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Police Fatally Shoot Man With Knife on Brooklyn Bridge
What happened
New York City police shot and killed a man on the Brooklyn Bridge on Friday morning. The man was holding a knife and had climbed onto the bridge cables. The shooting occurred days after police shot and killed a woman in Times Square who had stabbed two people.
How the coverage differs
Left-leaning outlets lead with procedural details, noting that officers "clipped to bridge had tried to talk man" down and describing attempts to resolve the situation safely before the shooting.
No outlet in this band covered it.
Right-leaning outlets characterize the man as a "knife-wielding maniac" who "charges police," framing officers as "forced to confront and kill" him and contextualizing the incident within a "stabbing rampage" pattern in the city.
Every version
New York City police fatally shoot man who climbed up Brooklyn Bridge cables
The Guardian · Left
N.Y.P.D. Fatally Shoots Man With Knife on Brooklyn Bridge
The New York Times · Lean Left
Another Knife-Wielding Maniac Charges Police In NYC
The Daily Wire · Right
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