I don’t understand the issues here. Crazy guy in subway does what crazy people do. Marine takes him down to subdue him and to make sure he doesn’t do harm. At this point, there really isn’t much to see here. Marine is a hero. Crazy guy should be arrested/committed. Whatever it takes to make sure he’s not back on subways terrorizing. Faith or not in our system, this is what it should do and is theoretically at least designed to do. We are not a nation of vigilantes so for better or worse, need ti accept what the police and/or courts do with the guy.
But that isn’t where it stops. The marine chokes the guy to death, holding him for 15min, while subway riders do nothing to help restrain the crazy guy. From my viewpoint this is an accidental death, involuntary manslaughter and the use of excessive force. The rest of the subway should have consequences for being complicit in the man’s death.
Marine shouldn’t go to jail for long, but can’t escape some kind of punishment. Went from a hero to, not a zero, but certainly something other than a hero real quick. I feel for both the marine and the crazy guy and am pretty pissed at the other subway riders for letting this guy take the heat and not saving him from himself.