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Nostromeow t1_itbwhaq wrote

Reply to comment by carolyn_mae in Queens man struck by subway in fight was rushing to take wife to doctor’s visit: widow by someone_whoisthat

One thing that I wonder about, is why these attacks seem so common in NYC ? It’s probably amplified by the media but it seems that I read about a new attack every week. I live in Paris and the subway isn’t the safest place but attacks like this are extremely rare in comparison, or so it seems. I mean you will definitely get yelled at for no reason by a weird crackhead, it’s a rite of passage… But I wonder why violent attacks seem to have surged in NYC subway post pandemic. Is it lack of security personnel ? Lack of mental health services/support in general for marginalized people ? Both ?.. I’m genuinely asking because I really don’t understand, why now, what’s going on ?

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Unique_Bunch t1_itd6r8s wrote

Look in to the actual numbers behind it. It's true that it's not as safe as it was in recent years, but the rate at which the attacks have increased is not even close to the rate at which mass media is publishing news about it.

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Nostromeow t1_itgqpqo wrote

Yeah that’s what I figured, that the media was focusing so much on it that it seemed to happen much more than it actually does

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