Mentally ill are a true danger on NYC’s subways, action must be takenBy Michael Benjamin
February 8, 2022
Last Friday, my wife Susie and I got on board a 6 train from Pelham Bay Park to City Hall and encountered a youngish, disheveled and barefoot homeless man standing over and threatening an older passenger, who remarkably remained calm.
I walked closer to the duo to hopefully distract the apparent emotionally disturbed person with my presence. It didn’t take long for me to realize that the man, later identified by police as Johnathan Gonzalez, was armed with a knife. He threatened the passenger.
“I can cut your throat right now! Nobody can do anything about it. Who’s gonna step up?”
Then, “I have nothing to lose.” He said he would get “three squares a day” on Rikers if he did it.
The older man replied, “I don’t want any trouble, kid.”
Public menace* * *
Source:
https://nypost.com/2022/02/08/mentally-ill-are-a-true-danger-on-nycs-subways/