Comments by "girl from the bronx by way of el barrio" (@girlfromthebronxbywayofelb7288) on "Eyewitness News ABC7NY"
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Actually, not true. Since what he had actually done was use threatening words, there was not a need for "self defense". The "self defense" move, therefore, was actually an offensive attack. Too many people are playing strange movies on a loop in their heads that cause them to imagine that behaviors not permitted in "the wild west" are okay. "Stand your ground" nonsense has a lot to do with this corrosive mindset. Guess what, NYS is not a stand your ground state, for a reason. In NYS, it is recognized that your brain is the best crime prevention tool. So many options were available besides murder. The F train is a local train that pulls into a new station in minutes. Get the gentleman off the train at the next stop. Contact the train conductor at the next stop, or sooner by walking through the cars to the conductor's booth. Look through your backpack and distract the man with a snack. Who doesn't carry a snack in their bag?? The riders in the subway car can all move to another car, leaving him to rave and calm down on his own, and again use that opportunity to contact the conductor and the transit police. I am desperately disappointed that New Yorkers did not use their brains here. This is not an act that the spirit of NYC supports. Use your brain, and deescalate. It works.
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Yes, part of the secret is to swim parallel to the shore, don't try to swim straight in. If you swim parallel, you have a better chance of breaking away from the outer pull, and reach a calmer sector. Then you swim in to shore again. However, there are also areas of water that have unique currents that swirl in weird ways, so ... Know where you are swimming!! If these kids were not trained swimmers, that could explain a lot. Parents, look into swim lessons at the NYC parks department pools during the summer. The lessons are usually free, but you do have to sign up. Totally worth it, and these lessons might give your child a fighting chance if something happens.
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Some rescuers definitely do go too far. On my block there was a feral tuxedo cat who was spayed and well cared for by the block, fed her favorite foods. She lived to be sixteen years old. She had a little house near the school. There was this woman who kept on trying to "rescue" her, but since she truly was feral, it was really just dangerous and upsetting. She would bite and scratch and scream . Meanwhile , why can't you just let her stay in her house and sit out on the grass in front of the school when it's warm. No, had to constantly be bothering the cat trying to "save" her. Finally, they put a detailed sign near her house telling everyone to just leave her alone, that she doesn't want to be "saved."
Ask around first so that you aren't "rescuing" someone's pet. I've seen people scooping up cats that have collars and look clean and fat. That's an independent cat out for a stroll, not harming anyone, knows her way home. A true stray looks hungry, dirty and dusty from the streets. Come on, use your common sense.
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