Defending yourself against an aggressive subway rider while black

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he straphanger stabbed to death on a Brooklyn train was an ex-con who’d been harassing a couple on board – and punched the woman before her boyfriend knifed him in the chest, police sources said Wednesday. Devictor Ouedraogo, 36, was hassling other commuters on board a northbound J train approaching Marcy Avenue in Williamsburg Tuesday evening when he started arguing with Jordan Williams, 20, and his gal pal, the sources said. During the clash, Ouedraogo, of Bedford-Stuyvesant, socked the woman in the face, the sources said. Ouedraogo and Williams tussled on the train and had each other in headlocks at one point before the younger man allegedly pulled a knife and stabbed the other twice, sources said. The wounded man stumbled out of the train and onto the platform, the sources said.

No quibbling from the police about whether an arrest was warranted for some reason.

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Williams’ attorney Jason Goldman compared his client’s case to Daniel Penny’s, the former Marine was indicted on manslaughter charges Wednesday in the chokehold death of Jordan Neely aboard an F train last month. “It’s upsetting to see that Mr. Williams is even being charged without a thorough investigation. We already know that the victim punched his girlfriend and menaced passengers,” said Goldman. “Is Mr. Williams not getting the same treatment that Mr. Penny received — released, voluntary surrender, and low bail — because his skin color is different and he comes from a particular neighborhood?”

https://nypost.com/2023/06/14/man-ki...bbing-sources/

On its face seems that a self-defense claim is stronger here than in the Neely killing, yet this guy isn't being valorized as a vigilante hero and given the silk glove treatment by the NYPD.

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