Mamdani needs to reject the lefties who embrace perps who attack cops

Queens councilwoman Tiffany Caban and allies are urging prosecutors to drop assault charges against Jabez Chakraborti, who was shot by police after charging at officers with a knife. The opinion article argues that Mayor Zohran Mamdani and other city leaders should reject that position, saying it excuses attacks on police and weakens public safety.

Chakraborti was wounded in January at his parents’ home in Queens; Caban’s group says the shooting traumatised his family and that the officers should have faced attempted-murder charges. The article compares the case with an October incident in which suspected gang member Oscar Belgal was shot by federal agents after allegedly trying to ram them with a car containing his five-year-old son, and criticises Mamdani for seeking his release.