Posted on 10/27/2022 3:26:52 PM PDT by Eleutheria5
A New York City bus was commandeered by a gun-wielding man before it eventually crashed into a utility pole on Thursday morning.
The hijacker took over the MTA bus in Queens on Thursday at around 7 a.m., forcing the bus driver to follow his directions, according to city officials.
The man boarded the bus in the Cambria Heights section of Queens, demanding the driver open the bus door and then ordering him at gunpoint to drive, FOX News reported.
The drive opened the bus’s back door so that passengers would be able to escape, according to local reports.
The NYPD said that the driver was able to jump out of a window of the moving bus not long after, which caused the bus to crash into a utility pole.
The hijacker, who had a history of mental health issues, was arrested by police at the scene. Investigators recovered a gun. The bus driver sustained minor injuries and was treated at the hospital.
It is not clear how many passengers were able to escape by the back door or if any were still on the bus ...
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Was it one of KamelToe’s favorite yellow buses?
What? I thought that was illegal in NYC.
He left the passengers?
He let them out the back door. Hello?
OT for the linemen.
“ What? I thought that was illegal in NYC”
Nothing is illegal in NY
…except saying you like Trump.
Which? Hijacking buses? Crashing into polls? Leaving the back door open while in motion? Threatening bus drivers? This is not Tree Grows Up in Brooklyn New York City.
What, you actually expect me to read the entire story before commenting on it?
Not even a short little story? Please?
That’s what set the gunman off. The bus driver muttered it under his breath and he over heard. He will be prosecuted for that, and whipping migrants with his horse’s reigns.
Thank you, JFK, and the Community Mental Health Act of 1963.
Jerry, they kept ringing the bell !
> What, you actually expect me to read the entire story before commenting on it? <
I applaud you for following time-honored Free Republic tradition, something I try to adhere to myself.
- Freepers here less than 5 years should read the entire article before commenting.
- Freepers here from 5 to 10 years need only read the excerpt before commenting.
- And Freepers here more than 10 years need only glance at the title.
(You earned my first ever emoji - but as I've been Freeping for almost 23 years I may have forgotten if I posted one before)
More proof we need to reopen the mental hospitals closed down in the 1970s.
Most of the mass shooters would have been locked up before their crimes, along with such hijackers and those who push people in front of subway trains.
But if they were reopened and the 1950s standards used for incarceration, several members of the Biden Administration would be the first in line.
The crazed hyjacker was finally neutralized by Inspector Callahan
This was the first item on ABC World News Tonight, and they spent a relatively long time on it. Not gonna help Democrats anywhere was my first thought.
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