Oooh what a cool edge lord. You’ve definitely thought this through.
The public praises the police when they stand around and let an armed man be well enough alone in a group of civilians! Everyone loves it when police do that right?
Like Jesus fucking Christ, what would you do? Leave a guy with a knife getting onto a crowded train and have two dozen people stabbed? It is naiive to think that there was a good outcome possible once you start making police bust fare skipping, but it is also absurdly naiive to think that the police can let a man with a knife get onto a New York train with just a ‘hey, try not to stab anyone’.