QUEENS, N.Y. — Despite Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s objections, Jabez Chakraborty, 22, who was shot by police during a mental health crisis in Queens, has been charged with attempted assault and criminal possession of a weapon.
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Chakraborty’s family had called 911 for help, seeking medical assistance as he acted erratically. Body-camera footage released by the NYPD shows him advancing toward officers with a large kitchen knife.
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz filed the charges Feb. 13. Chakraborty pleaded not guilty from his hospital bed and remains in custody on bail.
Mamdani has argued that Chakraborty, who has a history of schizophrenia, needs mental health treatment rather than criminal prosecution. He highlighted that the family originally called for an ambulance, not police, and said the case underscores the need for a city system that dispatches trained health professionals instead of officers in psychiatric emergencies. Mamdani said no family should have to endure what Chakraborty’s family went through, emphasizing prevention, compassion, and crisis care as the appropriate response.
IDEA…… Let the Mayor himself go on such calls.
So let’s dispatch an ambulance and have him murder the crew….
Only plastic knives from Amazing Savings should be allowed in these people’s homes!
I remember years ago a Jewish guy in Brooklyn who was menacing people with a hammer, and he was shot and killed by police. Even Al Sharpton organized a protest, in which he said the hammer swinger should have been medicated, not assassinated. It’s different when it’s one of ours. It’s not a simple issue.
mr mayor – stay out of police calls – just take care of sanitation collections in the ENTIRE CITY and help remove the snow from YOURS AND CITY’S PROPERTIES
both the police and mental health experts should have been sent.
Mandami
It takes one to know one
He’s correct. Prosecuting and imprisoning this individual is a waste of taxpayer funds.
Where is Chirlene McCray and the billion dollar mental health initiative. Why has she been silent? Why has the billions not been used in these instances? Where is Andrea Stewart-Cousins and State A.G. James, why aren’t they investigating?