NEW YORK, NY- Well, New York—you voted for it. Communist mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani continues to embark on his destruction of what was once the world’s greatest city as he marches it toward the abyss. For his latest trick, the esteemed Mamdani picked a convicted robber who spent seven years in state prison as his “criminal justice adviser.”
Mysonne Linen, 49, who was or is a “rapper,” was selected by Mamdani despite being found guilty and imprisoned for two felony robberies in the late 1990s. He will sit on the “Democratic socialists’ (i.e., communists) “criminal legal system committee, The New York Post reported.
In an Instagram post, Linen wrote, “This is a testament to our decades of work advocating on behalf of black and brown communities and our expertise in gun violence prevention, legislative advocacy, and criminal justice reform. We are building something different.”
Obviously.
Linen was convicted in 1999 for being involved with a group of thugs that robbed two cab drivers in the Bronx, the New York Daily News reported at the time. An “aspiring rapper” at the time, the was arrested as his debut album was scheduled for release.
According to prosecutors, Linen and his crew robbed taxi driver Joseph Eziri on June 8, 1997, and a gunpoint robbery of cab driver Francisco Monsanto on March 31, 1998, the Daily News reported. Officials at the New York State Department of Correction and Community Renewal said Linen was sentenced to 14 years in prison but was paroled on July 5, 2006.
Linen never accepted responsibility for the two robberies and instead attempted to rebrand himself as a “community activist,” The Post reported. As part of his newfound career, Linen taught classes at Rikers Island through a “non-profit” called Rising Kings. He also referred to himself as a “violence interrupter.”
Linen also teamed up with avowed anti-Semite and Israel-hater Linda Sarsour to found a group called Until Freedom, a social justice activist organization.
It sounds like just the person to advise someone on criminal justice.
The announcement of Linen’s appointment drew condemnation from criminal justice insiders.
“It is both disheartening and deeply disturbing that individuals who are convicted felons and have a history of breaking the law are being given the opportunity to help shape the future of New York’s criminal justice system,” said Benny Boscio, president of the Correction Officers’ Benevolent Association.
“The men and women who risk their lives every day to enforce the law have been shut out of this process entirely.”
Retired NYPD Chief of Department John Chell also slammed Mamdani’s choice of Linen, however admitted it was par for the course for a man who has made numerous controversial picks to his 17 transition committees.
“It’s just another appointed adviser that has a questionable past, which is in line with some of his other recent appointees who were anti-police and establishment,” Chell, who recently retired, said.
“The optics and reality point to a potential erosion of public safety in New York City.”
Another controversial pick is Vincent Schiraldi, who resigned in disgrace from the Maryland Department of Juvenile Services after being accused of shoddy oversight and contract mismanagement.
Yet another pick that has drawn negative attention is Lumumba Bandele, who was appointed to the “Committee on Community Organizing.” She is a black nationalist and the leader of the Malcolm X Grassroots Movement, who has rallied behind cop killers, including Assata Shakur, who fled to Cuba after escaping from prison after she was convicted in connection with the murder of New Jersey state trooper Werner Foerster on the New Jersey Turnpike in 1973.
She also supported another cop killer, Herman Bell, who killed two NYPD police officers, Joseph Piagentini and Waverly Jones in 1971.
Mamdani’s picks for various committees do not bode well for public safety in New York City.
Aside from the above unhinged radicals, he has also appointed:
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Brooklyn College sociology professor Alex Vitale, who wrote a 2017 anti-police book condemning the “broken windows” policing model implemented by former mayor Rudy Giuliani, which drove crime to record low levels; he has also alleged “ingrained racism” within the ranks of the NYPD. He is on the “Committee on Community Safety.”
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Zakiyah Shaakir-Ansari, another far-left radical who will serve on the “Committee on Youth & Education.” She was also a supporter of Shakur.
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Ben Fumas, an environmental wacko and head of Transportation Alternatives, whose plans include virtually shutting down all traffic in the Big Apple. He will serve on the “Committee on Transportation, Climate, & Infrastructure.”
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Susan Herman, director of ThriveNYC, a $1 billion boondoggle that was the brainchild of former NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio, was supposed to combat homelessness in the city; however, it basically did nothing but rip off taxpayers. He is also on the “Committee on Community Safety.”
Specifically, the appointments to the Committee on Community Safety that should concern NYPD cops and city public safety advocates. It is populated by a plethora of anti-cop, pro-criminal loons.
The impending destruction of New York City seems well on its way to reality.
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