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.
This is obviously fucked up. But they are clearly intentionally downplaying that he pulled a knife when stopped. He wasn’t shot for the fair lol
The subtitle: “NYPD brass said the alleged fare-beater had charged at the officers with a knife…”
Maybe your reading comprehension is indicated by your use of “He wasn’t shot for the fair [sic] lol”.
Not sure reading comprehension is tied to typos on a mobile. I was referring to the title of the post. No need to be rude friend.
That or they are holding for evidence as cops seem to lie all the fucking time