Note that I'm not necessarily opposed to her facing consequences for killing him -- my issue is with how gleefully NYPost is framing it as if she just attacked him out of the blue and shoehorning her into the "evil transgenders" stereotype

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[–] 154 points 1 year ago (15 children)

Did he attack her though? Seems from the articles I read that she spat on him first. That's the attack.

It also seems she was arrested 5 times prior for knife crimes.

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  • [–] 85 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    "I separate them. The mail guy in the front, the lady she was in back. She spit on him, in his face. And mail guy, he got mad. Lemon juice next to the coffee machine, he threw on her. So she took the knife," the deli worker said.

    Witnesses claimed that, in an instant, Cruz pulled out a knife and fatally stabbed Hodge.

    Yeah

    Cruz stands a towering 6 feet 5 inches tall. Witnesses to the murder described her as huge, and said she appeared to be high on drugs during her confrontation with Hodges.

    ...

    Well thanks for adding a +1 to the womens murder rate and not to mens, we need it

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  • [–] 20 points 1 year ago (9 children)

    There's a reason they tell you NOT to use a knife in a self defense scenario. It is nearly impossible to defend especially if you kill the attacker.

    I think you statistically have a better chance of getting away with "executioner style" shots with a gun than knife use in self defense.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (8 children)

    Knives are tools not weapons.

    A knife fight cuts everyone. That's why it's a shit weapon.

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  • [–] 22 points 1 year ago (7 children)

    Not if you study the blade. Like me.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Not everyone on the internet understands sarcasm unless you put a "/s" unfortunately.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    Hey, clear handwritten correspondence used to be a thing, so the jokes were easy to see. Now everyone is just saying whatever, so it's hard to tell

    Also, there are real people who say that, so....

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (3 children)