker ^ | 29 Jun, 2025 | Andrea Widburg

Posted on 06/30/2025 6:08:03 AM PDT by MtnClimber

Zohran Mamdani, the Marxist-Muslim tapped as the leading candidate to become New York City’s next mayor, does not believe in the police. Instead, he believes in social workers. The police, in turn, do not believe in being handcuffed in their duties and exposed to a high risk of death in a city that no longer allows them to do their jobs. If Mamdani wins, they’re saying, they walk.

In the lead-up to the New York City Democrat mayoral primary, Mamdani was very clear about his desire to rid New York City of the troublesome plague of active policing. Instead, he plans to shift the focus to social workers (which was, as you may recall, one of the promises of the “Defund the Police” movement). Jacobin, the hard left outlet, describes his plan in the most glowing terms:

[His] approach, which emphasizes social services not as a replacement for but a complement to traditional policing, is a departure from the calls to defund or even abolish the police that became prominent on the Left starting in 2020. (Mamdani himself embraced the defund rhetoric at the height of the George Floyd protests but has since rejected it.)

Mamdani’s position is both politically savvy and substantively sensible. Proposals to defund or abolish the police are very unpopular, and understandably so — people reasonably worry that a reduction in police will leave them more vulnerable to violent crimes like theft or assault. Mamdani’s proposal to create a Department of Community Safety addresses the need to address deeper causes of crime like mental health disorders and homelessness without minimizing or dismissing people’s valid concerns about crime. At the same time, while rejecting the rhetorical frames of “defund” or “abolition,” Mamdani has spoken about reducing police overtime and trimming fat

(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...


TOPICS: Society
KEYWORDS: leftism; mamdani; marxist; marxistmuslim; muslim; zohran; zohranmamdani
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-4041-45 next last
To: teeman8r

Warriors, come out to play...


21 posted on 06/30/2025 7:19:55 AM PDT by Resolute Conservative
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 17 | View Replies]

To: qam1

True, think back to the great China flu scam and what the PD did for the government.


22 posted on 06/30/2025 7:20:55 AM PDT by Resolute Conservative
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 19 | View Replies]

To: MtnClimber

They can get jobs in Florida. We especially like our Sheriffs in certain areas, and we support law enforcement and police.

NYC will be fine with expensive college degree Social Workers to prevent violent crime......but you can count me out from visiting anytime soon. I suspect that the Financial markets will move along as well.


23 posted on 06/30/2025 7:35:32 AM PDT by Pete Dovgan
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: PGR88

I GUESS THEY GAVE UP ON BUTTIGIEG?


24 posted on 06/30/2025 7:36:52 AM PDT by Dr. Ursus
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 18 | View Replies]

To: Mastador1

He said 2 percent increase for anyone a million and above. 7.5 total for businesses. I’m not sure that will cause a big departure. But adding in state and federal on top of this may.


25 posted on 06/30/2025 7:44:44 AM PDT by napscoordinator (DeSantis is a beast! Florida is the freest state in the country! )
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 11 | View Replies]

To: MtnClimber

Yeah, the good cops will leave and Mandami will hire his own police force. They will be political enforcers. They will be useless at fighting crime.


26 posted on 06/30/2025 8:01:22 AM PDT by McCarthysGhost
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Mastador1

Side note: He thinks billionaires have no right to exist, until he becomes one as mayor.


27 posted on 06/30/2025 8:06:58 AM PDT by DPMD
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 11 | View Replies]

To: Dr. Ursus

The American voter will not vote for Buttboy


28 posted on 06/30/2025 8:08:59 AM PDT by chopperk
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 24 | View Replies]

To: MtnClimber

Time to enact legislation to prohibit foreign born nationals from holding public office. They cannot assimilate especially muslims, it is drilled into their heads that sharia law should be law of the land


29 posted on 06/30/2025 8:12:56 AM PDT by chopperk
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: MtnClimber

NY Police officers can easily find a job with ICE for the ones who want a Job.
Ice will be hiring a lot of new agents in the near future.


30 posted on 06/30/2025 8:14:24 AM PDT by tennmountainman ( (“Less propaganda would be appreciated.” JimRobr 12-2-2023 DITTO)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: MtnClimber

I hate to break it to folks, but Deep State is totally cool with this.


31 posted on 06/30/2025 8:14:57 AM PDT by mewzilla (Swing away, Mr. President, swing away!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: MtnClimber

Take care in what you wish for - your wish may be granted.

Judging from the amount of magical thinking that is going on, wishes that end up being granted may be a very real phenomenon.

And who knows, Zohran Mamdani may be exactly the right person to make socialism work this time.... (as long as magic is being introduced into the mayoral race).


32 posted on 06/30/2025 8:15:03 AM PDT by alloysteel ( Divergence is not at all the same thing as diversity.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: MtnClimber

Clearly, he has not studied San Francisco.


33 posted on 06/30/2025 8:22:19 AM PDT by fuzzylogic (welfare state = sharing of poor moral choices among everybody)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Red Badger

It seemed like a fanciful idea at the time. Who knew the movie was a prophecy?


34 posted on 06/30/2025 8:44:41 AM PDT by packrat35 (Pureblood! No clot shot for me!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies]

To: packrat35

...and its sequel “Escape from L.A.”..............


35 posted on 06/30/2025 8:45:44 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 34 | View Replies]

To: Mastador1

It’s what they want. Guaranteed power and reelection forever.


36 posted on 06/30/2025 8:45:45 AM PDT by packrat35 (Pureblood! No clot shot for me!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 11 | View Replies]

To: Red Badger

37 posted on 06/30/2025 8:48:29 AM PDT by freedomlover
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies]

To: ClearCase_guy

re: “We can take out the trash just fine if the police just get out of the way.”

styro_pyro (YTuber) showed off a new +200 Watt focused laser that will burn thru metal at distance ... this opens up a whole lot of possibilities.


38 posted on 06/30/2025 9:03:22 AM PDT by _Jim (Trump 2024 (We won!))
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 8 | View Replies]

To: Bon of Babble

SMALL TOWNS & SMALL COUNTIES WOULD BE DELIGHTED TO GET TRAINED OFFICERS.

WE HAVE GREAT DEPUTIES HERE IN LYON COUNTY, NEVADA..
COUNTY SEAT: THEY DO NOT TOLERATE THE IDIOTS...FA-FO works here.

YERINGTON, NEV

27 S MAIN ST. YERINGTON, NEV 89447

DIFFERENCE IN COST OF LIVING?

HOUSE I SOLD IN RURAL N CALIF NOW HAS PROPERTY TAXES AROUND $3600++ AND FIRE INSURANCE OVER $10,000.

MY PROPERTY-—25 miles north of Yerington=
5.63 acres-—house/well/septic/fenced & cross fenced
Property taxes UNDER $1000
Property insurance $901
Power bills around $80 a month

GAS 2 weeks ago= $3.549

NEW HOMES-—around 1650 SQ FT on acre of land going for about $350,000. 1/2 mile from me I bought mine 20 years ago. HOUSE/ LAND/ POWER/ WELL/ SEPTIC for under $150,000. I ADDeD FENCING & GARAGE. PRICES HAVE GONE UP in 20+ years-—BUT IN GENERAL-— CENTRAL LYON COUNTY IS A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE. N LYON COUNTY IS GROWING TERRIBLY FAST-—4 X OVER IN SAME TIME FRAME. MUCH MORE CRIME, ETC.

RED COUNTY-—GOOD SCHOOL SYSTEM-—ALL GRADES ON ONE PARCEL=K-
12. ABOUT 23 MILES SE OF TESLA OPERATIONS ALONG I-80. 35 MILES EAST OF CARSON CITY...STATE CAPITOL

SEARCH REALTOR.COM SILVER SPRINGS,NV 89429

I ADDED EXTENSIVE HORSE FENCING & PADDOCKS & A GARAGE.

VERY GOOD NEIGHBORS. MANY RETIRED MILITARY. FALLON NAVAL AIR BASE 35 MILES EAST.

WILL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS I CAN.


39 posted on 06/30/2025 9:32:57 AM PDT by ridesthemiles (not giving up on TRUMP---EVER)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 15 | View Replies]

To: pburgh01

Don’t underestimate how many white people hate “whiteness” and embrace the alien.


40 posted on 06/30/2025 9:59:38 AM PDT by Organic Panic (Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 4 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-4041-45 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson