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Zohran Mamdani Avoided Campaigning Against the Police. Will They Work With Him? (theintercept.com)
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To implement his sweeping agenda, Zohran Mamdani will have to navigate the New York Police Department and its influential union.

Archived version: https://archive.is/newest/https://theintercept.com/2025/11/05/zohran-mamdani-mayor-police-reform-nypd/

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[–] tyranical_typhon@lemmings.world 8 points 8 hours ago (3 children)

How is this even a question?

They do their job, or they get fired.

[–] theneverfox@pawb.social 8 points 5 hours ago

The police are a gang. They're the reason why local governments have no money throughout the country, they constantly demand more and more

In New York especially, the police are one of the bigger keys to power. There's like 30k of them, and if they're not kept in line they go feral

The police commissioner can be fired, but the police themselves? They tend to close ranks

[–] blattrules@lemmy.world 8 points 7 hours ago

It’s a valid question; they have a history of not working with mayors they don’t agree with, but yeah anyone who doesn’t want to work with him should be replaced.

[–] Notyou@sopuli.xyz 3 points 7 hours ago

Oh no, but then the police force could go on strike.

I would respond with okay you're fired and we are hiring a lot more people from the inner city to be on the force, but that's just me.