Bystander shot in head as New York police tackle fare-evader
Bystander shot in head as New York police tackle fare-evader
Officers fired during a clash with a man who pulled a knife after being stopped for fare evasion, police say.
For evading a $2.90 subway fare...
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Cracking down on fare evasion doesn't even make sense financially. Assuming those cops are making the starting salary for NYPD officers, every single cop would need to catch roughly 54 people every day, each, for them to break even on lost profits. It cant possibly be that big of an issue there.
This is a tragedy. And one that was preventable to boot.
You’re forgetting that having them posted there allows them harass certain people.
They said it's cracking down on crime within the train / subway system of which checking fares is a part. So they don't have them there to just check fares but their job is to reduce and prevent crimes and while they there they check for fares.
One guy skipped fares, he had a history of mental disorders and law violations, and their best course of action is to shoot him, and some bystanders. The fact that both officers shot the guy, with sufficient bullets fired that random bystanders can be hit. Their aim is dog shit.
I would like to add that mental issues is not an excuse to shoot.
I think it makes the shooting worse.