Zohran Mamdani once mocked a crying cop. Now he may run the nation’s largest police force.

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(obligatory "posting this because I think it's funny, not because I think it's a good article" disclaimer)

the tweet that they're referring to as "mocking a crying cop": https://x.com/ZohranKMamdani/status/1325134877042290688

someone posted on November 7th 2020 (election night when Biden won)

"I JUST SAW A COP CRYING IN HIS CAR LMAOOOO"

and Zohran quote-tweeted it saying "nature is healing"

they are so desperate to try to find something they can smear him with and have it stick.

Two days after an NYPD officer was fatally gunned down in a mass shooting in Manhattan, Mamdani on Wednesday continued to face criticism for his past statements. While he was on vacation in Uganda — and slow to respond to the shooting — his prior views immediately resurfaced after it became clear NYPD officer Didarul Islam was among those killed.

that shooting left 4 victims dead, plus the shooter, and another 5 injured. they don't even mention that death toll, but they mention twice in the same paragraph that an off-duty NYPD officer was killed.

NYC has a current mayor, Eric Adams. he used to be a cop. is he facing any criticism over this shooting, or his response to it? it's impossible to say! but Mamdani, who was on vacation in Uganda, was slow to respond.

The state lawmaker recounted how he was informed of the shooting at 4 a.m. in Uganda and put out a statement shortly afterward, subsequently speaking with NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch.

was he slow to respond to the shooting because timezones exist and it was the middle of the night in Uganda, or because he hates the police and wants them all to die? Politico is asking the important questions.

Rivalarrival@lemmy.today

8 months ago

One of the other victims was the CEO of Blackstone's real estate investment group. The people who brought you the housing crisis.

t3rmit3@beehaw.org

edited 8 months ago

Yes, the totally accidental and coincidental killing of another CEO of an especially evil corp, but trust us people- Adams and company definitely wouldn't lie about his reasons because they're scared of it being a trend!

HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club

8 months ago

And they aren't reporting this one to near the amount they reported on Luigi initially.

A_norny_mousse@feddit.org

edited 8 months ago

someone posted on November 7th 2020 (election night when Biden won)

“I JUST SAW A COP CRYING IN HIS CAR LMAOOOO”

https://farside.link/x.com/ZohranKMamdani/status/1325134877042290688

So he posted this back then, never got a single reaction to it, and NOW he's getting the most disgusting reactions, and I bet 99.9% of those don't even know the context.

These people are probably proud of being social media savvy but in fact they're the sheer opposite.

And the way Politico is driving the misrepresentation is sickening. Don't ridicule me please (it's hard to keep track of everything) but I thought it was one of the more reasonable outlets.

They are so scared of seeing an actual leftist in power.