Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani‘s ex-intern berated a Muslim police officer at a pro-Palestinian protest, in accordance with a not too long ago resurfaced video.
Metropolis School scholar Hadeeqa Arzoo Malik — who interned for Mamdani previous to his mayoral marketing campaign — verbally attacked an officer over his profession alternative at what seems to be a pro-Palestine demonstration on the CUNY faculty’s campus, the video, initially posted on Feb. 28.
“Let’s read the badges of the pigs,” Malik shouts at a line of cops standing comfy, the video reveals. Malik begins studying out an inventory of historically Muslim names till she zeroes on an officer presumably named Ra fid.
“So to the Rahmans and the Muhammads, to the Alis and the Abdullahs,” mentioned the then-president of the Metropolis School chapter of College students for Justice in Palestine (SJP).
“To the Rafids!” she exclaims, singling out the officer who seems visibly uncomfortable.
“To the pigs who can call themselves by the name of Islam — put some respect on their names!” she shouts.
The unsettling alternate ends with the officer being relieved by a fellow cop close by.
Malik labored in Mamdani’s Meeting district workplace as a communications, outreach, coverage and constituent providers intern in the course of the Summer time of 2024, in accordance with her LinkedIn.
Mamdani co-founded his alma mater Bowdoin School’s SJP chapter.
The video posted to X in February was shared by a Columbia College scholar run account titled “Documenting Jew Hatred on Campus at Columbia U.”
The account claimed that Malik has an “extensive profile” with the net hate tracker Canary Mission.
“NYers take note! You’ll be getting a lot more very empowered Maliks if Mamdani wins the election. Don’t let this happen,” the account warned followers within the publish.
Mamdani and Malik didn’t instantly reply to The Put up’s requests for remark.
