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.
Wish framing were different. Not “innocent bystander”, but a more specific version of “father of 3 on way home from a long day of work”, or whatever.
I kind of don’t like this. People are not worth more or less. We should be just as outraged at shooting a homeless immigrant on their way to an appointment for a sex date with a Grindr hookup as with your hypothetical father of 3 on the way home from work.
People should be.
People clearly are not.
I don’t like it either.
Many people need to easily picture ourselves in the exact situation.
not about valuing one life over another. the idea (I’m guessing) is to describe the victim a bit so folks have some points of empathy