NYC Mayor Mamdani under fire for defending knife-wielding suspect over police officers

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani faced backlash Sunday after suggesting that a mentally ill man who was shot after allegedly charging at police officers with a knife deserves mental health treatment instead of criminal prosecution.

"For Mamdani to take any position on this that would paint that police officer as doing anything but what you would teach in a course is malpractice for the position he holds, and I hope that someone holds him accountable for it," said "The Big Weekend Show" co-host Joey Jones.