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Retired correction officer fatally shoots man at Brooklyn's Borough Hall station following scuffle
New York Daily News ^
| March 11, 2015
| Kerry Burke , Thomas Tracy , Pete Donohue , Joseph Stepansky
Posted on 03/11/2015 6:02:26 AM PDT by ConservativeStatement
Bloody pandemonium erupted in the Borough Hall subway station in Brooklyn Tuesday night when a retired correction officer shot and killed an apparently unarmed man who had confronted him on a No. 4 train moments earlier, police said.
The man who was slain, Gilbert Drogheo, 32, and another man began harassing the 69-year-old retired officer as he boarded a Brooklyn-bound 4 train at the Bowling Green station in Manhattan around 6:30 p.m., according to police sources and a witness.
(Excerpt) Read more at nydailynews.com ...
TOPICS: Local News; Society
KEYWORDS: brooklyn; shooting; subway
All three men were black, police said, but Berry said one appeared to be Hispanic.
And thus national media will probably pay little attention.
headline shortened to fit
To: ConservativeStatement
Yep...it must really suck being 69 and in a war zone. It’s bad enough when you’re young.
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posted on
03/11/2015 6:11:06 AM PDT
by
gr8eman
(Don't waste your energy trying to understand commies. Use it to defeat them!)
To: ConservativeStatement
Play stupid subway games, win stupid subway prizes.
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posted on
03/11/2015 6:14:57 AM PDT
by
WayneS
(Barack Obama makes Neville Chamberlin look like George Patton.)
To: ConservativeStatement
They were talking mad trash, said the witness, 30-year-old Thomas Berry of Crown Heights... Do the New York police have translators who can tell them what this means, in actual English?
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posted on
03/11/2015 6:16:31 AM PDT
by
WayneS
(Barack Obama makes Neville Chamberlin look like George Patton.)
To: WayneS
did they have screw drivers
To: WayneS
They were talking mad trash,
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Probably recognized the old man as an officer from their time in prison and threatened his life.
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posted on
03/11/2015 7:02:21 AM PDT
by
ViLaLuz
(2 Chronicles 7:14)
To: ConservativeStatement
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posted on
03/11/2015 7:05:13 AM PDT
by
ABN 505
(apo)
To: ABN 505
Almost. Bernie Goetz is now 67.
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posted on
03/11/2015 7:21:43 AM PDT
by
FoxInSocks
("Hope is not a course of action." -- M. O'Neal, USMC)
To: gr8eman
I think the lesson to be learned here is don’t harass strangers. They might shoot you.
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posted on
03/11/2015 9:08:29 AM PDT
by
Georgia Girl 2
(The only purpose o f a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
To: Georgia Girl 2
I think the lesson to be learned here is dont harass strangers. They might shoot you.Especially old strangers. They don't have time to screw around.
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posted on
03/11/2015 9:11:18 AM PDT
by
Oatka
(This is America. Assimilate or evaporate.)
To: WayneS
The train was crowded. The older guy had to squeeze on and he bumped the younger guys who started to verbally harass the older guy. It spilled out into the next stop.
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posted on
03/11/2015 9:11:59 AM PDT
by
thefactor
(yes, as a matter of fact, i DID only read the excerpt)
To: WayneS
Thomas Berry of Crown Heights, the witness who spoke up, is now a thug target.
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posted on
03/11/2015 9:33:14 AM PDT
by
JimRed
(Excise the cancer before it kills us; feed & Ifwater the Tree of Liberty! TERM LIMITS NOW & FOREVER!)
To: ConservativeStatement
If there are witnesses willing to testify to the harassment mentioned the shooter might have a chance.If the shootee had a long history of crime the shooter might be OK
To: ConservativeStatement
I am always nervous...*very* nervous...when I ride the NYC subway.Running into a wild schizophrenic...or punk psychopath...is one of the reasons.
To: Gay State Conservative
Good enough reason not to go to NYC - you might encounter a New Yorker
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posted on
03/11/2015 10:08:56 AM PDT
by
GeronL
To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...
> Gilbert Drogheo, 32, and another man began harassing the 69-year-old retired officer as he boarded a Brooklyn-bound 4 train at the Bowling Green station in Manhattan around 6:30 p.m., according to police sources and a witness.
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posted on
03/11/2015 10:50:19 AM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(What do we want? REGIME CHANGE! When do we want it? NOW!)
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