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1. Matt Blaze (mattblaze@federate.social)'s status on Saturday, 04-May-2024 16:02:51 JST Matt Blaze

   Oops. An NYPD officer accidentally discharged their gun during the removal of protesters from Columbia’s Hamilton Hall. Fortunately no one was hit. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/03/nyregion/nypd-columbia-shooting-hamilton.html?unlocked_article_code=1.pE0.v6lm.u1Vvy-U6J88X&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

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   • Matt Blaze (mattblaze@federate.social)'s status on Saturday, 04-May-2024 16:03:27 JST Matt Blaze

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     I just want to point out that while I'm not a trained law enforcement officer, I've managed to successfully use a flashlight numerous times without shooting at anything. Mostly this is because I use special flashlights that don't have guns attached.

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   • Matt Blaze (mattblaze@federate.social)'s status on Saturday, 04-May-2024 16:04:01 JST Matt Blaze

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     In all seriousness, this snippet from the revised article is astonishing.

     An officer - an ESU sergeant no less - accidentally firing a gun during a planned operation to remove protestors who were merely *trespassing* isn't "abnormal" enough to be worth mentioning? If one of the protesters had accidentally fired a gun, would they have mentioned *that*?

     And the mayor knew about this when he was publicly congratulating everyone for how "professionally" and "flawlessly" this was handled.

     Come on.