Note that I’m not necessarily opposed to her facing consequences for killing him – my issue is with how gleefully NYPost is framing it as if she just attacked him out of the blue and shoehorning her into the “evil transgenders” stereotype

  • Diddlydee@feddit.ukEnglish
    1639·
    29 days ago

    Did he attack her though? Seems from the articles I read that she spat on him first. That’s the attack.

    It also seems she was arrested 5 times prior for knife crimes.

    • ikt@aussie.zoneEnglish
      916·
      29 days ago

      “I separate them. The mail guy in the front, the lady she was in back. She spit on him, in his face. And mail guy, he got mad. Lemon juice next to the coffee machine, he threw on her. So she took the knife,” the deli worker said.

      Witnesses claimed that, in an instant, Cruz pulled out a knife and fatally stabbed Hodge.

      Yeah

      Cruz stands a towering 6 feet 5 inches tall. Witnesses to the murder described her as huge, and said she appeared to be high on drugs during her confrontation with Hodges.

      …

      Well thanks for adding a +1 to the womens murder rate and not to mens, we need it

      • nagaram@startrek.website
        20·
        29 days ago

        There’s a reason they tell you NOT to use a knife in a self defense scenario. It is nearly impossible to defend especially if you kill the attacker.

        I think you statistically have a better chance of getting away with “executioner style” shots with a gun than knife use in self defense.