ashtar.  - 2024-09-20
"Career criminal assaults cops with knife. Less lethal means of control fail, and then shoot him in a small crowded space."
Like a lot of issues, there's a root problem here (public transit should be free to use and paid for by taxing the rich). We ask cops to serve as a bandaid for that, then get more mad at them for doing the job they're asked to do than at the root problem.
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Cena_mark - 2024-09-20 The cost of policing the subway likely costs more than the fares they force out of would be fare evaders. Public transportation should be free because it benefits municipalities by reducing congestion, parking needs, and wear and tear on the streets.
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glasseye - 2024-09-25 And yes, paying the pigs to police fares costs *orders of magnitude* more than just making all transit free.
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ashtar. - 2024-09-25 The body cam is in the hopper. He absolutely had a knife and refused multiple orders to drop it. They didn't kill him over the fare, they killed him because he charged them with a knife.
There are legitimate criticisms here (taking the shot in front of a train full of people is foremost); making shit up distracts from those.
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Robin Kestrel - 2024-09-21
They forgot to yell “He’s coming right for us!”
I’m sure that guy who got shot in the head will be glad they are getting tough on fare evaders, if he lives.
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