Here’s some news that broke Friday evening in New York; it appears a police officer shot and killed a man who was selling T-shirts outside a nail salon in Brownsville. Here’s Noah Goldberg of the Brooklyn Eagle:
BREAKING: A cop shot and killed a man selling t-shirts outside an East New York nail salon after workers at the salon called cops to remove him, according to staffers for CM Alicka Ampry-Samuel.
— Noah Goldberg (@Noah__Goldberg) October 25, 2019
And here’s Jake Offenhartz of Gothamist. Seems the victim was a quiet guy who never bothered anybody.
In Brownsville, where police fatally shot a man inside a nail salon earlier tonight. Neighbors say he was quiet guy who sold tshirts. “He was out all day, trying to start a business. Never bothered nobody.” pic.twitter.com/oeYYVgHxek
— Jake Offenhartz (@jangelooff) October 26, 2019
Wait, there’s more:
The man was fatally shot after he "interfered with a lawful arrest" of another individual inside the nail salon, according to @NYPDChiefPatrol. He allegedly used a metal chair to strike an officer, who's now in a medically induced coma. Man pronounced dead at the scene.
— Jake Offenhartz (@jangelooff) October 26, 2019
The officer’s in a medically induced coma? We didn’t see that in the first tweet.
We believe this is the response they were going for:
I’ll never understand this. How are there so many trigger happy, incompetent cops? I’m appreciate and respect the good, very few, cops, but this out of control. This is not ok.
— Whitney Loeser (@ThroughMyEyes) October 26, 2019
It might very well be OK. And here’s local councilmember Alicka Ampry-Samuel:
A little after 5:30 this afternoon there was a police involved shooting in my district. My condolences to the victim and their family. We MUST work harder to have better community and police relationships.
— Alicka Ampry-Samuel (@AlickaASamuel41) October 25, 2019
Goldberg reports in his piece:
A man entered Goldmine Nail Salon on Mother Gaston Boulevard near Sutter Avenue around 5:40 p.m., trying to use the bathroom, according to police. The man did not get into the bathroom, though it’s not clear if the salon workers did not allow him to. The man then began to urinate on the floor of the salon, cops said.
Employees of the salon asked two uniformed officers, who were on patrol, to remove the man, according to police.
When they realized he had an open warrant, police began to arrest the man, but he resisted arrest, they said.
That’s when Kwesi Ashun, who was selling T-shirts outside the salon, got into the fray, beginning a “violent struggle” with the responding officers, according to NYPD. Police attempted to Tase Ashun, but said it was ineffective.
Ashun then struck one of the officers in the head with a metal chair, police said.
So the quiet guy who sold T-shirts who “never bothered nobody” picked up a metal chair and hit one of the responding officers over the head with it several times. And police used a Taser first, to no effect.
A police officer was beaten so severely he’s in a coma in the hospital. During the savage beating he was able to shoot the man trying to kill him. This is how the press reports it……. https://t.co/sn8iaoBAS3
— EducatëdHillbilly™ (@RobProvince) October 26, 2019
The guy attacked the cop and put him in a fucking coma. Tell the damn truth!
— Harold (@Nikk1066) October 26, 2019
Lies of omission smell just as sweet to yellow journos
— jaja (@JaJasTweets) October 26, 2019
You really aint gonna say the rest huh?
— R.E.A.K.P.W.C. (@Conradrod15) October 26, 2019
Live look @Noah__Goldberg pic.twitter.com/7zrrh5vvXV
— #43Train(12GP 4G 3A 6P E) (@Robostop10) October 26, 2019
So uh… You not gonna tell about the part where the guy smacks a cop over the head with a metal chair, putting him into a coma? Thats a kind of important detail.
— Storm (@gallagherr314) October 26, 2019
Imagine not mentioning that he put an officer in a coma with a metal chair
— ⭐Alexis⭐ (@lexedmo) October 26, 2019
Guess we’ll ignore the one cop that’s in a coma because of this man eh?
— Chris (@ChrisClark4314) October 26, 2019
— iamboredallthetime (@iamboredallthe1) October 26, 2019
Yup that’s exactly what happen they wanted him off the property because he was selling t-shirts so the cop just walked up and shot him. I’m pretty sure the cop just spit on his dead body also and burned the shirts because they weren’t his favorite color.
— . (@NoProfileName27) October 26, 2019
I really like the part where you didn't mention that he beat the officer so hard with a metal chair that the officer had to be put in a medically induced coma to save his life. That guy deserved what he got.
— Spooky Scary Bonelord (@unlovedfetus) October 26, 2019
Blue man bad.
— Roach ??? (@RGG_Roach) October 26, 2019
Misleading at best.
— Peasant H (@c_gt1982) October 26, 2019
Is that really what happened Noah? I mean, are you realllllly sure that’s what you want to go with? Just making sure: this is how you want to take this? Last chance: is this the right way to spin this?
— Tropical Storm Optimism (@crazyivan459) October 26, 2019
Imagine being a "justice reporter" and not doing the actual story justice
— John Collins (@VStrom_John) October 26, 2019
Wow great job telling the whole story. Leave out the part where he interfered in an arrest. A taser was used but didn’t stop him. He then bashed a cop in the head with a chair causing trauma so severe he was placed in a medically induced coma. Great job @Noah__Goldberg
— DR J (@SHANTYIRISH21) October 26, 2019
The officer was beaten severely and is in a coma. Seems like an important detail to leave out.
— Noir Catholic (@EsqCatholic) October 26, 2019
You may want to read the article instead of just the headline. They weren't called on the t-shirt seller, they were attacked by him while trying to arrest someone else who had peed in the corner https://t.co/xcI6E0vLYC.
— RussEby (@RussEby) October 26, 2019
Really is that what happened? Gosh.
— jaja (@JaJasTweets) October 26, 2019
Nice, Bro! It's always awesome to hide the other facts in click bait.
— 3Pawz2Sox (@2Sox3Pawz) October 26, 2019
You’re leaving out facts ! The man urinated in the store and was disruptive and combative … c’mon man !!!
— Marc Raymond (@mkr071068) October 26, 2019
Leave out any facts? Was t-shirt guy just handing out t-shirts when a cop capped him for no reason?
— Plastic Straw Cartel Chief (@rcjparry) October 26, 2019
Not while he was selling t-shirts. He was currently attacking the officer with a metal chair. The injuries the cop suffered resulted in him being placed in a medically induced coma and in critical condition.
— Scout_O_Copter (@o_copter) October 26, 2019
So. Did anything ELSE happen that might be relevant to the man being shot by the cops? Like, did the man hit a cop in the head with a metal chair, putting the cop in a coma? (More evidence that the media sucks- carrying water and selling the lefty narrative)
— Mrz.T (@MaeTellu) October 26, 2019
Why are you trying to make it seem like the guy was shot just for the hell of it? The guy hit a cop over the head with a chair.
— James Rogers (@pmojh3) October 26, 2019
More lies in order to fear monger against cops.
The cool part is this will probably lead to more deaths, as people who blindly ingest these types of headlines will be more likely to perpetuate this cycle of violence fed by ignorance.
Good job, asshole
— Andrew Fink (@finkydoodle) October 26, 2019
A man was shot for selling t-shirts? That’s the reaction you’re going for, dishonest POS.
— Keister Worshipper (@ZachGWise) October 26, 2019
might be time to delete this bud
— oh boy (@Welcome_2_Moes) October 26, 2019
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Update:
And here’s Dr. Rebecca Kavanaugh, media relations director for The Appeal, a nonprofit criminal justice publication:
An NYPD officer shot and killed Kwesi Ashun, an unarmed Black man, in Brownsville, Brooklyn this afternoon. He is the fourth person the NYPD have shot dead in the last ten days. https://t.co/KWuuDNqJXl
— Rebecca J. Kavanagh (@DrRJKavanagh) October 26, 2019
Forgive me for fixing a curiously *buried lede* by the Media Relations Director for NYC Public Defender Services:
NYPD Officer in medically-induced coma after fatally shooting man who had struck him w/metal chair, while cop attempted to arrest a man for urinating on salon floor. https://t.co/FKDZp4xkoa
— James A. Gagliano (@JamesAGagliano) October 26, 2019
“Unarmed”
— Wiggle Wiggle Vigil (@VigilWiggle) October 26, 2019
He put a cop in a coma.
— this is now a farm aesthetics page ? (@javierjabanero) October 26, 2019
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— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) September 17, 2019
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