Mamdani Explains to CNN’s Anderson Cooper Why He Said the IDF Had Laced the NYPD’s Boots
Mamdani defends concerns over NYPD-IDF training amid mayoral campaign while apologizing for some remarks and maintaining criticism of Israel's Gaza actions.
- On Tuesday, Zohran Mamdani responded to a widely shared clip where he said `We have to make clear that when the boot of the NYPD is on your neck, it's been laced by the IDF`, addressing his past statements on policing and Israel.
- From a Democratic Socialists of America convention, Mamdani said the line referred to training exercises between the NYPD and the Israel Defense Forces, which he described as a concern.
- Seeking to reassure voters concerned about public safety, Zohran Mamdani apologized for past remarks calling police racist and wicked, vowed to fight antisemitism for New York's Jewish voters, and said he would work with the NYPD across the five boroughs, retaining NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch.
- The clip became the latest moment forcing Mamdani to answer for past criticisms during the mayoral campaign and angered parts of New York's Jewish community.
- Broader debate focuses on the NYPD's International Liaison Program, which critics say expanded for years with little oversight after 9/11, stations detectives in more than a dozen countries.
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Mamdani: Saying NYPD Boot 'On Your Neck' 'Laced by the IDF' Was 'Reference to Training Exercises', Don't Think They're Still Hand in Glove
During an interview aired on Thursday's broadcast of CNN's "AC360," New York City mayoral candidate Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani (D) said that his remarks
Mamdani explains to CNN’s Anderson Cooper why he said the IDF had laced the NYPD’s boots
Zohran Mamdani on Tuesday responded to a widely shared 2023 clip in which he suggested that the New York Police Department and Israeli army were linked in oppression, the latest example of the Democratic mayoral nominee facing questions about his past record of anti-police and anti-Israel statements.
Mamdani Under Fire for Claiming NYPD and Israel Are Linked in ‘Conspiracy’ Over Police Brutality
New York Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani is facing renewed scrutiny after a resurfaced video from 2023 showed him suggesting that the New York Police Department (NYPD) and Israel Defense Forces (IDF) are connected through a “conspiracy” tied to police brutality in the United States, as reported by The Western Journal. The remarks, first reported by The New York Post, came during a panel at the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) national conventio…
Mamdani in 2023 – ‘The boot of the NYPD is laced with the IDF’
Zohran Mamdani: "We have to make clear that when the boot of the NYPD is on your neck, it's been laced by the IDF."2021. Zohran Mamdani claims that the NYPD and IDF work together to oppress marginalized people wherever they may be. Mamdani also says that even though running for office "legitimizes the state," he got into politics to fight the apartheid from the inside....
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