just have the nypd brick his car or whatever, do a traffic stop and make him do all the bs things until he fails and then kill him for wasting cop time.

critical support for police brutality in this single case

[–] Hestia@hexbear.net 24 points 2 days ago

stop resisting

[–] MarxMadness@hexbear.net 11 points 2 days ago (2 children)

just have the nypd

Legalities aside, the NYPD will almost certainly not "just" do it. Getting the cops to arrest a sitting head of state that many are probably sympathetic to, in an action that would probably require getting in a gunfight with his security, is what's most challenging here.

[–] Beaver@hexbear.net 19 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I'm a little surprised at people in this thread implying a level of political leverage over the NYPD that he obviously doesn't have yet. Mamdani is clearly having to tip-toe around this semi-independent paramilitary operating in the city.

[–] AssortedBiscuits@hexbear.net 3 points 2 days ago

Not remotely surprising. We are in /c/electoralism after all.

[–] GenderIsOpSec@hexbear.net 6 points 2 days ago

I was making a joke hence 'the critical support for police brutality' in there. As a serious statement, yeah, the NYPD is a legal gang that needs to be purged somehow.

[–] RedWizard@hexbear.net 8 points 2 days ago (2 children)

This would require a complete purge of the upper brass of the NYPD and replacement with ideologically aligned cadre who can enforce these orders and weed out the rank and file who will not abide. The head of the NYPD is a fucking billionaire heiress, for god sake.

[–] SkingradGuard@hexbear.net 7 points 2 days ago

Yeah, all American cops are blood thirsty fascists, they'd sooner kill Mamdani than actually do something good in their pathetic lives.

[–] Le_Wokisme@hexbear.net 5 points 2 days ago

This would require a complete purge of the upper brass of the NYPD and replacement with ideologically aligned cadre

we wanted him to do this before he was inaugurated somehow, and we're constantly pissy he hasn't.