{"id":2096168,"date":"2023-11-10T10:29:02","date_gmt":"2023-11-10T15:29:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-york-man-charged-after-trying-to-help-woman-being-robbed-by-homeless-man-in-subway-police\/"},"modified":"2023-11-10T10:31:29","modified_gmt":"2023-11-10T15:31:29","slug":"new-york-man-charged-after-trying-to-help-woman-being-robbed-by-homeless-man-in-subway-police","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-york-man-charged-after-trying-to-help-woman-being-robbed-by-homeless-man-in-subway-police\/","title":{"rendered":"New York Man Charged After Trying To Help Woman Being Robbed By Homeless Man In Subway: Police"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnew-york-man-charged-after-trying-to-help-woman-being-robbed-by-homeless-man-in-subway-police%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2096168&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>A Heroic Act in New York City Subway \u200dStation<\/h2>\n<p>A man in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/new-york-city\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York \u2064City<\/a> has been charged with reckless\u200d endangerment after he bravely stepped in to help a woman who was being\u2063 robbed at a subway station by \u200da\u200c homeless\u200b man\u2062 and fired several shots, according\u2064 to police.<\/p>\n<p>John Rote,\u200b 43, was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/11\/08\/nyregion\/gun-shots-subway-nyc.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">charged<\/a> with criminal\u200c possession of a firearm, criminal \u2062possession of a weapon, reckless\u2062 endangerment, \u200dand menacing after \u200bhe allegedly fired \u2064two shots in the direction of a \u200cmugger who had accosted a woman at 10:00 p.m. Tuesday \u200bnight at a subway\u2063 station in \u2062Manhattan, according\u200b to the\u2064 New York Times.<\/p>\n<p>New York officials strongly criticized Rote, condemning his actions \u2062as unacceptable.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cI \u2063want to be clear: we don\u2019t tolerate this \u2063kind\u200b of conduct in NYC Transit, period,\u201d\u200c <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/new-york-man-saved-woman-subway-mugging-scaring-off-would-be-robber-warning-shot-arrested\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">said<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  NYC Transit President Richard\u200b Davey. \u201cOnce \u2062again cameras recorded a perpetrator, and we \u2064are grateful the NYPD made an arrest \u200bwithin hours. \u200bThank goodness nobody \u2062was hurt here \u2013 but what\u2063 occurred was outrageous, reckless, and unacceptable.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">NEW: New\u200d York man\u2063 John Rote has been arrested after he saved a woman from getting robbed\u2063 by a homeless \u200dman in a Manhattan subway station.<\/p>\n<p>The current\u200d state of New York City.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday evening, Rote noticed that a\u2063 woman was getting robbed and immediately\u2064 jumped into \u2063action. The\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1vbhjowNpl\">pic.twitter.com\/1vbhjowNpl<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014\u200c Collin \u200bRugg \u200b(@CollinRugg) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CollinRugg\/status\/1722756960393797656?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 9, \u200d2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Matthew\u2062 Roesch, 49, allegedly accosted a \u200bwoman \u2062while he was \u200dholding open an \u200bemergency gate. Police say \u200dthat he then\u2062 tried \u2064to take her purse which \u2063was when \u201canother customer pulled out a gun and tried to intervene,\u201d according to Davey. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cRoesch demands a\u200c dollar for letting her enter the subway illegally,\u201d \u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/2023\/11\/09\/manhattan-subway-vigilante-held-bail\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> NYPD Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenny. \u2062\u201cMr. Roesch begins to follow her,\u2063 demanding\u200c money. She won\u2019t give it to him. He says, \u2018Give me a\u200c dollar, or I\u2019m going to take your purse.\u2019\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Rote \u2063then \u200ccourageously \u2064told Roesch to \u201cleave \u200cher alone\u201d before firing a shot at Roesch\u2019s feet, according to Kenny. Police say \u2063Rote \u200dtold them that \u200dhe threw his gun into the East River after the incident.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cHe was concerned, asking if he\u200b hurt anybody,\u201d \u2063said Kenny. \u201cIt was \u2062just an impulsive thing\u2064 to do. He\u2019s just stepping in, he thought he was \u2062trying to help \u2063this woman.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Roesch now\u2064 faces attempted robbery charges and was released under <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/doj-south-carolina-man-livestreamed-sexual-assaults-of-toddler-gets-30-years-in-federal-prison\/\" title=\"DOJ: South Carolina Man Livestreamed Sexual Assaults of Toddler, Gets 30 Years in Federal Prison\">court-ordered supervision<\/a> while Rote was held\u2062 on \u200d$10,000 bail. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1687352286746000&#038;usg=AOvVaw2XxW0VTdKx-2nQAhkiTR8M\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+\u2063 APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">According \u200dto NYPD Inspector\u2062 Steven Hill, Roesch\u200b is known to pressure \u200ccommuters to give\u2062 him money and\u200b has been a\u200b \u201cconstant problem.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">One man who \u200cknows Rote\u2063 told the New York Daily News that \u200che is \u201ca \u2063decent guy \u2026 He seems very mild-mannered. I don\u2019t know whether he\u2019s going to lose his job, but me personally, I think he shouldn\u2019t. I\u2064 think the [woman] should\u2063 be thankful.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The case echoes another incident from the New\u2064 York City subway where former Marine Daniel Penny <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/new-daniel-penny-court-docs-subway-riders-hid-feared-for-lives-over-neely-threats-satanic-behavior\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">was charged<\/a> after \u200dhe\u200d restrained a homeless man on a subway who passengers\u200c say was acting erratically and threatening \u200cviolence. The\u2064 homeless man died \u2064and Penny faces charges of second-degree manslaughter and negligent homicide.\u200c <\/span><\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> \u200b How do the charges against Rote raise questions about the concept of self-defense and the right to intervene in dangerous situations?<\/h2>\n<p><span> <\/p>\n<p>The heroic act took\u2062 place on Tuesday evening in a subway station in\u2062 Manhattan, where John Rote noticed a woman being robbed \u2063by a homeless man. Rote immediately\u200c sprang into action\u200d and fired two shots in the direction of the mugger, \u200deffectively scaring him off and saving\u200c the woman from harm. However, instead of being hailed as a hero, Rote was charged with criminal offenses.<\/p>\n<p>The reaction from New York \u2062officials has been strongly\u2064 critical of Rote&#8217;s actions, deeming them as unacceptable.\u2064 NYC Transit President \u200cRichard Davey expressed his\u200d disapproval, stating, &#8220;we don&#8217;t tolerate this kind of conduct in NYC Transit,\u2064 period.&#8221; He also praised the\u2063 NYPD for\u200d their swift response and arrest, reaffirming \u2063that such reckless behavior would not be tolerated.<\/p>\n<p>However, it is crucial to examine the events leading up to Rote&#8217;s intervention. The mugger, identified as Matthew Roesch, had accosted the woman while\u2064 holding open an emergency gate \u2064and demanding money. When Roesch tried to take the woman&#8217;s purse, it was then that Rote, seeing the danger and feeling compelled to help, pulled out his \u2064gun and intervened, effectively scaring off the mugger.<\/p>\n<p>It is unfortunate \u200dthat Rote now faces charges for his \u2062actions, as he stepped in to protect a \u200dfellow citizen when \u2063she was in imminent danger. While it is true that firing a weapon in\u200b a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-york-man-charged-after-trying-to-help-woman-being-robbed-by-homeless-man-in-subway-police\/\" title=\"New York Man Charged After Trying To Help Woman Being Robbed By Homeless Man In Subway: Police\">public area poses risks<\/a>, it is essential to consider the \u2062circumstances under which Rote made \u200dhis decision. Rote&#8217;s intentions were to protect\u2062 and prevent harm, and \u2062in that moment of crisis, he made\u200d a split-second decision to take action.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/three-men-arrested-for-illegal-possession-of-firearms-in-chicago-all-released-on-bond\/\" title=\"3 men in Chicago arrested for illegal possession of firearms, released on bond.\">incident raises questions<\/a> about the \u2063concept of self-defense and the \u2062right to intervene in situations where others are in \u200cdanger. While the use of firearms should be subject to legal restrictions and regulations, it is crucial to recognize the bravery and courage displayed by Rote in this particular circumstance. His actions highlight\u2064 the fine line between citizen intervention and vigilantism, raising important discussions \u2062about the balance between personal responsibility\u200d and public\u200c safety.<\/p>\n<p>As this case \u200bunfolds, it remains to be seen what legal consequences Rote may\u200d face. However, it is equally important to examine this incident as an opportunity to \u2064reassess\u2062 existing policies and attitudes towards citizen intervention in dangerous situations. While the actions of John Rote may\u2062 have been unconventional, they \u200dundoubtedly resulted in\u200d the protection \u200cof a vulnerable individual.<\/p>\n<p>As a society, it is crucial to foster a safe\u2062 environment where\u200b citizens can come to each other&#8217;s aid without fear of retribution. Brave \u2063acts like \u2064Rote&#8217;s should be acknowledged and celebrated, rather than met with\u2064 criticism and legal actions. It \u200dis through these acts of heroism that we can create a culture that values the protection and well-being of all individuals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A man in New York City has been charged with reckless endangerment after he stepped in to help a woman who was being robbed at a subway station by a homeless man and fired several shots, according to police.\u00a0 John Rote, 43, was charged with criminal possession of a firearm, criminal possession of a weapon<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":200,"featured_media":2096169,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2096168","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2096168","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/200"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2096168"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2096168\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2096169"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2096168"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2096168"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2096168"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}