NYPD Captain Reassigned After Comments About Dems, Mayor

A New York police captain's on-duty political rant has abruptly landed him in a quieter post, the New York Times reports. Capt. James G. Wilson, 51, was shifted Tuesday from the No. 2 job at Brooklyn's 94th Precinct to the NYPD's Bronx-based communications division after a video surfaced of him mocking NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani and trashing Democrats, officials said. A department spokesperson said a disciplinary case is underway because officers are barred from expressing partisan views while on duty.

The roughly 40-second clip, posted by activist group @untilfreedom, was recorded Saturday near Wyckoff Heights Medical Center, where protesters confronted ICE agents seeking to remove an immigrant patient, prompting clashes and eight arrests. In the video, Wilson calls Mamdani "expendable," "an embarrassment," and "total nonsense," and later says, per Pix 11, "All Democrats are a waste of human race." His remark about Democrats triggered the disciplinary process, police said. The NYPD has denied coordinating with ICE at the hospital, and Mamdani himself later confirmed that, Bronx News 12 reports. Mamdani's office declined comment on the video; the mayor, once a sharp critic of the police department, has recently tried to reassure skeptical officers while asserting he ultimately controls NYPD policy.