Brooklyn cops shoot alleged fare-beater, also hit 2 bystanders and officer
www.nbcnewyork.com
Four people were injured Sunday afternoon at a Brooklyn subway stop in what started as officers’ attempts to apprehend a man accused of skipping the station turnstile.

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.

      • whotookkarl@lemmy.world
        5·
        2 months ago

        Sorry but I’m not going to take the city or cops at their word because we’ve seen multiple similar incidents in the past where they spun their story then when forced to release the footage it’s a completely different story.

        • capital@lemmy.world
          2·
          2 months ago

          I’m responding to a comment that said there was no knife in the footage.

          I linked a still of the footage showing a knife.

          But we know whether there was a knife or not isn’t what you or most people on Lemmy care about. You don’t like cops so therefore they were wrong. Facts be damned.

          • whotookkarl@lemmy.world
            5·
            2 months ago

            You’re right that a still image of a knife matters little to me, I understand you were responding to a post specifically about a knife being present, and I’m adding that whether a knife is present or not doesn’t change the fact that the city and police are releasing statements and withholding evidence to manipulate public opinion. Why should I have to trust the cops at all if there is video evidence of the events that I can use to form my own judgements from? Why hide the facts from public view?

      • Malfeasant@lemm.ee
        5·
        2 months ago

        Since when are stills taken from video that clear? Especially during a scuffle, and with questionable lighting… Something doesn’t add up.

        • capital@lemmy.world
          1·
          2 months ago

          There’s no arguing with you if there’s no sources you believe.

          You could say the same if I linked the whole damn video.

      • belathus@bookwormstory.socialEnglish
        3·
        2 months ago

        Fair enough. However, they should release the footage regardless. Especially since 4 people got shot, 2 of which were bystanders, and that this was over a cheap fare. Cops are pretty untrustworthy.