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Police opened fire on a subway platform in Brooklyn during a confrontation with an alleged fare-beater, striking the man cops said was armed with a knife, two straphangers caught in the fray, and one of the firing officers, NYPD officials said Sunday.

One of those two passengers hit by the cops' bullets, a 49-year-old man, was hospitalized in critical condition after he was hit struck in the head, according to the NYPD.

The two officers who opened fire were assigned to patrol the Sutter Avenue subway stop in the 73rd precinct when they spotted a man skip the station turnstile and walk through an open gate toward the train platform, Chief of Department Jeffrey Maddrey explained at an evening press conference from Brookdale Hospital.

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[–] NatakuNox@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Meanwhile corporations steal billions through white collar crime and the police do nothing. Nearly all blue collar crime is due to poverty and white collar crime creates more poverty. If police really wanted to stop crime they'd be pouring over corporations accounting to find the stolen money.

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[–] Garbanzo@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago

Are the NYPD still carrying guns with a 12 pound trigger pull? Why can't they aim for shit?

[–] TokenBoomer@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago
[–] istanbullu@lemmy.ml 10 points 1 month ago (5 children)

How incompetent do you have to be to shoot a bystander?

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[–] ravhall@discuss.online 9 points 1 month ago

Another mass shooting

[–] paddirn@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago (4 children)

I know the amount in this situation is ridiculously low... but is there an acceptable amount where shooting would have been justified? How much money should it take for a cop to be able to open fire on a suspect? $50? $100? $1000? 10,000? 1,000,000? What's the cut-off?

[–] bane_killgrind@slrpnk.net 11 points 1 month ago

Nothing? Money doesn't need protection, people do.

[–] Letme@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago (2 children)

You are suggesting the death penalty for theft. No.

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[–] NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

Naturally, follow the rules, or the cops start shooting /s

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