NYPD transfers Brooklyn captain after video criticizing Mayor Mamdani
The department says James Wilson was reassigned to a Bronx 911 center and faces discipline after comments that violated on-duty political neutrality rules.
- On Monday, the NYPD transferred Captain James Wilson to the Bronx Communications Division after a video surfaced showing him in uniform criticizing Mayor Zohran Mamdani and Democrats while on duty.
- Some 200 protesters gathered Saturday night outside Wyckoff Heights Medical Center to demonstrate against the detention of Chidozie Wilson Okeke by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents.
- Calling the mayor "an embarrassment" and "total nonsense," Wilson insisted Mamdani was "not my mayor" and labeled Democrats a "waste of human race," violating department policy prohibiting political speech while on duty.
- Wilson, a 20-year veteran recently promoted to captain in April, now faces an ongoing departmental disciplinary investigation for the remarks made while serving as executive officer of Brooklyn's 94th Precinct.
- Mayor Mamdani denied involvement in the transfer decision despite tensions over his past anti-police rhetoric, while retired NYPD Chief of Detectives Bob Boyce criticized Wilson for using his uniform to express political views.
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