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Man Charged In Subway Rider's Death Blames Voices

Townsquare News Network — Sat, 08 Dec 2012 17:42:13 +0000

The man who police say pushed another man to his death in front of an oncoming New York City subway train says he was high on drugs and trying to combat voices in his head.

Man Arrested in NYC Subway Murder

Townsquare News Network — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 18:17:41 +0000

A suspect was arrested Wednesday in the death of a man who was pushed onto the tracks and photographed just before a train struck him.

Fatal Subway Attack Caught on Film by NY Post Photographer – Should the Paper Have Published the Photo of a Man About to Die? [POLL]

Ray Rossi — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 00:58:30 +0000

The news adage some have used for years still holds true.

“If it bleeds, it leads!”

And that’s pretty much the standard by which the NY Post lives by to sell newspapers.

But, should they have published on their front page a man who had been thrown down to the subway tracks in front on an oncoming train seconds before being hit by the train and dying?

Common decency would tell you “no!”

But the images were recorded by a freelance NY Post photographer who claims to have been shooting his flash at the oncoming train to get the motorman’s attention in order for him to stop it on time