Violence deconstructed: Hysteria over Zohran Mamdani’s crime platform rooted in lie that cops make women safer

Violence deconstructed: Hysteria over Zohran Mamdani’s crime platform rooted in lie that cops make women safer

New York City Councilmember Vickie Paladino, best known for her rabid Islamophobia and calls for white nationalist militia members to attack her own constituents, sank to a new low earlier this month—even for her. The councilmember joined a horrific, right-wing smear campaign targeting a young woman whose partner was killed in front of her two years earlier. Paladino helped spread the lie that the woman didn’t cooperate with law enforcement, and…