I suppose this crime against Jordan Neely's humanity is one of the "many cases where passengers assist other riders": the passengers who actively assisted Mr. Neely's anonymous executioner, along with those who passively bore witness to his murder.
Does no one question the mental health of "a straphanger taking matters into his own hands" when doing so ends in the death a human being? This particular straphanger is a former marine, and as such is well aware that a sustained chokehold is likely to be lethal. His identity is shielded from the public as if he were a member of the NYC police force. And why not? The former transit cop who's currently the mayor has his back.
For a long time I'd suspected that when people scream about how "we need to do something about mental illness" that they didn't mean we need to work to ensure that the mentally ill get the treatment and help they need but merely that the mentally ill need to be somehow completely kept out of sight of everyone else, through whatever means necessary ranging from extensive criminalization and imprisonment to what we see here
I suppose this crime against Jordan Neely's humanity is one of the "many cases where passengers assist other riders": the passengers who actively assisted Mr. Neely's anonymous executioner, along with those who passively bore witness to his murder.
Does no one question the mental health of "a straphanger taking matters into his own hands" when doing so ends in the death a human being? This particular straphanger is a former marine, and as such is well aware that a sustained chokehold is likely to be lethal. His identity is shielded from the public as if he were a member of the NYC police force. And why not? The former transit cop who's currently the mayor has his back.
Well said!
For a long time I'd suspected that when people scream about how "we need to do something about mental illness" that they didn't mean we need to work to ensure that the mentally ill get the treatment and help they need but merely that the mentally ill need to be somehow completely kept out of sight of everyone else, through whatever means necessary ranging from extensive criminalization and imprisonment to what we see here