nullagentThe NYPD shot a Black man yesterday over not paying a $2.90 fare.
Four bystanders were also shot, including an innocent person shot in the head in critical condition.
And naturally the cops had a friendly fire incident injury a cop too boot.
The Gothamist has an article and while its well written and the situation seems quite serious they seem to fail to call this what it was...
A mass shooting attack on civilians carried out by the NYPD.
How does it make sense to escalate a fucking subway fare into a mass fucking shooting?
https://gothamist.com/news/at-least-1-nypd-officer-shot-near-brooklyn-l-train-police-say
Aftermath of NYPD shooting 4 ppl over a $2.90 fare
The NYPD sure doesn't care when certain people don't pay subway fare.
The innocent bystander, Gregory Delpeche, who was shot in the head over a $3 fare evasion is now brain damaged.
Update, this article initially indicated Delpeche was brain dead, they now report he has brain damage and remains in critical condition. He's been suffering brain swelling and under went cranial surgeries to keep it under control. The family indicates that he has brain damage and they don't know the full extent yet.
New Yorkers have been protesting the police shooting by hopping the turnstyles at subway stations and chanting "fuck the NYPD".
Pretty disgusting they are charging Mickles for fare evasion and fighting the cops. Actually pursuing charges is quite the statement of support for this type of cowboy policing.
Last night the NYPD released video footage of the cop shooting which left 4 people seriously injured on the subway.
The AP reports "they shot at him as he was standing still, his arms by his side and his back to a train."
And if you look closely at the video showing people entering the train station, other people ALSO jump the turnstiles within seconds of the man cops decided to chase.
Justin Fitzsimmons@nullagent on top of all the other unnecessary blunders that led to this incident they managed to cause all this collateral damage by missing a stationary target at close range? 🥴
Laukidh@nullagent I want the footage of them “rendering aid” to the guy
@nullagent Pretty clear Mays is who hit the guy a train car down, from that other video.
I didn’t see why they shot.