Footage of two New York City police officers opening fire at a subway station as they confronted a man holding a knife shows they shot at him as he was standing still, his arms by his side and his back to a train.

In the days since Sunday’s shooting, police officials have repeatedly emphasized that the officers fired after Derell Mickles “charged” at one of them, and when their attempts to deescalate the situation and use Tasers had failed — leaving them with little choice but to resort to deadly force to protect themselves and passengers.

The footage, uploaded to the NYPD’s YouTube page Friday, offers a different view of the shooting that not only wounded Mickles but also a bystander, who was hit in the head with a stray bullet. Gregory Delpeche, 49, was sent to the hospital in critical condition, where doctors had to open up his skull to reduce brain swelling, according to his family.

  • Flying Squid
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    62 months ago

    I feel like we need Randall Munro to weigh in on this. Exactly how much firepower would the roofer need to save themselves from falling off a roof?

      • @Feathercrown
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        42 months ago

        There’s an xkcd for everything

      • Flying Squid
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        32 months ago

        That’s a jetpack though. I’m talking about landing after falling like a SpaceX rocket or something.

        • @Bytemeister
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          42 months ago

          Jetpack is just a rocket (or jet, but most of the depicted jetpacks are rockets) that you wear on your back. You’d land the same way the falcon booster lands, by firing the rockets to slow your descent.

          • Flying Squid
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            22 months ago

            Sure, but it would take a different amount of firepower to take off than it would to land.

      • @jmr100
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        52 months ago

        a launcher for rocket jump