A 22-year-old man attacked two UPS workers with a knife early Tuesday morning on a subway train as New York continues to grapple with violence on its transit system.
Comparing New York Times Headlines Reveals Manipulative Agenda
Commentary
You may find it instructive, as I did, to look at the headlines, with their subheads, from two different and apparently unrelated stories in Thursday’s New York Times.
Here’s the first, in its on-line version: “Behind the Nashville Bombing, a Conspiracy Theorist Stewing About the Government: Anthony Warner, who was obsessed with an outlandish tale about lizard aliens and other plots, had been planning for months.”
And here’s the second, also as it appears on-line: “Four Subway Stabbings and a Young Man’s Downward Spiral: The rampage on the A train line reflected a convergence of crises homelessness and mental illness in a desolate subway system.”
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The suspect can be seen leaving a station in a white face mask, cap and jeans.
She is said to have hit out at the tot on Saturday afternoon around 3pm on a northbound C train in Manhattan.
New Yorkers have been living through the challenging effects of the worldwide pandemic for a year now. Many are suffering from new or aggravated mental health issues stemming from the lockdowns and the pandemic, while those with more chronic mental health issues, developmental disabilities and at-risk youth are facing limited treatment options caused by COVID-19 protocols and fewer state-funded treatment options. As we have seen in recent days with the subway attack in New York City, the failure to provide adequate state support, care and treatment for these individuals ultimately results in unnecessary tragedies.