{"id":30016,"date":"2026-08-06T16:24:24","date_gmt":"2026-08-06T11:24:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=30016"},"modified":"2026-08-06T16:24:24","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T11:24:24","slug":"watch-nyc-mayor-zohran-mamdani-turns-tail-and-runs-after-hes-pummeled-with-boos-at-pro-police-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=30016","title":{"rendered":"WATCH: NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani Turns Tail and Runs After He\u2019s Pummeled With Boos at Pro-Police Event"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5748739\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5748739\" class=\"wp-image-5748739 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/am14.mediaite.com\/med\/cnt\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Mamdani3-1.jpg\" alt=\"Mamdani at a mic with an inset from video of mam being booed\" width=\"1250\" height=\"720\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-5748739\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Mediapunch\/AP photo)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Residents of New York City&#8217;s &#8220;Forgotten Borough&#8221; easily remembered how they feel about Mayor <strong>Zohran Mamdani<\/strong>, relentlessly booing the Democratic Socialist off stage at a police event, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/LattinaBrown\/status\/2084994052198408632\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social media videos showed.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Mamdani <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/08\/05\/us-news\/mamdani-relentlessly-booed-at-nypd-staten-island-event\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">kept a smile plastered on his face<\/a> throughout his brief appearance Tuesday at National Night Out in Midland Beach, Staten Island.<\/p>\n<p>With about 3,500 people and families on hand at the boardwalk for the 43rd annual event, where police departments nationwide gather with the community for family-oriented events, Mamdani energetically bounded up to the stage \u2014 even as a torrent of anger erupted from the crowd.<\/p>\n<p>Clips circulating on X and Instagram show the mayor speaking at a podium while those in the crowd yelled, &#8220;Booo!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s a pleasure to be here,&#8221; Mamdani can be heard saying, as beefy NYPD officers <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RealAmVoice\/status\/2084788886253813827\/video\/1?s=46\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">appeared to hold back artist and activist <strong>Scott Lobaido<\/strong><\/a>, who rushed toward the stage to yell at the mayor, repeatedly pointing his finger at Hizzoner for emphasis before being ushered back.<\/p>\n<p>Another could be heard on the clip yelling: &#8220;Get out of here! Nobody wants you here!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Mamdani speaks for under a minute before shaking hands with several people on stage, smiling at the crowd one last time, and quickly leaving.<\/p>\n<p>The mayor has been a target of conservative ire since his November election, and has earned widespread criticism for his plans, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/media\/tv\/mamdani-laughs-off-grocery-store-id-claim-after-maga-uproar-no-matter-what-youve-heard\/\">including free NYC grocery stores<\/a> and free buses.<\/p>\n<p>It was the second brush-off in a matter of days for Mamdani, who was also refused a chance to speak <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/media\/news\/mamdani-blocked-by-fallen-soldiers-family-from-speaking-at-funeral-report\/\">at a funeral for a fallen soldier.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Lobaido was later rushed to the hospital in critical condition after going into cardiac arrest at the event, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.silive.com\/news\/2026\/08\/scott-lobaido-remains-in-staten-island-hospital-following-cardiac-arrest.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according to SI Live. <\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Staten Islander<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/02\/24\/us-news\/infamous-nyc-activist-scott-lobaido-admits-he-used-flowers-to-block-speed-cameras-im-the-beautification-squad\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> is notorious for his various art projects and stunts<\/a>, including an arrest for blocking a speed camera on Staten Island with flowers; placing mock traffic signs with an image of President <strong>Donald Trump<\/strong> in silhouette around NYC; and doing a massive balloon release outside Trump&#8217;s trial in downtown New York as he faced accusations of paying <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/media\/news\/new-trump-offered-financial-incentive-to-keep-stormy-daniels-from-trashing-him-after-bombshell-hush-money-verdict\/\">hush money<\/a> to adult film star <strong>Stormy Daniels<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/media\/news\/watch-nyc-mayor-zohran-mamdani-turns-tail-and-runs-after-hes-pummeled-with-boos-at-pro-police-event\/\">WATCH: NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani Turns Tail and Runs After He\u2019s Pummeled With Boos at Pro-Police Event<\/a> first appeared on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\">Mediaite<\/a>.<\/p>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Mediapunch\/AP photo) Residents of New York City&#8217;s &#8220;Forgotten Borough&#8221; easily remembered how they feel about Mayor Zohran Mamdani, relentlessly booing the Democratic Socialist off stage at a police event, social media videos showed. Mamdani kept a smile plastered on his face throughout his brief appearance Tuesday at National Night Out in Midland Beach, Staten Island&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":30017,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/am14.mediaite.com\/med\/cnt\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Mamdani3-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30016","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-newsweek-trending"],"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30016","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=30016"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30016\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/30017"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=30016"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=30016"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=30016"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}