{"id":220770,"date":"2026-05-05T15:54:33","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T15:54:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/220770\/"},"modified":"2026-05-05T15:54:33","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T15:54:33","slug":"nypd-transfers-brooklyn-captain-after-video-criticizing-mayor-mamdani","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/220770\/","title":{"rendered":"NYPD transfers Brooklyn captain after video criticizing Mayor Mamdani"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-block-key=\"o6zu9\">The NYPD has transferred a Brooklyn police captain after he was captured on video bad-mouthing Mayor Zohran Mamdani and Democrats, a department spokesperson said.<\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"f27dh\">The officer, Capt. James Wilson, was captured 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.<\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"bi58i\">An NYPD spokesperson did not immediately say where Wilson was transferred to or whether his comments violated any department policies.<\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"4sf51\">A widely shared video shows Wilson speaking briefly with members of the crowd that had gathered outside the Wyckoff Heights Medical Center to confront ICE agents.<\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"l5on\">Members of the crowd asked Wilson about his thoughts on Mamdani and the officer responded with disparaging remarks about the mayor.<\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"c0v0f\">\u201cHe\u2019s nonsense,\u201d Wilson said about Mamdani, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/taliaotg\/status\/2051487272382484671\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">according to the video<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"800q9\">\u201cHe\u2019s, you know, like temporary,\u201d he said. \u201cNot my boss.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"443so\">Wilson added about the mayor: \u201cHe\u2019s an embarrassment and total nonsense.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"3hjod\">The footage shows the captain appearing to smile as he speaks with demonstrators. During the exchange, he added: \u201cAll Democrats: a waste of human race.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"1520v\">A message left at a number listed for Wilson was not returned.<\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"fj097\">Saturday&#8217;s protest formed outside of the medical center after word spread in Bushwick that a man who had been arrested by ICE agents earlier that day had been brought there.<\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"f8fbb\">The NYPD responded to a number of 911 calls about a large and disorderly group outside of the building and worked to disperse the crowd, a department spokesperson said.<\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"50uod\">Officers took a total of nine people into custody at the protest, eight of whom were arrested on a variety of charges, according to the spokesperson. One person was given a summons and released.<\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"372v5\">In other videos taken at the demonstration, an NYPD officer is seen throwing a demonstrator to the ground.<\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"5rucg\">At a press conference on Monday, Mamdani called the video of the officer throwing the man to the ground \u201cincredibly disturbing\u201d and added that the incident is being investigated.<\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"5828f\">Mamdani said he had not seen the video of Wilson disparaging him, but said he would follow up. A City Hall spokesperson declined to comment about Wilson&#8217;s transfer Tuesday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The NYPD has transferred a Brooklyn police captain after he was captured on video bad-mouthing Mayor Zohran Mamdani&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":218460,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[98,100,99,9,24,63],"class_list":["post-220770","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn-headlines","tag-brooklyn-news","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220770","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=220770"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220770\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/218460"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=220770"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=220770"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=220770"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}