So far, there are no campaign events for either Harris or Walz scheduled to be live-streamed. If that changes and I’m around, I’ll post.
Meanwhile, what the hell is going on in the Adams administration?
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What started as the arrest of a fare-beater ended up with four people being shot, all by a single police officer. Yet the early headlines made the public believe there was a shootout on train when that’s not what happened at all.
Then the…
— urban myths, legends (@urbanmyths) September 16, 2024
Screenshot of that full tweet so you don’t have to click over, unless you want to weigh in on deporting Elon since that’s trending on the hellscape:
Wasn’t Maya Wiley his opponent? Seems that might have been a better choice.
A 49-year-old bystander remained in critical condition Monday, one of two passengers hit by police bullets when NYPD officers opened fire on a subway platform in Brooklyn during a confrontation with an alleged fare-beater a day ago.
The 49-year-old was hit in the head. A 26-year-old woman, another bystander, also was grazed. A police officer was wounded, too. All shots were believed to be fired by the NYPD, authorities have said.
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 a Sunday evening press conference from Brookdale Hospital.
The uniformed duo followed the alleged fare-beater up the stairs to the elevated L train platform around 3 p.m., when they gave him commands to stop and turn around. Maddrey said during a verbal altercation, they “became aware of a knife.”
Body-worn camera footage, which Maddrey said he reviewed before the press conference, allegedly showed the man make a verbal threat to the officers. He told the cops, “I’m going to kill you if you don’t stop following me,” the chief said.
As the encounter continued to escalate, a northbound L train pulled into the station. The train cars opened and the man jumped inside, according to police.
Maddrey said the officers followed the man, each firing a Taser which proved ineffective in subduing the man. He then exited the train while it was still at the station and charged the officers with the knife, the chief said.
I know nothing about NYC politics, so residents weigh in, but this doesn’t seem good:
