Claims extracted
29
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
3%
1 of 29 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
70/100
Fox News's corrections and
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Outlets on this story
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Crime & Law
Same framing elsewhere
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articles that frame the event the way this one does
Newly released NYPD body camera footage shows officers pleading with the woman they say fatally stabbed a New Jersey mother in Times Square to drop two knives and "just breathe" moments before police opened fire.
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police → release → fire
Police released the video Friday, showing officers spending about four minutes trying to calm 49-year-old Pamela Cisneros outside One Times Square after she allegedly stabbed two people minutes earlier.
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she → release → people
During the standoff, Cisneros repeatedly refused commands to surrender, told officers she was "tired of this world" and said they would have to kill her.
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they → refuse → her
"There's a lot to live for," one officer told Cisneros.
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officer → be → Cisneros
Especially New York City," the officer continued.
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officer → continue → ?
"Trust me, we all suffer.
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we → trust → me
As officers continued working to build rapport, one asked whether she believed in God.
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she → continue → God
Not anymore," Cisneros replied.
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Cisneros → reply → ?
Officers repeatedly assured Cisneros they wanted to help.
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they → assure → Cisneros
"We're trying to help you," one officer said.
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officer → try → you
The encounter grew more tense when Cisneros told officers they would have to kill her.
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they → grow → her
"You're going to have to kill me," she said.
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she → go → me
Moments later, she added, "Either that or I'm going to kill all of you."
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I → add → you
Police continued ordering Cisneros to "drop the knife" and "just breathe" as she refused to surrender.
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she → order → knife
Around 4:29 p.m., officers deployed Tasers after Cisneros began waving both knives.
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Cisneros → deploy → knives
When the devices failed to stop her and she advanced toward officers with the blades pointed at them, police opened fire, striking her.
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police → fail → her
She was taken to Bellevue Hospital, where she was pronounced dead.
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she → take → Hospital
Police recovered both knives at the scene.
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Police → recover → scene
Authorities said the confrontation began minutes after Cisneros stabbed a 68-year-old man near West 41st Street and Seventh Avenue, seriously injuring him.
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Cisneros → say → him
She then walked north while carrying a knife in each hand before fatally stabbing 32-year-old Erin Piacenti, of Chester, New Jersey, near West 42nd Street about 20 seconds later.
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She → walk → Street
Transit officers encountered Cisneros outside One Times Square about a minute later and repeatedly ordered her to drop the knives while attempting to engage her in conversation.
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officers → encounter → conversation
Additional officers soon arrived and joined the effort to de-escalate the confrontation.
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officers → arrive → confrontation
Piacenti, a Bank of America executive and Fordham Law graduate, had returned to work just days earlier after spending five months on maternity leave caring for her newborn daughter.
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Piacenti → return → daughter
She died from her injuries.
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She → die → injuries
The 68-year-old man survived after suffering a stab wound to the abdomen.
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man → survive → abdomen
Police have described the attacks as random and unprovoked.
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Police → describe → attacks
The NYPD said Cisneros had documented mental health-related encounters with the department in 2018 and 2019 but no prior arrest record.
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Cisneros → say → 2018
There was no indication the attack was related to terrorism.
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attack → be → terrorism
The NYPD's Force Investigation Division continues to investigate the shooting before the case is presented to the department's Use of Force Review Board.
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case → continue → Board
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