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NYC subway rider who shot ‘aggressive’ straphanger during rush-hour commute won’t be charged: ‘Self defense’
nypost.com ^ | March 15, 2024 | Joe Marino and Kyle Schnitzer

Posted on 03/15/2024 12:21:37 PM PDT by lowbridge

The Brooklyn straphanger who shot a berserk rider attacking him on a rush-hour train Thursday will not be charged, prosecutors said Friday.

“Yesterday’s shooting inside a crowded subway car was shocking and deeply upsetting,’’ Oren Yaniv, a spokesman for the Brooklyn District Attorney’s Office, said in an an e-mailed statement.

“The investigation into this tragic incident is ongoing but, at this stage, evidence of self-defense precludes us from filing any criminal charges against the shooter.”

The shot man, Dajuan Robinson, 36, had bought the gun on the train and whipped it out during his attack on a stranger, who shot Robinson in the head as the pair wrestled over it.

Robinson is hospitalized in critical condition.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; US: New York
KEYWORDS: banglist; newyork; nyc; subway
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To: monkeyshine

Except in very rare circumstances, as in mechanical failure, guns “don’t just go off”. Someone’s finger was on the trigger, And actuated it.


21 posted on 03/15/2024 12:40:12 PM PDT by NFHale (The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
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To: Red Badger

Well, I got a bum steer from an earlier report.

Regardless, the non-charged person is Hispanic, so my point remains.


22 posted on 03/15/2024 12:41:02 PM PDT by MeanWestTexan (Sometimes There Is No Lesser Of Two Evils)
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To: PGR88

“who merely put an aggressive and violent felon in a chokehold”

merely?

he killed him.


23 posted on 03/15/2024 12:42:02 PM PDT by JSM_Liberty
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To: lowbridge

FREE DANIEL PENNY!!!


24 posted on 03/15/2024 12:43:27 PM PDT by sassy steel magnolia
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To: MeanWestTexan

The attacker was black. A big reason is this happened in Brooklyn rather than Manhattan. Different DAs.


25 posted on 03/15/2024 12:44:55 PM PDT by Tipllub
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To: HonkyTonkMan

“Journalists, please, use, commas, sparingly.”

They must have studied punctuation at the same school as certain, Freepers, who predictably use a, ton, of commas, often and in, inappropriate places and usually throw in, several incorrect use’s of, possessive pronoun’s.


26 posted on 03/15/2024 12:47:14 PM PDT by Magic Fingers (Political correctness mutates in order to remain virulent.)
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To: PGR88
So what about Daniel Penny, who merely put an aggressive and violent felon in a chokehold on the subway? He’s facing 20 years in jail. Is it because he’s white?

Damn straight - it’s because he’s not one of them.

27 posted on 03/15/2024 12:47:39 PM PDT by paulcissa (Politicians want you unarmed because they intend on doing things that you would shoot them for.)
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To: Magic Fingers

When I try to use voice to text on my iPhone with voice, it constantly puts commas everywhere. In fact the previous sentence has a comma that was put in by my iPhone..


28 posted on 03/15/2024 12:51:33 PM PDT by wildcard_redneck (He who sacrifices freedom for security deserves neither.)
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To: PGR88

Yes.


29 posted on 03/15/2024 12:55:30 PM PDT by US_MilitaryRules (#PureBlood )
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To: Red Badger

Well, of course. Where else do you expect to buy a newspaper, a soda, candy, or a gun?


30 posted on 03/15/2024 1:02:39 PM PDT by lowbridge ("Let’s check with Senator Schumer before we run it" - NY Times)
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To: lowbridge

or doobies.........................


31 posted on 03/15/2024 1:07:33 PM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: wildcard_redneck

That’s interesting. My cheap Android phone regularly misunderstands my voice-to-text but at least it keeps its commas to itself.


32 posted on 03/15/2024 1:11:45 PM PDT by Magic Fingers (Political correctness mutates in order to remain virulent.)
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To: Magic Fingers

Comma si, comma sa.


33 posted on 03/15/2024 1:20:38 PM PDT by Colinsky
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To: Magic Fingers

Ok, I looked it up and there is a setting under ‘Keyboards’ named ‘Auto-Punctuation.” it must’ve appeared sometime when my iPhone was upgraded.

I just turned it off because, like I said, it is comma crazy.


34 posted on 03/15/2024 1:32:27 PM PDT by wildcard_redneck (He who sacrifices freedom for security deserves neither.)
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To: Colinsky

Lol - exactly.


35 posted on 03/15/2024 1:37:02 PM PDT by Magic Fingers (Political correctness mutates in order to remain virulent.)
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To: NFHale

Yes, of course. We don’t know who’s finger was on the trigger. Presumably the person who pulled it but that’s just a guess. I can imagine the intended victim grabbed and twisted his hand and arm, causing the trigger pull.

Gun safety - don’t put your finger on the trigger unless and until you’re going to fire it!

There is more to this from reports I’ve heard or seen... that the man was highly aggressive. I don’t know what his intentions were or why he needed a pistol for this situation. A little scuffle between two men doesn’t seem to warrant the pulling of a gun. And armed robbery on the packed train car doesn’t make a lot of sense either. But I guess if he was thoughtful and conscientious he wouldn’t have a hole in his head right now.


36 posted on 03/15/2024 1:37:10 PM PDT by monkeyshine (live and let live is dead)
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To: wildcard_redneck

Good find!


37 posted on 03/15/2024 1:37:27 PM PDT by Magic Fingers (Political correctness mutates in order to remain virulent.)
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To: lowbridge

He “whipped it out “?


38 posted on 03/15/2024 1:38:35 PM PDT by faucetman (Just the facts, ma'am, Just the facts )
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To: lowbridge

“Newcomer” get’s no charges.
I’m groovy with that, man did the righteous thing.

But, if he was a Whitey McWhiteman, there would be cuffs, charges, followed by jail time.

n u no it.


39 posted on 03/15/2024 1:43:53 PM PDT by Macoozie (Roll MAGA, roll!)
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To: JSM_Liberty

thx


40 posted on 03/15/2024 1:55:57 PM PDT by xoxox
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