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NYPD Transfers Captain After Video Shows On-Duty Partisan Remarks Targeting Mamdani and Democrats

The shake-up signals tighter enforcement of rules on political speech by uniformed officers.

Overview

  • Captain James G. Wilson was recorded Saturday night at an anti-ICE protest outside Wyckoff Medical Center in Bushwick criticizing Mayor Zohran Mamdani and calling all Democrats a "waste of human race."
  • The NYPD reassigned Wilson after the clip posted by the account @untilfreedom spread online.
  • He was moved from his role as executive officer of the 94th Precinct in Brooklyn to the Communications Division, which includes the 911 call center in the Bronx.
  • The department says a disciplinary process is underway under rules that bar on-duty officers from publicly sharing views about a political party or candidate.
  • Wilson was on duty as police managed protests over ICE’s detention of Chidozie Wilson Okeke, a case that put protest policing and officer neutrality under fresh scrutiny.