"Brooklyn Subway Shooting: Mental Health and Self-Defense in Rush-Hour Commute"

Mayor Eric Adams attributes the Brooklyn subway shooting to the perpetrator's severe mental health issues and advocates for legislation enabling police to institutionalize mentally unstable individuals. The incident involved a 36-year-old agitator engaging in a brawl on an A train, resulting in a stabbing and gunshots. Adams emphasizes the prevalence of severe mental health problems among perpetrators of subway violence and urges for expanded laws to address the issue.