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| Homeless man, 69, seen on video stabbing thugs terrorizing him on NYC subway, killing 1, won't face charges: DA |
| 2025-01-10 |
| [NYPost] Dramatic video footage captured the moment a 69-year-old homeless man stabbed the thugs who mercilessly terrorized him on a Queens subway train, killing one and wounding another. In a twist of transit justice, it’s the surviving goons who are now behind bars, prosecutors said. “The victim was accosted, without provocation, and our investigation has shown that he defended himself while attempting to retrieve his property,” Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz said in a statement Wednesday. “As a result, my office will not be filing charges for the fatality.” Gripping footage of the violent encounter on a 7 train on Dec. 22 shows the victim sleeping on the train shortly before 12:30 a.m. when two of the brutes — identified by prosecutors as Stalin Moya and Oswaldo Walter — grab one of the man’s bags and take it into a second car. Moya then goes back and grabs more of the victim’s bags — waking him up in the process. That’s when things got violent. The unidentified victim followed Moya into the second car to try to get his things back, only to be attacked and pounded by several men in the group as they scattered and hid his bags. The footage shows the victim then being shoved and slugged repeatedly by the group — until he has enough and pulls out a long knife and slashes his attackers, wounding at least two. The cowardly thugs then scatter — one is seen stumbling away, bleeding from his wounds — as the victim stands in the middle of the empty subway car, still clutching the knife. Pena, 26, Walter, 29, and two others — Jose Valencia, 35, and Henry Toapanta, 32 — have been indicted by a grand jury on robbery and assault charges in the incident. The DA’s office said all of the suspects are also homeless. “Our subways must be safe for the millions of people who depend on public transportation,” Katz said in her statement. “The New York City subway system has been outfitted with cameras and the video recovered in this case is vital to our prosecution.” The incident comes amid a recent jump in subway violence and has similarities to earlier instances when straphangers fought back against transit thugs. |
| Posted by:Ulailet+Thud3602 |
| #6 'The NYC subways are safer than they've ever been.' /Herchel |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2025-01-10 19:56 |
| #5 “Our subways must be safe for the millions of people who depend on public transportation,” Katz said in her statement. "Your stereotypical cats, Often wearing their sweet little hats, Aren't easily herded, But... Cheese it!" he blurted. "A pack of Melindas!" "Oooh, rats!" [bangety bang bang... "Pimpollo..." bang] A pleasant daydream, anyway. |
| Posted by: Pancho Poodle8452 2025-01-10 19:45 |
| #4 But Daniel Penny was prosecuted for protecting other people. This guy was not even charged for just defending himself. |
| Posted by: Rambler 2025-01-10 17:05 |
| #3 The DA’s office said all of the suspects are also homeless. 4 fighting age men cooperating on a robbery? Dollar says illegals. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2025-01-10 16:50 |
| #2 Stalin Moya Oh, I have GOT to hear the story behind this... Mike |
| Posted by: MikeKozlowski 2025-01-10 16:41 |
| #1 Apparently lost my bet. When I heard there were no charges for defending himself, I assumed he couldn't be white. |
| Posted by: Mercutio 2025-01-10 14:23 |