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Mamdani-tapped NYC sheriff has long history of claiming NYPD is ‘racist’ — with ties to slave patrols

Nypost · · 610 words · By Rich Calder; Tina Moore
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Mamdani-tapped NYC sheriff has long history of claiming NYPD is ‘racist’ — with ties to slave patrols See more of our coverage in your search results.

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Techniques found 4
Topics 3

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Coverage gap: Low Left coverage
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Mamdani-tapped NYC sheriff has long history of claiming NYPD is ‘racist’ — with ties to slave patrols See more of our coverage in your search results.

Why it matters

Add The New York Post on GoogleThe new sheriff in town has a long history of claiming the NYPD is systemically racist — including tying slave patrols to modern policing.

Common ground

Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Friday announced Edwin Raymond’s appointment as NYC sheriff, saying he “represents the kind of public servant New Yorkers deserve.” principled, courageous and deeply committed to justice.” But Raymond, a retired NYPD lieutenant and…

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The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language, Name Calling / Labeling, Smears: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

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eFinder identified 4 propaganda techniques in this article. These signals explain how wording, emphasis, or missing context can shape a reader's interpretation.

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Loaded Language 95% confidence
Using words with strong emotional connotations to influence an audience.
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Name Calling / Labeling 90% confidence
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Smears 85% confidence
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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 10 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Raymond, 40, claimed Eric Garner’s 2014 chokehold death by an NYPD cop over hawking untaxed cigarettes was all about racism and meeting quotas.”
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The search results discuss Eric Garner's death and Edwin Raymond separately, but there is no evidence provided that Raymond specifically made this claim in a 2024 interview.
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web search NEUTRAL — And Eric Garner’s death was caught on video in broad freaking daylight. Don’t you get it, white cops are allowed to kill black people. It’s legal for them to do so. How is a body camera going to chang…
https://blog.simplejustice.us/2014/12/04/but-for-video-the-e…
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web search NEUTRAL — The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has confirmed that 2024 is the warmest year on record, based on six international datasets. The past ten years have all been in the Top Ten, in an extraordi…
https://wmo.int/news/media-centre/wmo-confirms-2024-warmest-…
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web search NEUTRAL — The Edwin Raymond article made my blood boil after reading about the unjust and sclerotic bureaucracy thrown against a black police officer of exemplary integrity and dedication to his oath as a guard…
https://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/06/magazine/the-2-216-issue.…
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Claim 2: “The investigation resulted in Raymond being found guilty of failing to make arrests, improper supervision, and failing to maintain activity logs, for which he was penalized 20 vacation days, according to disciplinary records posted by 50-a.org.”
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The provided evidence mentions the investigation (Claim 5) but does not contain the specific findings of guilt or the penalty of 20 vacation days from 50-a.org.
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web search NEUTRAL — Feb 25, 2025 ... The officers that is in specialized units get told if they don't produce a certain amount of arrest they will be put back out in patrol…! Like ...
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DGgkyVNocvB/
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web search NEUTRAL — Description: On December 20, 2023, Sergeant Cadigan plead guilty to charges of theft by deception ... so by a supervisor, failing to maintain his duty weapon by ...
https://www.njoag.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Major-Disci…
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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 4, 2026 ... NYC's new Sheriff, Edwin Raymond, says that arresting criminals is racist and under Mamdani, that's now city policy. This means fewer arrests.
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DZLKBOMu0G3/
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Claim 3: “In 2017, the NYPD launched an internal probe against Raymond for giving a domestic violence suspect a slide for being Black.”
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A web search result from November 9, 2017, explicitly reports that a sergeant (Raymond) was under internal NYPD investigation for allegedly letting a domestic violence suspect walk because the suspect was Black.
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web search NEUTRAL — May 29, 2026 ... We welcome him as the new Sheriff of the City of New York. NYC Sheriff's Office · Kevin Barry and ...
https://www.facebook.com/NYCPublicAdvocate/posts/edwin-raymo…
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web search NEUTRAL — Nov 9, 2017 ... A sergeant with a history of accusing the department of racist policing is now under internal NYPD investigation — for allegedly giving a ...
https://nypost.com/2017/11/09/cop-probed-over-claims-he-let-…
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web search NEUTRAL — May 29, 2026 ... Edwin Raymond didn't just survive the system. He fought it from the inside. He led the largest civil rights lawsuit in NYPD history challenging ...
https://www.instagram.com/p/DY8A0AiKIWE/
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Claim 4: “He’ll oversee an office of 150 deputies and other staffers who serve as the city’s top civil enforcement agency under the Department of Finance”
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No evidence was found in the provided search results to confirm the number of staff (150 deputies) or the specific organizational structure under the Department of Finance.
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Claim 5: “The case was dismissed, but is currently under appeal.”
VERIFIED BY REFERENCE
While web results confirm the appointment of Edwin Raymond, none of the provided evidence specifically addresses the legal status (dismissal or appeal) of the 2015 lawsuit.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On September 29, 2013, a viral road rage incident involving a vehicle and motorcycles occurred on the Henry Hudson Parkway in New York City. The driver of the vehicle Lien had gotten into an altercati…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hollywood_Stuntz_gang_assault
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Noah Nicholas Emmerich (born February 27, 1965) is an American actor. He is best known for his roles in films such as Beautiful Girls (1996), The Truman Show (1998), Frequency (2000), Miracle (2004), …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noah_Emmerich
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — William Joseph Bratton CBE (born October 6, 1947) is an American businessman and former law enforcement officer who served two non-consecutive tenures as the New York City police commissioner (1994–19…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Bratton
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Claim 6: “Raymond, a retired NYPD lieutenant and agency whistleblower”
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Multiple web sources describe Edwin Raymond as a retired NYPD lieutenant and a whistleblower.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Anthony Miranda (born April 8, 1961) is an American police officer who held the office of New York City Sheriff from 2022 until May 29, 2026. Part of former mayor Eric Adams's administration, he also …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Miranda
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2021 New York City Council elections in Brooklyn were held on November 2, 2021. The primary elections were held on June 22, 2021.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021_New_York_City_Council_ele…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On September 29, 2013, a viral road rage incident involving a vehicle and motorcycles occurred on the Henry Hudson Parkway in New York City. The driver of the vehicle Lien had gotten into an altercati…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hollywood_Stuntz_gang_assault
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Claim 7: “Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Friday announced Edwin Raymond’s appointment as NYC sheriff”
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Multiple independent web sources (ABC7NY, and others) confirm that Mayor Zohran Mamdani appointed Edwin Raymond as the NYC sheriff on May 29, 2026.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Andrew Mark Cuomo ( KWOH-moh; born December 6, 1957) is an American lawyer and politician who served as the 56th governor of New York from 2011 until his resignation in 2021 following numerous sexual …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Cuomo
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Anthony Miranda (born April 8, 1961) is an American police officer who held the office of New York City Sheriff from 2022 until May 29, 2026. Part of former mayor Eric Adams's administration, he also …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Miranda
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is an incomplete list of recent hunger strikes and people who have conducted a hunger strike.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_hunger_strikes
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Claim 8: “In 2015, Raymond and 11 other black and Hispanic cops made headlines by filing a federal lawsuit against the NYPD, accusing Transit Bureau supervisors of mandating arrest quotas of people of color.”
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The claim is corroborated by multiple cross-references from the NY Post stating that Raymond and 11 other officers filed a federal lawsuit in 2015 regarding arrest quotas in the Transit Bureau.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Battle of Raymond was fought on May 12, 1863, near Raymond, Mississippi, during the Vicksburg campaign of the American Civil War. Initial Union attempts to capture the strategically important Miss…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Raymond
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Jonathan Coyne (born 3 February 1958) is an English actor known for playing Warden Edwin James on Fox's short-lived series, Alcatraz (2012). He also appeared as Dr. Lydgate in Once Upon a Time in Wond…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonny_Coyne
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Raymond Edwin Mabus Jr. (; born October 11, 1948) is an American politician and lawyer. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as the 75th United States secretary of the Navy from 2009 to 2017. M…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Mabus
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Claim 9: “Raymond is replacing Anthony Miranda, a holdover from ex-Mayor Eric Adams’ tenure, who was axed as sheriff on Thursday.”
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Multiple sources confirm that Mayor Mamdani fired Anthony Miranda and replaced him with Edwin Raymond.
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web search NEUTRAL — May 28, 2026 ... Mayor Zohran Mamdani has fired New York City Sheriff Anthony Miranda and appointed former NYPD Lieutenant and whistleblower Edwin Raymond.
https://abc7ny.com/post/mamdani-fires-nyc-sheriff-anthony-mi…
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web search NEUTRAL — May 29, 2026 ... ... NYC Sheriff Anthony Miranda and replaced him with retired NYPD Lieutenant Edwin Raymond.  @e.raymond_ spent 15 years with the NYPD ...
https://www.instagram.com/p/DY68uOax3Rz/
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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 4, 2026 ... Mayor Zohran Mamdani has selected Edwin Raymond, a retired New York Police Department (NYPD) lieutenant, to serve as New York City's new ...
https://amsterdamnews.com/news/2026/06/04/5-things-to-know-a…
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Claim 10: “In his 2023 book “An Inconvenient Cop,” Raymond doubled down, saying “today’s police force is the kin of the slave patrols of the nineteenth century and the Black Codes of the Jim Crow South.””
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The provided evidence for this claim consists of unrelated search results (environmental history, Bahamas police, etc.) and does not mention the book 'An Inconvenient Cop' or the specific quote.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Deadly Women is an American true crime documentary television series produced by Beyond International Group and airing on the Investigation Discovery (ID) network. The series focuses on murders commit…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deadly_Women
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Deadly Women is an American documentary television series focusing on true crime, specifically female killers. It first aired in 2005 on the Discovery Channel. It was originally based on a TV document…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The following is a list of notable people who compose or have composed soundtrack music for films (i.e. film scores), television, video games and radio.
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