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Hero Or Vigilante?

Hero Or Vigilante?

The symbolism of the NYC subway chokeholder in an age of criminal civic chaos

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May 04, 2023
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‘Vigilante’ — unjustified editorializing by TV station

What do you think about the subway killing in New York? What, you mean you don’t have an opinion? What’s wrong with you? Everybody has to have an opinion RIGHT NOW. The NY TV station where I got that screenshot of the video has decided that the unnamed ex-Marine doing the chokehold on the threatening…

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