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A New York judge sentenced a woman who pleaded guilty to fatally shoving an 87-year-old Broadway singing coach onto a Manhattan sidewalk to six months more in prison than the eight years that had been previously reached in a plea deal.

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[–] BraveSirZaphod@kbin.social 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Guessing you haven't spent much time in NYC?

In such a dense environment, even the very small proportion of the general population that's deeply mentally ill and violent can be very visible and do a lot of damage, and we don't really have any good tools to deal with them except for waiting for them to attack someone.

[–] NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I live in NJ, been to NYC quite a bit. I saw “event planner from Long Island” and was confused as that doesn’t sound like the kind of NYC crazy person I’ve come to expect (at least the physically violent kind) but once someone mentioned she was intoxicated it clicked for me.

[–] boyi@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

She has history of bullying her classmate. Some comments in nyc subreddit suggesting her father is a mafia - being cesspool contractor has something to do about it? I don't see the connection anyway but if that's the case, that could explain a bit.

[–] afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Bullying her classmates? Isnt she like 40?

[–] boyi@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

she's 26(+). People came forward after the incident went public. And her neighbors said she's a troublemaker.

[–] afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world -1 points 1 year ago

She does not look her age.