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Socialist Zohran Mamdani once questioned ‘purpose’ of prisons, jails — raising alarm bells: ‘It’s scary’
NY Post ^ | 7/18/25 | Craig McCarthy, Larry Celona, David Propper

Posted on 07/18/2025 2:29:03 PM PDT by Libloather

Lefty mayoral front-runner Zohran Mamdani once questioned the “purpose” of jails and prisons — setting off alarm bells among law enforcement officers who blasted the comments as “out of touch” and dangerous Friday.

The Queens socialist, who easily won the Democratic primary last month, made the eyebrow-raising remark when he was running for his current state Assembly seat nearly five years ago.

“I think that frankly, I mean, what purpose do they serve, right?” Mamdani said when asked by a co-host of “The Far Left Show” in August 2020 if prisons were obsolete.

“I think we have to ask ourselves that … I think a lot of people who defend the carceral state, that defend the idea of it and the way it makes them feel, they’re not defending the reality of it and the practices that are part and parcel of it,” he continued.

“Because if you actually break it down … how many people come out the prison system better than they went into the prison system?”

The clip — which resurfaced on social media this week after being shared by the “End Wokeness” account and shared widely in conservative circles — sparked outrage in the law enforcement community.

“It’s scary that a mayoral candidate could be this out of touch with the realities of living in communities that have historically experienced violence and crime,” one source said. “Sounds like he will change his tune once he realizes how unhinged that sounds in the real world.”

Another law enforcement source ripped Mamdani’s comments as “luxury beliefs” with potential dire consequences that the 33-year-old Democratic nominee and his supporters won’t want to face.

“It’s the poor neighborhoods that the stalker, domestic abuser, and shooting recidivist will return [to],” the source argued.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Conspiracy; History; Local News
KEYWORDS: jails; mamdani; prisons; socialist

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1 posted on 07/18/2025 2:29:03 PM PDT by Libloather
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To: Libloather
I have a moderate animus against NYC.

I may send “Zohran Mamdani” (that is actually his name) $5.00 in hopes he wins the contest.

If he does win that should just about end the city and its malevolent influence.

2 posted on 07/18/2025 2:33:57 PM PDT by jeffersondem
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To: Libloather

If the legal system won’t protect the community, eventually the community will protect the community. There’ll be a lot of harm done to innocent people before that point is reached.


3 posted on 07/18/2025 2:41:29 PM PDT by HartleyMBaldwin
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To: Libloather

New York City will soon be renamed New Moscow City!


4 posted on 07/18/2025 2:41:58 PM PDT by airborne (Thank you Rush for helping me find FreeRepublic! )
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To: airborne

Mecca West


5 posted on 07/18/2025 2:43:54 PM PDT by al baby (Whoopie Cushion Goldberg )
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To: Libloather

Mamdani is totally insane . if he wins he crown himself Supreme Leader of NYC and claim everything


6 posted on 07/18/2025 2:49:42 PM PDT by butlerweave
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To: Libloather

Help him win and Republicans will have a huge advantage in House and Senate.


7 posted on 07/18/2025 2:54:25 PM PDT by Mark (DONATE ONCE every 3 months-is that a big deal?)
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To: Libloather

He will let robbers, murderers and rapists out of jail; he will cut the police force, take money from Whitey, seize private property, take over the means of production, seize savings.

But he and the other ruling elites will live high off the hog while they watch bearded savages rape blond women.


8 posted on 07/18/2025 4:26:09 PM PDT by I want the USA back (America is once again GREAT! )
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To: I want the USA back

Democratic rep claims Mamdani isn’t a socialist but an ‘advocate’ for capitalism

https://www.foxnews.com/media/democratic-rep-claims-mamdani-isnt-socialist-advocate-capitalism


9 posted on 07/18/2025 4:29:10 PM PDT by Libloather (Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
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10 posted on 07/18/2025 4:30:17 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: Libloather

If they keep pumping out this Mamdani stuff, he’s going to win with 110% of the registered voters in NYC.


11 posted on 07/18/2025 4:46:34 PM PDT by Sir Bangaz Cracka (Poor 'lil Travon bees slamming dat white cracka'a head into dat sidewalk causin he be scared)
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To: Libloather
"Thank God we have penitentiaries!"

Richard Pryor: PRISON

12 posted on 07/18/2025 6:18:43 PM PDT by CtBigPat (Epstein's client list did not kill itself.)
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