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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Because he was dangerous and needed to be subdued. Why wouldn't someone understand that? [/quote]

He didn’t do anything dangerous [/quote]

How do you know? We’re you there?[/quote]

[quote]There have been several statements collected by witnesses, if you have been keeping up. Yes, he was yelling and screaming. [/quote]This is not a crime. If it were, I’d be entitled to choke out your brats when they have a tantrum in public. I’m honestly shocked and sickened by the attitudes here. Do we live in Minority Report, where people can be killed for futurecrime?

Not at all surprised it was a Marine who killed him. When all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail. [/quote]

I have read a number of articles about this and watched an interview with the man who took the video. In his interview (in Spanish with a translator), he did note that the man had not assaulted anyone (although you could argue that throwing trash at people might be assault). The witness did, however, note that he was frightened by the man. He also said, in a comment that I found very telling, that if the police had come five minutes earlier, the marine would have been hailed as a hero. I think the fact that two other men were helping the marine subdue the man speaks to the fact that they genuinely viewed his behavior as a threat.

Of course whether they went too far is the question, and it sounds like the force used was excessive. [/quote]

I ride the NY subway every day, and encounter loud, erratically behaving people regularly. If I deem one of them to be an actual potential threat (and the vast majority are not), I move further down the car, or switch cars. Removing oneself from the threat is the appropriate, and usual, tactic. [/quote]

But really, isn’t it just more appropriate these ill people aren’t just roaming around on public transport? You weren’t there, btw. You have no idea what was appropriate in this situation. [/quote]

You weren’t there, either. But I’m betting that I ride the NY subway more and am a lot more familiar with its subtleties and rules than some keyboard warrior in a shit shack in Vienna, cackling over the fact that another black man was murdered.[/quote]

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