NYC subway conductor slashed in neck at station, suspect at large
FOX NewsFEB 28 2024
National Guard Troops Deployed to NYC Subways
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The Spin
Pro-establishment narrative
While the recent attacks on the NYC transit system may make it seem like the subway is becoming increasingly dangerous, the governor is ensuring its safety, deploying the National Guard, and proposing comprehensive public safety measures to address criminal activities in NYC's subways.
Establishment-critical narrative
NYC's subways aren't safe anymore. Three people have been fatally shot, and several others have been violently slashed, stabbed, beaten, and shoved while riding the trains or waiting in the subway station in recent months. Hochul's measures are an eyewash to hide the failure of the existing anti-crime initiatives in the subway.
Cynical narrative
The policy of deploying National Guard forces does not ultimately enhance public safety nor does it show a failure of current law enforcement services. Instead, it continues a post-9/11 trend of militarization of policing activities across the US. The discourse must refocus on the alarming public acceptance of automatic weapons and omnipresent surveillance cameras in our everyday lives.