The New York Police Department admitted it killed a homeless man on Thursday night when one of its vans raced to try and beat a light on a Brooklyn street, according to theA witness said the man was standing in his usual spot when the van barreled down the street, hitting him. “The brother was in the middle of the street.
He stood there every day, trying to get a few dollars to eat,” witness Dequan Bass said. “He begged for change and quarters before the light would change from different cars.” Once the van hit the man, it apparently dragged him 35 feet down the street before stopping. An officer apparently tried to revive him unsuccessfully. The unidentified man was taken to the hospital, but he couldn’t be revived. Police said they were investigating the crash.
What is the update on this? Or is the NYpig department going to get away with it
just one bad vanpple
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Kinda burying the lede here, shouldn't the headline be: MACHINES RISING UP AGAINST HUMANITY!
Police culture around the world is out of control unprofessional and criminal
Who was driving the van? That's like saying 'a gun killed a man.' It puts blame on the object rather than the person who killed the homeless man.
NYPD got them self driving vans now huh
Do they have autonomous vans? Because otherwise this headline is an abomination.
I'm so glad the Police are Investigating. I'm sure the Van will be Arrested and Prosecuted to the Full Extend of the Law.
they got self driving vans defend* the police *abolish
Th van just up and killed the person? That's crazy. I would have expected a human involved in some way
Why are the vans allowed to autonomously run red lights?
Police are just murderers with good press like this
Wow the van raced under its own agency that's crazy
One of its vans did that huh? On its own? Is its name K.I.T.T.?
The van was responsible? Is that how I'm supposed to read that? It wasn't the COP behind the wheel? And this is the story they admit to. Imagine how bad the real story is.
“The van” Classic MSM direct repeat of police press release when officers obviously caused a death. Negligent or purposeful, the van didn’t act alone. FFS This is so lazy it’s painful to read.
Lock that NYPD driver up and put them away for manslaughter.
I hate it when my work vehicle does whatever it wants.
Wow they shouldn't let the vans do that There ought to be drivers
Wow, the van raced to vest a light? Was it a Tesla, or was it driven by a cop? Because both will result in the deaths of innocent people.
Note to commenters who think they know grammar better than they do: the evasive language here is not the “passive voice” or “passive tense.” That would be eliminating a subject. “…was killed.” This is active voice. The actor is the van…which is rightly mocked as absurd.
Vans are not sentient.
The NYPD should try this method when they kill people with guns. 'An NYPD 9mm shot and killed a man today who was selling cigarettes outside a 7-11'
The van is on paid leave while there's an ongoing investigation
Everyone is rightfully dunking on the person who wrote this headline. Stop using the passive voice like this. A police officer ran a red light and killed a homeless person with his vehicle. I really thought we could count on this publication to be better than Fox News. 🤷♀️
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The NYPD admitted it killed a homeless man on Thursday night when one of its [officers] raced to try and beat a light on a Brooklyn street [while driving an NYPD van], according to the New York Daily News.
Why would one of its vans do that?
'NYPD van clears homeless encampment, individuals relocated to nearest morgue.'
How do vans kill people?
bro what the fuck
Hey Daily Beast, have you ever, like, tried not to simply reprint the police press release in their words and just like, idk, not be a police propaganda outlet for, maybe, once a years or so. Would be great.
Is the driver being charged with vehicular manslaughter or something I hope? Removed from the police force? Something?
Holy shit how is it even remotely ethical to use this kind of language? What a fucking joke and sad excuse for journalism.
NYPD has driverless vans? Neat!
It’s a relief to learn the van was the responsible party and will be held accountable. Hopefully the officers inside the van (all of whom have names, faces, and taxpayer funded high salaries) were ok
The cops, you know, the special folks, bust thru yellow lights regularly..
This is not journalism.
Not to make light of a tragic death, but... What's the connection between the NYPD killing a homeless man at the same time one of its sentient vans ran a red light?
when's the van getting arrested?
I literally red this as the van raced towards the homeless man and the police officers tried to stop it.
Nice passive language there i promise nobody noticed
Pretty soon that van will be
Unacceptable!
Weird way to announce you've created sentient vans but okay.
oh word? the van did that shit? all by itself?
Man stands in middle of street at night and gets hit by van. Van blameless.
Award-winning use of passive voice here.
Total lack of respect for human life
Just a bad apple in the fleet of vans
The reckless cop did this. The van did not do anything.
I noticed your bio contains the words 'independent' and 'intelligent'. This stupidly-worded, running cover for murderous cops, would suggest otherwise.
The van must be a transformer and was driving itself right?
Where’s the charges against the police officer
Stupid van... Wait a minute
Who was in the van?
I’m sure the van is ashamed of its actions
was it fucking Herbie Fully Loaded or did a cop kill someone with a van
Wow that’s crazy! They should stop using self-driving vans.
Over 100 news articles on this already to demonize the police. I wish white liberals would show this concern when a white or Asian is brutally beaten or murdered by a homeless man. Then, we know, it's just crickets from the mainstream media.
Was it a Tesla cop van?
The VAN did it? On its own
oh wow surprised none of the cops inside opened fire on this clearly demonic van
'the van has been placed on paid temporary leave'
Can we say coverup?.🤔
was anyone driving it or is the van sentient?
There goes that pilot program. Or should I say non-piloted program. Definitely need to make sure there are human’s at the wheel from now on. 🙄
So which cop murdered him? Passive voice real gross
fucked up of the van and the van alone to do try and beat the light
Shit, maximum overdrive is coming true!!
Yo, the NYPD has self-serving vans? Wild.
'One of its vans' driven by a cop, I presume? So a cop tried to race the light and killed a person. Your tweet is misleading and I will report it as such.
The van in the back said 'everyone attack'.
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