New York police have defended their actions after a bystander was shot in the head as two officers tackled a fare-evader armed with a knife in a busy subway station.
The man was in critical condition after the shooting at Sutter Avenue L station in Brooklyn on Sunday afternoon. Three others, including the suspect, were wounded.
bystander was shot in the head
Police shot innocent bystander in the head.
FTFY
The reporter actively chose to give the police a pass by using passive voice here. “Bystander shot in the head” sounds like something that just happened or was unavoidable when we’re really dealing with “Police shoot innocent bystander in the head while subduing fare evader.” I mean, fuck, how hard is it to have basic police accountability?
I think “Police shot innocent bystander in the head by accident” accurately captures the situation. The police were the ones who did it, but they didn’t do it on purpose.
“Make no mistake, the events that occurred… were the results of an armed perpetrator”
No, your idiot cop shooting someone in the head was the result of your idiot cop shooting someone in the head.
was shot
We need to rename “passive voice” to “police voice”.
Wait so did they find the knife? I was reading reports they couldn’t even find a knife.
Edit: yup, no knife
The police said on Sunday that a knife had been recovered and posted a picture on social media. The next day, however, it posted another message saying the knife had been taken from the crime scene by an unidentified man
I will point out that the story has a body cam screenshot showing the knife, presumably in the suspect’s hand.
The clothing in the picture doesn’t match the clothing the suspect was booked in. So it’s still in question.
The passive (or exonerative) voice in that article is infuriating. Police tackle the suspect, but the bystander was just “shot in the head”. By whom? Hard to say when you’re licking boots.
Which is why I always bring a knife to a pillow fight!
I’ve lost many friends…
