The Times Square Knife Attack and Lindsey Clancy Comparison

• 29:01Tim describes the Times Square knife attack suspect as overweight with two kitchen knives outside the Eminem store who killed a woman.
• 29:49The suspect's mother complains police didn't tackle her daughter gently instead of shooting her, asking why murderers don't receive more care.
• 31:12Tim argues that someone with two knives surrounded by police clearly wants to die—there's no negotiating that situation.
• 31:31Lindsey Clancy is actually mentally ill, but her three children were strangled in a basement—a reality existing alongside mental health explanations.
• 31:41Tim identifies what he calls a witch energy surrounding the Lindsey Clancy case and the celebration of her by some people.
• 33:09Parents bringing children to Lindsey Clancy courthouse will have to explain why they're there supporting a woman who killed her three children.
• 34:32Tim imagines how mothers would explain to their kids at home: this woman strangled her three children to death with exercise equipment, so that's why you're out of school today.
• 37:10The suspect told police "I'm not dropping anything. I would rather kill both of you"—making her lethal intentions completely clear to the officers.
• 39:40Tim responds to the suspect's threat: that's actionable intelligence and a clear indication of her intentions to kill people.
• 41:17Tim acknowledges the city's relatively safe but notes that a torta behaving this way has to be dealt with—it's not nice, but necessary.
• 41:59Tim describes the suspect's physiology: mostly torso with little alligator arms and feet that move quickly, advancing toward police while wielding knives.

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