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[–] Kwakigra@beehaw.org 32 points 2 months ago (3 children)

To summarize, an officer committed a mass shooting on a public subway in the effort to shoot a $2.60 fare jumper.

[–] Iapar 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

To be fair, he did get him.

[–] Gaywallet@beehaw.org 2 points 2 months ago

and it took a lot of effort to do so, as he managed to shoot more than one other person

[–] FlashMobOfOne@beehaw.org 5 points 2 months ago

Justice, baby.

Dig it.

/s

[–] Iapar 19 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I would like to see a movie in which someone calls the cops and tells them that a terrorist ist running amok in a train station. The thing is that the terrorist is dressed as a cop and, of course, the cops start shooting each other. In the end it turns out they are all terrorists.

[–] SweetCitrusBuzz@beehaw.org 10 points 2 months ago

Yes, all cops are terrorists.

[–] socsa@piefed.social 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

What does this have to do with socialism?

[–] OneRedFox@beehaw.org 21 points 2 months ago

American socialism has the demilitarization of the police and ending police brutality as key policy goals, so news like this is of interest to keeping tabs on that problem.

[–] SweetCitrusBuzz@beehaw.org 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Wow, trash taking itself out.

[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 23 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Also taking out innocent bystanders:

two police officers pursued this man up three flights of stairs and confronted him on the station platform. Police say the man pulled out a knife. Both officers opened fire on the man, piercing him with several bullets, while also striking two bystanders; one of the officers was hit with friendly fire. One of the bystanders, a 49-year-old man, is in critical condition in the hospital from a bullet wound to the head.

[–] SweetCitrusBuzz@beehaw.org 18 points 2 months ago (1 children)

They really are completely devoid of any care, aren't they?

[–] Drusas@fedia.io 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

They know that they don't have to.

[–] SweetCitrusBuzz@beehaw.org 5 points 2 months ago

Yup. So we don't have to care about them either.

[–] Kwakigra@beehaw.org 14 points 2 months ago

There isn't any evidence of a knife except for a closeup photo which was taken of a different person in a different place who had a knife.