A nutcase with a knife tried to stab multiple people at a Chick-fil-A on Boylston Street street in Boston Saturday, but luckily an off-duty Beantown cop happened to be on scene and neutralized the psycho before he was able to seriously harm anyone.
Most normal people would hail the officer, then express sympathy for the victims, who although they didn’t suffer any life-threatening injuries, certainly must have been traumatized.
But like so many blue-city progressives, Boston Mayor Michelle Wu expressed sympathy for the criminal—while barely acknowledging the innocents who were attacked.
First, she described what happened:
Boston Mayor Michelle Wu raised eyebrows over the weekend after she expressed condolences to the family of a knife-wielding suspect who was shot and killed by an off-duty officer after he allegedly tried to stab two people on Saturday night.
The suspect, whose identity was not released by police, brandished a knife near a Chick-fil-A on Boylston Street, a busy part of the Massachusetts capital. He was fatally shot by an off-duty police officer who saw him targeting the two victims, police said.
During a Saturday night press conference, Boston Police Commissioner Michael Cox said that the officer identified himself to the suspect and asked him to drop his weapon.
“The individual was trying to stab the two individuals in the store, and the off-duty officer identified himself as a police officer, instructing them to drop the weapon, at which point the individual did not comply,” Cox explained. “The officer discharged his weapon to stop the threat, and the individual was struck. The armed individual was taken to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead.”
So far, she hasn’t said anything objectionable. But then she (and other woke Boston officials) showed their true colors:
“My condolences, and all of our thoughts, are with the family of the individual whose life has been lost,” Wu said. “And I’m also thinking of all the people who were impacted here today in one of the busier parts of the city with this tragedy.”
“I’m glad that the officer is safe and very grateful for a quick response from all of our first responders here again,” she said.
Wu’s remarks were called out by critics across the country on social media shortly after she spoke. Journalist Jonathan Choe wrote that “[i]t’s all upside down in Boston.”
Watch:
That’s unbelievable. Watch Boston officials give condolences to a knife-wielding attacker who was fatally shot by a Boston off-duty cop.
The man chased and tried to stab people before the off-duty officer shot him.pic.twitter.com/GEHTEoD9lC
— Defiant L’s (@DefiantLs) March 2, 2025
This moment symbolizes the ethos of so many progressives: “Oh the poor criminal, he’s a victim.” It’s the attitude that led to the wave of George Soros-backed soft-on-crime prosecutors like former LA DA George Gascón, who seemed to love the assailants but care not a whit for their victims. (Thankfully, Los Angeles voters finally sent him packing in the November elections.)
Bye: END OF AN ERA: LA County DA George Gascon’s Out, and His Replacement Is Already Taking Action
Does Mayor Wu have sympathy for the people who are almost knifed to death, and who might be deeply shaken by these events? We don’t know; she only mentioned those who were “impacted” by the attack. What mealy-mouthed, wimpy words.
Progressive leadership has turned so many of our formerly great cities into virtual war zones, and it’s attitudes like this that are the reason why.
Boston mayor Michelle Wu is possibly the worst mayor in America.
That’s a tough title to grab.
— Cryptid Politics 🇺🇸🐊 (@CryptidPolitics) March 2, 2025
