NYPD cop close to tears after vile bullying by woke lawmaker's ex-aide
Hadeeqa Malik, 21, was caught on camera bulling an NYPD officer during an apparent pro-Palestine protest in a clip shared on social media in February.
'Let's read the badges of the pigs,' Malik said while leading the chant. 'So to the Rahmans and the Muhammads, to the Alis and the Abdullahs.
'To the Rafids,' she shouted while singling out one officer who appeared uncomfortable.
'To the pigs who can call themselves by the name of Islam — put some respect on their names.'
She repeatedly screamed in the cops face until his fellow officers relieved him and allowed him to step back and escape her abuse.
Malik, a student at The City College of New York (CCNY), was the president of the school's chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) organization at the time, according to her LinkedIn.
Her profile states that she interned for Mamdani in his capacity as a state assemblyman during the summer of 2024.
She repeatedly screamed in the cops face until his fellow officers relieved him and allowed him to step back and escape her abuse
Malik shared several photos, including a smiling selfie with the now mayoral candidate, from his district office in Astoria, Queens.
According to her LinkedIn, she has also been an outreach coordinator at Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) since the start of this year.
Another surfaced video showed Malik calling activism 'all jihad' while encouraging protesters to get suspended and arrested.
'This is all jihad, this is all ibadah, and this is all counted for by Allah,' she said during a webinar she shared on LinkedIn in September.
Jihad is an Arabic word that has been traditionally used justify terrorism as a holy war, but there have been recent attempts to euphemistically re-frame the term as meaning 'struggle'. Ibadah, meanwhile, refers to worshiping Allah.
'How gangster are you?... How committed am I to this?... What am I willing to sacrifice for this noble cause? If you get suspended, if you get doxed… it will never, ever be in vain.'
DailyMail.com contact Mamdani's office, The City College of New York and CAIR for comment.
Malik has faced harsh criticisms for the resurfaced videos, with many slamming her behavior towards the officer.
'Who is the pig here? The policeman with stoic restraint or the unhinged lunatic hurling personal insults,' one person said.
'Good job on the sergeant by stepping in and removing that officer from her incessant verbal abuse,' said another.
Some commenters have used her connection to Mamdani to call out the mayoral candidate.
'Truly terrifying.. it's like the college encampments not only taking over New York, but running it. Is this really what people want for their city? I really hope the message gets through that this is not the way forward. Find the light, avoid the darkness,' one person said.
'We tried to warn you. This will be ignored and they will elect him anyway on false promises of sugar candy mountain,' a second person said.
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