NYPD Gonna Be a Lonely Place If Mamdani Wins Says NYC Cops

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...Multiple officers tell me they’re already preparing for early retirement, and many others are considering walking off the job. “We’re barely holding the line as it is,” one veteran officer said. “If Mandari wins, I’m gone — and so are a lot of others. We’re not sticking around to watch this place burn.” 

Officers are deeply alarmed by Mandari’s agenda, which they say includes plans to defund the police and replace cops with social workers and unarmed “community response” teams. “It’s a fantasy,” one cop told me. “You’re gonna send social workers into violent situations? That’s how people get killed. And the truth is, some of these so-called outreach workers from past programs turned out to be criminals themselves, cutting deals with street hustlers.” 

But what really has officers on edge is Mandari’s alleged softness on extremist protest groups. “You see all these anarchist groups posing as protesters, smashing up property, starting fights, blocking traffic?” one officer said. “Right now, we sometimes get told to ‘take it easy’ or ‘stand down’ — but with Mandari, it’ll be a permanent order. We’ll be told not to touch them at all. He’ll let them run wild and take over the streets.”...

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