A few days ago, a black man killed a far-left activist on Malcolm X Avenue in Brooklyn in front of his girlfriend. The “conservative” New York Post called Ryan Carson a “big-hearted activist,” a “beloved activist,” and a “poet.” The New York Times wrote of an “outpouring of grief” and Senator Chuck Schumer paid tribute. After an uncharacteristically energetic search (major crime clearances are below 30 percent), police arrested Brian Dowling.

Media blurred the face of the suspect, a courtesy they did not extend to Daniel Penny.

That is a very interesting editorial decision, @CBSNewYork – you didn't blur out the face of or conceal the name of Daniel Penny;

Why do that now?

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— ib (@Indian_Bronson) October 5, 2023

Friends of Carson said he would feel sorry for the suspect and think of him as the “victim of a broken system.” “I have no feelings of vengeance and I don’t think that’s healthy,” said Carson’s roommate. Dowling was reportedly enrolled in a “learn-to-work” program, one of the programs that are supposed to get at “root causes.” ABC reported that he “worked” at a school. If true, he is the system. He also had summonses for disorderly conduct.

Carson’s supposed friends have set up a GoFundMe. It is not for funeral expenses. “Immediate needs are to offset the costs of working class people taking time off of work to properly mourn,” it said. They have to take time off to mourn this guy? About $67,000 has been raised so far.

Carson worked for the New York Public Interest Research Group (NYPIRG), a left-wing non-profit that pushes progressive causes. It has an annual budget of about $4.6 million, with part of the money coming from student fees at New York universities. Left-wing groups get funding from apolitical students and conservatives.

Carson’s girlfriend, Claudia V. Morales, does not like the police. She reportedly (according to Andy Ngo) did not post the wanted image of the suspect. Police initially said they had no physical description of the attacker — bizarre since she watched it all happen and the killer walked up to her and spat in her face. Reports of her “refusing” to cooperate haven’t been confirmed, though that would explain the mystery.

"The police do not protect you. ACAB. BLM."

Ryan Carson's girlfriend Claudia V. Morales is a cop-hating BLM activist. She was at a BLM riot in Boston in 2020, blaming police for violence when they tried to arrest rioters. pic.twitter.com/Gj6n4mHkw2

— Andy Ngô