The current position of the NYPD is that some random black guy wandering past a crime scene after the cops shot up a crowd decided to steal the knife that the cops considered to be key evidence. This is, to put it mildly, somewhat less credible than the claim that a crow tried to steal a murder weapon.

“the department put out a request seeking the public’s help to find the knife”

Translation: "We'd love someone to come forward with a knife and claim it's from the crime scene, so we can cover our asses."

The police have not been a credible source of information since the BLM protests. I'm sure they lied all the time before that too but that period really put a light on how much they lie. It's their first instinct in any situation, just deny anything wrong happened and cast aspersions on the victim's character.

By "recovered" the cops unironically mean the opposite of recovered - as in a non-police person has taken the knife.

I can't tell from just this article if I should lean more to standard cop butchering of language or intentional deception.

EDIT: Or not? I found another article that says they retracted that statement about recovering the knife - that it was the wrong knife. That definitely doesn't make me less suspicious...

Shouldn't the knive have a shadow?

Only if you're American.

Distraction from what actually happened here…

The initial "he had a knife!" was a distraction, certainly. But now it brings us back to the meat of the matter - the NYPD lies on impulse about everything in order to cover their asses.

At this point, who even fucking knows if he actually jumped a turnstile or if the police just decided to chase after and harass a guy who'd legally paid his fare?

These stories will get closer and closer to you.

I've got family in Manhattan and Queens. Fucking horrifying to think one of them might have been caught in the middle of this. Unfortunately, my NY family cannot stop having a hard-on for the cops. Given the deluge of far-right media around the incident and the degree to which the lies of the police are embellished and added on to by even less reputable talk radio goons and social media crackpots, I doubt this will change their view of what happened.

A demon-man used his magic knife to force two police officers to shot into a crowd, and only the brave champions of law and order were able to stop him.

Does the MTA not have security cameras? I live in Boston where the system is an antique (literally, in one part) and we have cameras on all platforms and all new trains.

(Granted, we did also face that bombing a few years ago that probably was used to justify the funding for it.)

The sheer, unmitigated corruption and violence that comes from police departments and courts (especially looking at you, "Supreme" Court) is utterly disheartening. I sincerely do not see a way forward without violence, and I am not a proponent of violence. But things have gotten so bad, the people have so few protections and so few people in power on their side. What are you supposed to do when voting doesn't matter because of corruption, gerrymandering, voter intimidation, disenfranchisement?

Where do we go from here when there is no one with power or in the mainstream political sphere who is even trying to correct it?

Yes, we have Bernie and AOC, but two people can't do a thing.

Unless the figure has been changed, it was even less than that.

$2.90.

He's a little busy right now

And he's also a cop, so guess which side he would be on

This has been sop for a few decades now.

I'm guessing you haven't heard of Killology. They are literally trained to see the populace as dangerous enemy combatants, and they have fewer rules of engagement than soldiers do abroad. So they shoot whoever and whatever the fuck they want, and get away with it.

No no, just feeling like they're in danger is fine now.

If you yell something, you might spook the person you're intending to shoot who is, for example, simply holding their wallet.

Training is short so they make sure to make it count, they don't see what they're doing as a profession necessitating years of training like other professions unfortunately.