• tmyakal@lemm.ee
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    1 day ago

    Skipping a fare should not be punishable by death, I don’t care how wealthy the skipper is.

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      22 hours ago

      That’s not what happened here most likely. No references, no context

      Chances are someone got aggressive or violent whilst being arrested due to ticket theft

      There’s a reason there is no real info here

      Nobody is going to go and shoot someone because they see them jump over a barrier. Something else happened

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        21 hours ago

        Assuming you are correct, being aggressive or violent whilst being arrested for a $3 crime should be punishable by death?

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          19 hours ago

          Wtf?

          So it’s OK to be violent if you’re a petty criminal, as long as you’re being arrested? So, you can’t arrest people anymore?

          You guys aren’t even trying to make sense…

          The poster doesn’t even have any references. But, I’m fairly sure nobody is shooting anyone because they don’t have a ticket. Unless you have actual references, I’m calling BS. The people got shot for another reason. They may have been getting arrested at the time, but that doesn’t give them sovereignty over normal laws.

          The reason this poster has no references, is because it is likely BS, and knows people like yourself will fall for it.

          There is obviously much more to this story, if it is true at all.

          I think I know how Trump won now lol

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            3 hours ago

            The people got shot for another reason.

            So I’ll fill you in since you’re obviously out of the loop. The 4 people were shot in one incident. One guy skipped a fare, then refused to stop for police. He tried to get away. He had a knife. Cops tried to tase him, that didn’t work. Cops got scared. Guy tried to run away, cops shot him, two bystanders, and one of the cops.

            Yes, they’re leaving out details to point out how ridiculous it is- but it is ridiculous. At no point was the guy enough of a threat to anyone to escalate to deadly force. They’re transit cops, they have radios- they don’t have to let him go, just take a second to tell the train crew to not leave the station, then wait him out.