Posted on 03/26/2024 1:45:31 PM PDT by Morgana
The subway 'pusher' accused of shoving a victim to their death in front of a train on Monday night has been identified.
Carlton McPherson, 24, allegedly shoved a 45-year-old man onto the tracks at the 125th Street station at Lexington Avenue in East Harlem as a 4 train approached around 7pm.
According to authorities, the attack was unprovoked and the victim has not yet been identified.
McPherson has a lengthy criminal history and was arrested at the age of 16. He also has a history of mental illness.
He was arrested in October 2023 for assault but was freed on bond and is expected back in court on that charge in July, sources told the New York Post.
The victim was pushed on the uptown platform in front of a train that was unable to stop, according to a police spokeswoman.
Number 5 trains in both directions were severely delayed following the attack, according to the MTA. Normal service to the station resumed by 9pm.
A large number of officers were present at the scene along with a number of shocked New Yorkers standing on the platform as word spread about a man underneath the train.
'I felt like a pit in my stomach when I heard it, and just felt really sad for the person that it happened to,' Brendan Daniel told Pix 11.
The horrifying incident unfolded hours after NYPD Transit leaders made a public safety announcement about the 'continued commitment' they have made 'toward public safety' in the community.
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NYs bloated, expensive, politicized,, so-called “progressive” public health service results are disastrous - completely the opposite of their virtue-signaling claims.
The testimony of two or more witnesses?
...stone him.
remove him from society, for the protection of society.
::GAVEL SLAM::
NEEEEEXT!
Yes BooBoo, it is always them. . .
When the mental institutions were closed in the 1970s the murder rate took off like a rocket.
Not mental illness. Some people are just bad.
Straight white men are rarely accorded "mitigating circumstances" due to "mental illness." Especially if they attack a "protected class."
Just like Geraldo Rivera's career.
He needs a .45 caliber rectum right between his eyes.
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Tie this little bastard to the nearest train tracks.
are there any CooCoo nests left anywhere?
Probation will be enough.
Yes, it is.
That was my guess too
Seems whenever a Dem protected class member commits a crime it is always attributed to mental health nowadays.
That is the way it is in Disneyworld
I do as well. Especially because govt no longer locks dangerous mentally ill folks up in mental institutions anymore.
THANK THE ACLU.
THEY pressured Ronald Reagan.
So do I.
The person might be crazy as a loon, but he's still accountable for the crime. Death penalty for murderers - craziness notwithstanding. God can take that into account, but we have our duty.
Genesis 9:6 (KJV) Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man.
We need to reinstitute insane asylums for these folks. No more living on the streets Either they get involuntarily committed if they are a danger to others or sent to jail if they are druggies with a dozen different rehab assignments or they find a place to live. For the 2% that are normal but have fallen on hard times, gubmint should provide some assistance to get them off the streets
Carlton needs to meet the wheels of a subway car himself. That’ll solve both HIS and society’s problems.
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