Domestic violence survivors and advocates are speaking out after far-left New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani’s past comments opposing sending police to respond to domestic violence resurfaced.
“Police do not create safety… there are so many responsibilities we’ve given to police that, frankly, should have nothing to do with their departments… if somebody is jaywalking, if somebody is surviving, going through domestic violence—there are so many different, different situations that would be far better handled by people trained to deal with those specific situations, as opposed to an individual with a gun,” Mamdani said on the Immigrantly podcast in July 2020, the Washington Free Beacon reported…