The New York Police Department said in a statement shared with The Post early Monday that a witness near Atlantic and Flatbush avenues in Brooklyn told officers that Napier had a gun around 4:40 p.m. Friday. Officers first tried to approach the 19-year-old a short time later, NYPD said, but he fled into the Pacific Street subway station. Napier allegedly slipped past the turnstile and boarded a southbound train. At least 10 officers were waiting at the Franklin Avenue station when the train pulled in.
This is why they had guns drawn. which makes sense. The topic title and headline makes it out sound like they swarmed him with guns for skipping a fare
How does them having their guns drawn improve the situation?
Because theyre actively after somebody that committed a crime with a firearm and ran from the police. Which would be pretty standard police protocol .And thats not what this topic titles or news headlines makes it sound like ---
