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[โ€“] hector@lemmy.today 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The nypd would treat him like royalty and hand him to the feds to Spirit him out of there. NYPD are fucking Nazis. Maybe not all of the rank and file but the leadership. I forget if there are like 40, 60,000 of them. They're bigger than a lot of countries' armies.

[โ€“] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 week ago

If Mamdani wins, they'll probably do some lame performative bullshit like turn their backs to him during his inauguration..

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/nypd-officers-again-turn-backs-on-mayor-de-blasio-at-cops-funeral/

https://time.com/3652979/deblasio-nypd-funeral/