# Calling out the warning signs on Sayed Mohassib wasn’t ‘racist’ — who was protecting him?

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/calling-out-the-warning-signs-on-sayed-mohassib-wasnt-racist-who-was-protecting-him/
- Published: 2026-11-11T00:11:19+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-11T01:25:15+00:00
- Original publisher: New York Post (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://nypost.com/2026/11/10/opinion/calling-out-the-warning-signs-on-sayed-mohassib-wasnt-racist/
- Topics: World

## Key points

- Colleagues reportedly made at least 10 complaints about Mohassib.
- The article questions why school leaders and union representatives did not act.
- Mayor Zohran Mamdani has promised a review.

## Summary

The opinion article argues that colleagues’ warnings about Sayed Mohassib were dismissed as racist, and asks why school officials and union representatives did not act on them. Mohassib is accused of killing someone; the article says the earlier complaints raise questions about how staff concerns and school hiring safeguards were handled.

It reports at least 10 complaints from colleagues, citing behaviour they found alarming, including blank stares and showing pupils a gun-shaped necklace charm. The article also says Mohassib had been removed from the NYPD and Marines for psychiatric reasons, had been involuntarily hospitalised at least twice, and held a state teaching assistant certificate. It notes that his sister and aunt reportedly worked in city schools, and calls for Mayor Zohran Mamdani to follow through on a promised review.

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