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Last Tuesday, an #FBI agent pulled out his gun and repeatedly shot a passenger on the #Washington subway. There were zero news reports or disclosures for the two days after the shooting. Was the torrent of media editorials and exposes denouncing #policeviolence earlier this year all a sham? Thirty-six years ago, Bernie Goetz pulled a pistol and shot four youths who were shaking him down on the New York subway. This was front-page news for weeks and spurred a deluge of anti-gun denunciations as well as condemnations of routine subway violence. Goetz was later acquitted by a jury on criminal assault and attempted murder charges. Last Tuesday, an FBI agent pulled out his gun and repeatedly shot a passenger on the Washington subway. At the bottom of B6 in Saturday’s Washington Post – buried past an article headlined, “Despite the upcoming solstice, winter has already arrived” is a short piece headlined: “Police:‘Verbal exchange’ preceded Metro shooting.” There were zero news reports or disclosures for the two days after the shooting – except for a brief FBI note that there had been an “officer-involved shooting” on the subway. What did the passenger say that provoked the shooting? It’s a secret – at least for the time being. #politics https://www.counterpunch.org/2020/12/23/fbis-newest-prerogative-shooting-subway-passengers/

FBI’s Newest Prerogative: Shooting Subway Passengers - CounterPunch.org

Was the torrent of media editorials and exposes denouncing police violence earlier this year all a sham? Thirty-six years ago, Bernie Goetz pulled a pistol and shot four youths who were shaking him down on the New York subway. This was front-page news for weeks and spurred a deluge of anti-gun denun...

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#Dumbfuckistan : More than a dozen unmasked people were caught on video dancing close together at a GOP holiday party in Queens, NY Members of a local Republican party in Queens, New York hit the dance floor at an indoor holiday party earlier this month amid a raging pandemic, viral footage shows. Participants also failed to wear masks or social distance at the event. According to The New York Times, the Whitestone Republican Club held the party on Dec. 9 at an Italian restaurant called Il Bacco. Video of the revelry was circulated on social media this week, prompting backlash and condemnation from New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D). “I saw the video. #COVID conga lines are not smart. That’s my official position,” Cuomo said at a press briefing on Tuesday. “Why you would do an unmasked conga line in the middle of a pandemic?” #Pandemic #Politics #COVID19 https://www.huffpost.com/entry/covid-conga-line-queens-republicans_n_5fe2c6b2c5b6ff74797e5e88