Posted on 05/06/2026 2:43:30 PM PDT by DFG
A blunt NYPD captain who badmouthed Zohran Mamdani as “expendable” and “not my mayor” in a viral video has been transferred out of the spotlight, officials said.
Capt. James G. Wilson, 51, was shipped from the 94th Precinct — where he served as the second-highest officer for the station house covering Greenpoint — to the NYPD’s 911 call center in the Bronx, according to officials.
The transfer came after Wilson was captured on video blithely bashing Mamdani during a heated weekend protest outside a Bushwick hospital. He’s also facing potential discipline for flouting a prohibition on cops expressing political views while on duty, officials said.
“He’s expendable, he’s temporary,” Wilson said in the video, as protesters egg him on by pointing out Mamdani is his boss.
“Nah, he’s total nonsense. He’s an embarrassment and total nonsense,” Wilson scoffs, cracking a smile. “Not my mayor.”
A still-smiling Wilson later in the clip goes on to diss all Democrats as “waste of human race.”
The video emerged as one of several controversies swirling around the chaotic late May 2 demonstration outside Wyckoff Heights Medical Center, where anti-ICE protesters got wind that immigration agents had taken an illegal Nigerian migrant for medical attention.
Many of Mamdani’s lefty supporters accused the NYPD of illegally aiding ICE at the hospital — an assertion that the mayor denied.
Wilson was apparently among the cops deployed to handle the protest, where the video showed him sparring with agitators over politics.
He had recently transferred to the 94th Precinct in April, records show. He joined the NYPD in July 2006, meaning he’s nearing 20 years with the force and potential retirement.
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NYC is circling the drain. This will be fun to watch.
I’m of two minds about this. A police captain should know better than bad-mouthing the mayor in public while in uniform.
But on the other hand, maybe he’s already put in his retirement paperwork, is ‘short’, and a transfer to a 911 call center a great way to safely end his LEO career.
If I were a younger NYPD cop, I’d be seriously looking for a law enforcement job elsewhere. Because things aren’t going to get any better there.
And if I were an older NYPD cop, I’d try to hang on until retirement. A call center assignment would sound mighty good.
He's a captain so I don't think they can fire him for this. At worst demote him. And I think he knew exactly what he was doing.
He had recently transferred to the 94th Precinct in April, records show. He joined the NYPD in July 2006, meaning he’s nearing 20 years with the force and potential retirement.
He's a bit short of retirement.
Only the beginning, I’d say, of NYC firefighters and police leaving.
Yes, should be fun to watch.
“All Democrats. Waste of human race.”
Hahahahaha
Haha! Blue-gray Gnatcatchers always seem to be angry about something.
He’s a bit short of retirement.
How so? He’ll hit his 20 years in less than three months and can retire with full benefits.
:) Yep-
He’s not in the slightest bit concerned, the union will absolutely have his back on this. As a retired Engineer, I’m not a huge fan of unions per se, but in some occupations it makes sense.
Demoncrats believe in freedom of speech if it’s THEIR speech.
If you do not agree with THEIR speech, you are called HITLER, CANNED or SHOT.
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