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Mom of crazed Times Square killer questions why cops couldn’t grab her as she lunged at them with knives
New York Post ^ | Sep. 2, 2026 | By Patrick Reilly

Posted on 09/02/2026 9:18:58 AM PDT by ConservativeStatement

The mother of the crazed Queens woman who killed a new mom and seriously wounded an elderly dad in a terrifying Times Square stabbing spree is questioning why cops didn’t just “grab” her daughter rather than fatally shoot her when she charged at them with knives.

Pamela Cisneros, 49, stabbed Erin Piacenti, 32, and Tak Kam, 68, Monday afternoon before cell phone video showed her being surrounded by police and threatening to kill them with a large knife in each hand.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Society
KEYWORDS: newyork; stabbing; timessquare

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To: mass55th

I learned how dangerous a knife can be in Army training using a knife &/or bayonet,


61 posted on 09/02/2026 10:39:31 AM PDT by Pol-92064 (tax)
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To: ConservativeStatement

I’m surprised they stopped her even with gunfire. That huge mass of flesh must’ve taken Buffalo Bore high velocity ammo.


62 posted on 09/02/2026 10:42:01 AM PDT by LouAvul (They're doing it again because you didn't hang them last time.)
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To: Kudsman

Nope they shot correctly.


63 posted on 09/02/2026 10:42:05 AM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: ansel12

Thats because in the uk almost all cops are not armed.


64 posted on 09/02/2026 10:42:36 AM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear

Or get her legal citizenship too?


65 posted on 09/02/2026 10:43:13 AM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Liz

I would treat her exactly as I would treat a man doing the same thing.


66 posted on 09/02/2026 10:44:06 AM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: ConservativeStatement

Consider that her execution for capital murder, you stupid b*tch.


67 posted on 09/02/2026 10:45:38 AM PDT by montag813
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To: ConservativeStatement

In my CC class I learned that someone with a knife is as dangerous as if not more dangerous than someone with a gun.


68 posted on 09/02/2026 10:45:56 AM PDT by Mercat
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To: ConservativeStatement

She shook off being tazered twice.


69 posted on 09/02/2026 10:47:06 AM PDT by MNJohnnie
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To: ConservativeStatement

cops are not permitted to hit people with billy club

Actually I am ok with the fact they killed her.


70 posted on 09/02/2026 10:47:18 AM PDT by Chickensoup
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To: ConservativeStatement

Sounds like a go meet Jesus situation to me.


71 posted on 09/02/2026 10:49:25 AM PDT by seabeeson
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To: ConservativeStatement

If tasers didn’t affect her then how could bare hands of police do the trick?

One of many reports that police used tasers first but were unable to stop her from lunging at people with blades.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/surprising-reasons-why-tasers-didn-225838029.html


72 posted on 09/02/2026 10:51:21 AM PDT by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls. )
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To: Secret Agent Man

It takes a brave man to take on a guy with a knife and even when there are several of you with clubs you still have to be the type that isn’t afraid to get physical, give them their due.
All cops should be brave, when they aren’t they just stand back and gun everything in front of them, like we see so often in America and we see so many innocents and dogs gunned down because the cops just arrived and haven’t even bothered to learn who is who yet, or who called them in the first place.


73 posted on 09/02/2026 10:52:41 AM PDT by ansel12
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To: Texas Eagle
They had to shoot her because harpoons are illegal.

A whale of a post. 🐳

74 posted on 09/02/2026 10:53:19 AM PDT by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls. )
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To: Mercat

“””””In my CC class I learned that someone with a knife is as dangerous as if not more dangerous than someone with a gun.””””

Which is ridiculous, I have had many run ins with both and I will always prefer that the other guy have a knife instead of a gun.
A guy with a knife still has to close on you, has to fight you, and he has to get the knife into you, and he has to get that knife or slash to a place on you that is disabling or fatal. A five year old girl can point and shoot a pistol from 10 feet away.


75 posted on 09/02/2026 10:59:32 AM PDT by ansel12
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To: Chickensoup

“””””cops are not permitted to hit people with billy club”””””

Cops are going to have to get their billy clubs back, they are an awesome tool and a great weapon against a knife.


76 posted on 09/02/2026 11:03:12 AM PDT by ansel12
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To: ConservativeStatement

Why won’t they just keep whack job mental cases locked up where they belong?

Then we don’t have to endure these “coulda woulda shoulda” reverse-engineered after action reviews from idiots.


77 posted on 09/02/2026 11:08:38 AM PDT by Freedom4US
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To: not in the club

On the plus side, anyone who saw the knives could easily out run her.


She’s been gorging on the extra large pizzas for sure.


78 posted on 09/02/2026 11:21:01 AM PDT by Liz (“The heavens declare the glory of Gd; the skies the work of His hands." (Psalm 19:1))
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To: one guy in new jersey

Good question.......dont know.


79 posted on 09/02/2026 11:21:42 AM PDT by Liz (“The heavens declare the glory of Gd; the skies the work of His hands." (Psalm 19:1))
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To: kosciusko51

lol


80 posted on 09/02/2026 11:22:08 AM PDT by Liz (“The heavens declare the glory of Gd; the skies the work of His hands." (Psalm 19:1))
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