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Playing with Fire

The activist Left’s indulgent reaction to Jordan Neely’s death is courting populist frustration with tolerance for violent criminality.

Jordan Neely, a homeless man reportedly exhibiting outward signs of mental illness and menacing passengers, should not have been on the F train on Monday afternoon. The Marine veteran who subdued him with the assistance of his fellow passengers shouldn’t have been in that position. The application of force that resulted in Neely’s death shouldn’t have had to occur. But it did.

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