""Absolutely, I'll apologize to police officers right here," Mamdani said, "because this is the apology that I've been sharing with many rank-and-file officers. I apologize because of the fact that I'm looking to work with these officers. And I know that these officers, these men and women who serve in the NYPD, they put their lives on the line every single day.""
""What I know, having represented 100,000 people in western Queens, is that to deliver that justice you have to also deliver that safety," Mamdani said. "That means representing the men and women in the NYPD. It means representing the Black and brown New Yorkers who have been victims of police brutality. It means representing the Muslim New Yorkers in my district who were surveilled on the basis of their faith.""
Zohran Mamdani issued a public apology to New York police for past remarks labeling the force "racist" and "anti-queer," making the apology during a Fox News interview. He said he has shared similar apologies privately with rank-and-file officers and emphasized a desire to work with them, acknowledging that officers risk their lives daily. Mamdani argued that delivering justice requires delivering safety, called for a properly funded police force to protect all residents, and said representation must include officers, victims of police brutality, and Muslim New Yorkers who were surveilled. He previously supported calls to "defund the police" in 2020.
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