The New York City Police Department transferred a Brooklyn police captain after he was captured on video bad-mouthing Mayor Zohran Mamdani and Democrats, a department spokesperson told the Gothamist.
The officer, Capt. James Wilson, was captured on video criticizing the mayor while on the scene of an anti-immigration enforcement protest in Bushwick on Saturday night. Police responded to demonstrators as they attempted to block immigration authorities from leaving a hospital in the neighborhood.
Wilson was transferred on Monday to the department’s communications division at a 911 call center in the Bronx, an NYPD spokesperson told the news site. Department policy prohibits officers from publicly expressing personal views about a political party while they are on duty, the spokesperson added. His disciplinary process is ongoing, the spokesperson said.
Members of the crowd asked Wilson about his thoughts on Mamdani and the officer responded with disparaging remarks about the mayor.
“He’s nonsense,” Wilson said about Mamdani, according to the video.
“He’s, you know, like temporary,” he said. “Not my boss.”
The footage shows the captain appearing to smile as he speaks with demonstrators. During the exchange, he added: “All Democrats: a waste of human race.”
