subway
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NYC Man Heroically Steps In to Stop Subway Altercation and Is Fatally Shot
Forty-five-year old Richard Henderson was shot while trying to de-escalate an argument in a New York subway car.
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NYC Mayor Eric Adams Says Rise in Crime is a ‘National Issue’ After Subway Shooting
The subway shooting left ten people shot and 29 people injured and Frank James was arrested and charged with a federal terrorism offense.
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Ex-Cop NY Mayor: Subways Need More Cops
Adams worries about public perception while others worry about cops' behavior
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Video Appears to Show Police Using Excessive Force While Detaining an 8-Year-Old on a Subway Platform
In a video posted to social media Saturday, police officers at the 145th Street subway station in Harlem appear to be aggressively dragging a visibly distraught child away from a woman later identified as his mother as people witnessing the spectacle expressed anger and concern for the child’s wellbeing. The boy’s crime? Selling snacks to…
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NY Attorney General Letitia James to Probe Whether NYPD Targets Black People for Subway Fare Evasion
In a statement released Monday, New York Attorney General Letitia James announced her office would be investigating the NYPD over allegations its officers have illegally targeted black and brown commuters on the city’s subway system. James’ probe is the latest development in the city’s effort to crack down on fare evasion on the transit system—a…
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‘David Duke in Uniform’: NYPD Officers Say Top Cop Told Them to Target Black and Latinx Commuters on Subways
A high-ranking NYPD leader who oversees the department’s subway policing division has come under increased scrutiny in the last week as former subordinates have publicly called out the leader on his racism—even going so far as to refer to him as “David Duke in uniform.” Recent reporting from The New York Times and Gothamist have…
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Alabama Subway Manager Fired After Being Caught on Camera Using Racial Slur; Tries to Frame It as a 'Slip Up'
My friends, regardless of your race, gender, religion, etc., has the word “nigger” (or any variant thereof), ever just “slipped” out of your mouth even though you hate the word? Asking for myself, because that is exactly what a Birmingham, Ala., Subway manager is claiming after she was captured on video loudly berating a black…
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#EatingOutWhileBlack: Subway Employee Calls 911 on Black Family Because She Thought They Would Rob Her
Add eating out as a family on your way back from vacation to the list of things that black people can’t seem to do in peace. A family of seven who stopped at a Subway in Coweta County, Ga., on Monday to eat dinner said that they had the police called on them while they…