If Mamdani wins, NYC’s police have no intention of dying in the name of social justice By Andrea Wid

[mystery-ak]

June 29, 2025
If Mamdani wins, NYC’s police have no intention of dying in the name of social justice
By Andrea Widburg

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 by, for instance, cutting the New York Police Department’s $80 million communications budget.

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https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/06/if_mamdani_wins_nyc_s_police_have_no_intention_of_dying_in_the_name_of_social_justice.html

[catfish1957]

If he wins, there will be mass exodus of not only police, but 50-75% of their Tax Base, 

I used to be more sympatetic, but in the case of NYC, I really don't care.  If  they elect him?  They can deal with him

[mystery-ak]

June 29, 2025
We’ve talked about Zohran Mamdani’s leftism; let’s talk about his Islamism now
By Andrea Widburg

Zohran Mamdani, the Democrat party’s candidate for mayor of New York, has attracted attention for the fact that he’s a hardcore communist. However, his religious beliefs deserve some attention, too.

First, there’s the fact that he’s a Shia Muslim who is affiliated with the Twelver Branch that drives the Iranian mullahs. Back in 2006, the late Bernard Lewis wrote about this ideology when he explained why the mullahs are not necessarily amenable to the doctrine of mutually assured destruction:

    In Islam, as in Judaism and Christianity, there are certain beliefs concerning the cosmic struggle at the end of time -- Gog and Magog, anti-Christ, Armageddon, and for Shiite Muslims, the long awaited return of the Hidden Imam, ending in the final victory of the forces of good over evil, however these may be defined.

    [snip]

    A passage from the Ayatollah Khomeini, quoted in an 11th-grade Iranian schoolbook, is revealing. “I am decisively announcing to the whole world that if the world-devourers [i.e., the infidel powers] wish to stand against our religion, we will stand against their whole world and will not cease until the annihilation of all them. Either we all become free, or we will go to the greater freedom which is martyrdom. Either we shake one another's hands in joy at the victory of Islam in the world, or all of us will turn to eternal life and martyrdom. In both cases, victory and success are ours.”

The Twelvers don’t fear Armageddon; they embrace it.

It’s unclear how fervent Mamdani’s beliefs are, especially given his Marxism. He may be an atheist who just lays claim to that identity for political advancement. Or he could be a true believer practicing Taqiya (dissimulation) against the West. Or, perhaps, he occupies a middle ground where he doesn’t believe in a fiery nuclear Armageddon. Simply bringing down the West from within may be enough.

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https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/06/we_ve_talked_about_zohran_mamdani_s_leftism_let_s_talk_about_his_islamism_now.html

[catfish1957]

Hard to believe, but 9-11 was almost 25 years ago. 

That mean close to a 1/3 to 1/2  (<40) of the electorate probably doesn't have much remembrance or interest in the event..

[cato potatoe]

The dems have nominated a fringe candidate whose views aren't particularly fringe in NYC.  Adams or Cuomo may pull enough votes to win as minor party candidates, but not if both of them are on the ballot along with republican Curtis Silwa.  Assuming Silwa remains, he will probably win most of Staten Island, southern Brooklyn, and assorted enclaves in Queens.  So Adams or Cuomo would need to rack up votes among the elderly and blacks.