Comment on A postal worker in Harlem attacked a trans woman. She fought back and fatally stabbed him in self-defense. This is how the NY Post framed it.

Diddlydee@feddit.uk ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

• Eyekaytee@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  “I separate them. The mail guy in the front, the lady she was in back. She spit on him, in his face. And mail guy, he got mad. Lemon juice next to the coffee machine, he threw on her. So she took the knife,” the deli worker said.

  Witnesses claimed that, in an instant, Cruz pulled out a knife and fatally stabbed Hodge.

  Yeah

  Cruz stands a towering 6 feet 5 inches tall. Witnesses to the murder described her as huge, and said she appeared to be high on drugs during her confrontation with Hodges.

  …

  Well thanks for adding a +1 to the womens murder rate and not to mens, we need it

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  • finitebanjo@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    TBH this sub is pretty consistent for these sort of takes. Rage no matter how impotent is welcome here, but they issue warnings to people who want to de-escelate and look at the facts.

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• saltesc@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  There’s 15 very big reasons that say it was certainly not self-defence.

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• RowRowRowYourBot@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Im fairly positive there is no self defense claim for stabbings in NY as there aren’t in many places.

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  • nagaram@startrek.website ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    There’s a reason they tell you NOT to use a knife in a self defense scenario. It is nearly impossible to defend especially if you kill the attacker.

    I think you statistically have a better chance of getting away with “executioner style” shots with a gun than knife use in self defense.

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    • thedruid@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Knives are tools not weapons.

      A knife fight cuts everyone. That’s why it’s a shit weapon.

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      • TheFriar@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Not if you study the blade. Like me.

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