It somehow took 9 cops to arrest 1 non-violent black guy for a subway-ticket violation.

[DetlefK]

Link to tweet

[MagickMuffin]

1. They behaved like their pResident

Stage an event to make you look more superior.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

2. FTP.

[Hav]

3. That really happened?

Did they think they were some hardcore special ops unit?
Besides the madness of such an action where everyone gets to join in in the fun because of a ticket violation, is it common to (reportedly) point your weapon into a crowded, narrow area full of civilians? In other words, when is the limit reached when the police decides that you are too much of a dumbass to run around with a gun?

[bluestarone]

4. WOW!

Unbelievable! Are the police becoming RUSSIANS?

[Alea]

5. Would you rather it had just been 2 cops?

Then they could have struggled with him until deadly force was needed...

It's not suppose to be fair. They used overwhelming force to subdue him and no one was hurt. Did they know he wasn't armed? How could they know that before hand?

[CanonRay]

7. That was not a scenario in which anyone should have drawn their weapon.

[MineralMan]

6. What does one ride cost these days?

$1.50? I have no idea. Let the guy ride, for Jebus's sake.

Here in the Twin Cities of MN, the general rule on the Metro system is: "In case of a dispute, provide the ride!" Why escalate something so minor as an unpaid fare? It makes no sense at all.

[NYC Liberal]

10. Fare evasion is a huge problem and there's currently a big

campaign and crackdown. It’s up to $250-300 million in lost revenue annually now.

[hardluck]

8. They were responding to reports of a man with a gun

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/NYPD-Crew-Rushes-Into-Subway-Train-563926651.html%3famp=y

[MarcA]

9. Telling how they kept pushing away those who were recording

the event, even though they were not interfering with the arrest.
Like we little people are told:"if you've done nothing wrong then you have
nothing to hide".