Too close for comfort. Glad he's okay.
Possible terrorist attack in Brooklyn subway | Suspect arrested
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The whole city is a little numb right now because everyone's thoughts automatically go to 9/11 when something like this happens.Get home safe and have a drink. Shocking pictures going around
Cheers. He's just said now he thinks he was on the train on the opposite platform which makes sense with people running on crying. Glad you're ok as well.
Yeah I can imagine, with London having had multiple attacks over the years, albeit obviously nothing as shocking as 9/11.
You can feel the air of tension on the underground etc for a while afterwards.
It's weird for NYC for this specific type of attack as well. Gun laws are pretty strict there aren't they?
The amount of replies to the AP Twitter feed calling for more guns and open carry to make things safer is mind boggling.
This is why gun laws need to be federal, you can very easily move between states.
Any update as to the motivation behind it yet and casualties?
Absolute idiocy. One of the things I remember from my last visit was the amount of people with mental health issues just left to their own devices because obviously they have no free health care system. Let's get everyone packing....what could possibly go wrong?
Great, the MTA has a genuine excuse to continue offering crappy weekend service
Genuinely though, very upsetting news. That's a major line through BK I've been on and friends use to commute to and from downtown.
Genuinely though, very upsetting news. That's a major line through BK I've been on and friends use to commute to and from downtown.
Yes but they are still obtainable, legally and illegally.
Motivation might boil down to insanity. Hopefully that's what it is and it isn't something more sinister.
Ffs!
You would think after the last two years these fkn maniacs would give it a rest!
Hope theres no fatalities.
You would think after the last two years these fkn maniacs would give it a rest!
Hope theres no fatalities.
Gun laws in NYC are incredibly strict, almost impossible to own one legally here (outside permits are not recognized). And having one on you is a 2 year sentence minimum, no questions asked
I wish it was as strict everywhere else.
It's more like a reflex drilled into them via years of lobbying, rather than some genuine self-formed opinion, isn't it?
That makes too much sense obviously
People just can’t put their fecking phones down, can they?
Nope. One was laying on the floor bleeding and it looked like he was still filming.
https://www.cnn.com/us/live-news/brooklyn-subway-shooting-nyc/h_393e7d3765d97ac436a6cd543fe9f321
No life-threatening injuries, not being treated as a terrorist incident.
No life-threatening injuries, not being treated as a terrorist incident.
That’s awful, I hope those people are ok.
It’s so sad what’s happening to the West currently. You really feel that we’re at a crossroads and either the kind of divisive, murderous politics we’ve endured in recent years with either be rejected and moved on from or will bury and essentially sink the West.
It’s so sad what’s happening to the West currently. You really feel that we’re at a crossroads and either the kind of divisive, murderous politics we’ve endured in recent years with either be rejected and moved on from or will bury and essentially sink the West.
You blaming the cops for not preventing this?
Without stepping up stop and search how do you propose they do that?
RiP to all the victims.
Edit on re read that sounds very snarky, it wasn't intended
there are already tons of cops at every subway station. more cops isn't the solution. also, thankfully nobody died.
I don't think anyone here has claimed they need more cops though
it is the eventual next step. the mayor has already talked about it. he has been adamant about it, especially in the last few months.
We have cops crawling everywhere. I'm not sure what more cops will do. Our biggest issue is getting help for the mentally ill and getting them off the streets. Same goes for the homeless population since the two overlap.
As I said though, you could have a million cops on the street but without giving them free reign of stop and search it wouldn't have stopped this attack, as far as I can see.
And you absolutely cannot allow that.
there has also been a stark rise in anti-asian hate crimes but they are not as widely reported. sunset park has seen a lot of them.
And I think that's rather the point here: let's stop pouring money into policing issues (unsuccessfully) and let's start funding social action and care that can prevent them.
Anyway, of course none of us know yet what actually happened here, and why.
they already have free reign and have abused that to no end
It wouldn’t take a huge chunk of the NYPD’s annual budget of over 5 billion dollars to make an impact on mental health and homelessness.
Cue outrage for 24 hours.....spotlight on gun control/use.....reminder of constitutional rights.....move on.