Advocate stabbed to death by unhinged stranger while waiting for Brooklyn bus with girlfriend - Ryan Carson was stabbed to death near a bus stop at Malcolm X Blvd. and Lafayette Ave. in Brooklyn early Monday, Oct. 2, 2023.

By HARRY PARKER, ROCCO PARASCANDOLA | rparascandola@nydailynews.com and COLIN MIXSON | cmixsonpost@gmail.com | New York Article Archive

An advocate with a blossoming career influencing public policy was stabbed to death by an unhinged stranger while waiting for a Brooklyn bus early Monday on the way home from a wedding with his girlfriend, police sources said.

Ryan Carson worked as the senior solid waste campaign director at the nonprofit New York Public Interest Research Group. In 2021, separate from his NYPIRG work, he walked 350 miles across New York State to pressure then-governor Andrew Cuomo into legalizing safe drug injection sites throughout New York.

“One of the rising stars in our organization,” said a shaken Blair Horner, executive director of NYPIRG. “Wonderful person, hard-working, loud boisterous laugh. Everybody loved him.”



Carson, 32, spearheaded the 2021 “No OD NY” campaign. The initiative saw Carson and supporters walk from City Hall in Manhattan to Buffalo, with stops in Albany and other cities. He raised more than $20,000 for the campaign through a successful GoFundMe.

“I don’t think it’s at all an exaggeration to say that it’s a big loss for the city,” Ari Farrell, a friend of the victim, said of Carson’s slaying. “Anybody in his personal life will tell you he’s one of the best, the most moral, they’ve ever met.”

Carson cowrote a 2021 Daily News op-ed “New York falters on fentanyl and the opioid crisis,” which accused Cuomo of touting his handling of the COVID epidemic while ignoring the spread of fentanyl throughout the state.



He was waiting with his girlfriend at the B46 bus stop on Malcolm X Blvd. near Lafayette Ave. in Bedford-Stuyvesant after taking the Long Island Rail back from a wedding when a belligerent stranger started knocking over scooters parked nearby about 3:50 a.m., cops said.

“What are you looking at?” the man snarled at the startled couple before stabbing Carson twice in the chest, according to cops.

Medics rushed Carson to Kings County Hospital but he couldn’t be saved. He was about a mile from his apartment when he was stabbed.

His killer ran off and is on the loose.



Carson was set to turn 32 on Friday and friends were planning a birthday bash.

“There’s a big party on Saturday,” said Bucky Illingworth, 31, Carson’s roommate. “It was gonna be here and then we were gonna go for a hike in a week or two.”

Illingworth described Carson, who was 6-foot-4, as “the friendliest giant ever.”

“Always down to meet new friends, cook, always had a beer for you,” Illingworth added.



Following the fentanyl-related overdose death of a 1-year-old boy at a Bronx day care last month, NYC Health Commissioner Ashwin Vasan called the synthetic opioid the most dangerous threat to New Yorkers’ health since COVID.

“I’m passionate about safe injection facilities because I’ve seen family members become addicted to opioids prescribed for pain caused by their occupations,” Carson wrote in the 2021 GoFundMe. “I’ve lost friends and family to the opioid epidemic, including my best friend, who died of a heroin overdose in 2016.”

On Point NYC would later open the first safe injection sites in the country in Washington Heights and East Harlem with the city’s blessing in November 2021. Safe injection sites remain illegal on the state and federal levels.

Carson enjoyed sports and attending concerts with friends.

“He was a huge basketball fan, Celtics fan, Red Sox fan,” Carson’s roommate said. “He loved music. We went to shows together all the time.”

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[Michael Jacks0n]

Leftists on Twitter trying to shame right wing mockery come across almost bitter and forced-like they really aren't putting their hearts into it. Its just the go to response.

Some are bemoaning how cruel Rwers are, others like I said basically saying "we good, you bad", and others are going with the "uh but no amount of police would have prevented his death, or it proves him right". Its honestly been a really weak response.

Keep in mind these are the same faggots that pushed Herman Cain Awards to the modern lexicon. Redditors also jerked each other off when it was revealed that some of the victims of the Texas school shooting last year had parents who were 2A advocates that owned AR-15's.

Maybe we should do a "Ryan Carson Award" for leftoids who get killed by shitskins: we'd never run out of material:

 

[Sinner's Sandwich]

Please Satan, don't punish him! Black people are an oppressed minority! He stabbed me because he is poor and his ancestors were slaves! He deserves to go to heaven! Why are you laughing, you...you racist white supremacist?!

 

[RodgerDodger]

By design, as far as I'm able to tell.



SUPPOSEDLY they lived not too far from there. But in that case, why the fuck couldn't they just walk? I'd rather have sore-as-fuck feet the next day from walking a mile or so in dress shoes, than be sitting around looking like a massive target on Malcolm X Boulevard at 3:00 in the fucking morning.

The buses don't run that late. I saw someone speculate that they were sitting on a bus stop bench at 3am in Brooklyn after a wedding, yeah they were probably breaking up. That's kinda the body language goung on in that video.

To paraphrase my first Lieutenant when I started out "Nothing good ever happens outdoors in Brooklyn at 3am". Brownsville, stay the fuck out after dark.

 

[Meat Target]

Leftists on Twitter trying to shame right wing mockery come across almost bitter and forced-like they really aren't putting their hearts into it. Its just the go to response.

Some are bemoaning how cruel Rwers are, others like I said basically saying "we good, you bad", and others are going with the "uh but no amount of police would have prevented his death, or it proves him right". Its honestly been a really weak response.

https://archive.ph/EjDzj

Bruh, look at this seethe.



These ghouls cheered when that pooner killed church kids. Fuck 'em. Turnabout is fair play.

Kruger had argued that the prevalence of homicide in Philadelphia was dictated more by national trends than the conduct of local police. To some right-wing fanatics, voicing that opinion rendered Kruger worthy of death.

No, shithead. It's because Kruger was a smug fucking cunt to everybody not in his particular coterie.

 

[Ishtar]

Keep in mind these are the same faggots that pushed Herman Cain Awards to the modern lexicon. Redditors also jerked each other off when it was revealed that some of the victims of the Texas school shooting last year had parents who were 2A advocates that owned AR-15's.

Maybe we should do a "Ryan Carson Award" for leftoids who get killed by shitskins: we'd never run out of material:

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I second that motion. If we get enough stories, we can make it a megathread.

 

[Escaped Abortion]

The buses don't run that late. I saw someone speculate that they were sitting on a bus stop bench at 3am in Brooklyn after a wedding, yeah they were probably breaking up. That's kinda the body language goung on in that video.

To paraphrase my first Lieutenant when I started out "Nothing good ever happens outdoors in Brooklyn at 3am". Brownsville, stay the fuck out after dark.

Do you think she was regretting having to use her own words to dump him then, when that kindly black man was going to solve her problem guilt free moments later and even bless her with a gofundme grift opportunity?

 

[Michael Jacks0n]

https://archive.ph/EjDzj

Bruh, look at this seethe.

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These ghouls cheered when that pooner killed church kids. Fuck 'em. Turnabout is fair play.

>Levitz

 

[robobobo]

I'm seeing a lot of pearls being clutched over on the left because those wicked right wingers are saying that soy here got just desserts because he was an advocate for safe drug use. They all conveniently omit all of the posting he'd made about hating the cops and celebrating Limbaugh's death. They also overlook that dude died taking on the precise role that his defunding ilk want to replace cops with, and in dying demonstrated exactly why sending an unarmed schmuck to tell the crazy addict to lay off being crazy is not in fact a good idea in reality. That's the real chef's kiss here, that his death is also an object lesson.

 

[Saint Agustin]

The buses don't run that late. I saw someone speculate that they were sitting on a bus stop bench at 3am in Brooklyn after a wedding, yeah they were probably breaking up. That's kinda the body language goung on in that video.

Now that I think so, her body language is really sus. Her low energy "please, dont!" When his boyfriend is getting his ass kicked is really weird flex. She is either breaking up, on drugs or just doesn't really care.

Do you think she was regretting having to use her own words to dump him then, when that kindly black man was going to solve her problem guilt free moments later and even bless her with a gofundme grift opportunity?

She saves face with all the other druggies now.

 

[Standardized Profile]

The buses don't run that late. I saw someone speculate that they were sitting on a bus stop bench at 3am in Brooklyn after a wedding, yeah they were probably breaking up. That's kinda the body language goung on in that video.

I agree. You can see the moment his heart literally breaks.

 

[Dog-O-Tron 5000v5.0]

I agree. You can see the moment his heart literally breaks.

And a few seconds later, when it is STABBED.

 

[Norbert the Tiger]

Funny meme.

 

[Kiwisee]

https://archive.ph/EjDzj

Bruh, look at this seethe.

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These ghouls cheered when that pooner killed church kids. Fuck 'em. Turnabout is fair play.

No, shithead. It's because Kruger was a smug fucking cunt to everybody not in his particular coterie.

I’m glad that all of this is making the usual suspects seethe and dilate.

 

[God of Nothing]

Keep in mind these are the same faggots that pushed Herman Cain Awards to the modern lexicon. Redditors also jerked each other off when it was revealed that some of the victims of the Texas school shooting last year had parents who were 2A advocates that owned AR-15's.

Maybe we should do a "Ryan Carson Award" for leftoids who get killed by shitskins: we'd never run out of material:

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why is it predominantly women with this

 

[Nanashi no kiwi]

The buses don't run that late.

Do they not? I was under the impression that the entire mass transit system, including trains and buses, runs 24/7 there, just a lot less frequently late at night.

SUPPOSEDLY they lived not too far from there. But in that case, why the fuck couldn't they just walk? I'd rather have sore-as-fuck feet the next day from walking a mile or so in dress shoes, than be sitting around looking like a massive target on Malcolm X Boulevard at 3:00 in the fucking morning.

A lot of theories about what they were doing in that neighborhood at that hour have been posted in this thread that I honestly think are a bit of a reach (they were buying drugs, she was dumping him, etc. etc.). A couple scenarios leap to my mind that seem a bit more realistic:

1. They were the sort of urban progressives that go out of their way to use mass transit as much as possible out of principle, even when it would be considerably more inconvenient. These types also tend to think ill of rideshare services, so that might explain why they didn't just call an Uber (though they could have just called a regular cab from the station).
2. Since his home was apparently about a mile away, it wasn't too far of a walk, so perhaps it was an impulsive thing to "enjoy the night air", and, being naive do-gooder urban progressives, they greatly underestimated how risky that would be, at least recently (since NYC had actually been a lot safer than in the past right up until COVID and the George Floyd Summer of Love).

In scenario 1, they were seated because they were just waiting for the bus. In scenario 2, they might have been sitting down for a moment to rest. I'm tempted to suspect the latter, since there wouldn't have been any reason for them to get up and start walking toward the nigger wilding out if they were actually waiting for the bus.

 

[One87five0]

I never feel bad when white people like this idiot gets murdered. I see these types in my neighborhood every day; they think because they're gentrifying it, it's safe to walk around completely oblivious to their surroundings, engaging with their fellow "community members." I saw a bitch just the other day approach a homeless nigger, who was raving like a lunatic in front of Subway, to offer him a sandwich. He screamed in her face and threw garbage at her. Luckily for her, it didn't escalate beyond that and she was able to get away.

This faggot should have also been carrying a knife. Who in their right mind walks around at night in any neighborhood, let alone a rough one, without protection of some kind?

I get why people are anti-racist... I think they're retarded for letting their guards down around melaninated people, but I understand not wanting to look like a bigot. But there's absolutely no excuse for walking around without a weapon, especially at night in a nigger infested shithole.

 

[Steam Deck Verified]

Bro, have you ever been to NYC? The entire mass transit system, including trains and buses, runs 24/7 there. It's just a lot less frequent late at night.


A lot of theories about what they were doing in that neighborhood at that hour have been posted in this thread that I honestly think are a bit of a reach (they were buying drugs, she was dumping him, etc. etc.). A couple scenarios leap to my mind that seem a bit more realistic:

1. They were the sort of urban progressives that go out of their way to use mass transit as much as possible out of principle, even when it would be considerably more inconvenient. These types also tend to think ill of rideshare services, so that might explain why they didn't just call an Uber (though they could have just called a regular cab from the station).
2. Since his home was apparently about a mile away, it wasn't too far of a walk, so perhaps it was an impulsive thing to "enjoy the night air", and, being naive do-gooder urban progressives, they greatly underestimated how risky that would be, at least recently (since NYC had actually been a lot safer than in the past right up until COVID and the George Floyd Summer of Love).

In scenario 1, they were seated because they were just waiting for the bus. In scenario 2, they might have been sitting down for a moment to rest. I'm tempted to suspect the latter, since there wouldn't have been any reason for them to get up and start walking toward the nigger wilding out if they were actually waiting for the bus.

Are taxis still popular with younger people in NYC? Not being facetious, it's just where I'm from/when I make friends traveling, almost nobody under 40 willingly uses a taxi unless they'll die without it, they just rideshare everywhere. I wouldn't be surprised if they're public transit purists like you said though, Reddit/Twitter especially is focused on gaslighting anyone concerned about the hygiene/safety/sexual harassment issues on big city public transit by claiming the hundreds of videos of incidents are all cherrypicked, racist, and classist.

Thus Scenario 1 could still be correct: they were waiting for a bus but got tired of it due to the late hour on a work night (since he says "...have to be up in four hours" at the beginning) and decided to walk the rest of the way rather than sacrifice any more time to sleep. They would have been exhausted from the wedding and planning a long walk would be a dick move especially if your girl is in a formal dress, but maybe f she were wearing high heels instead of those ugly fucking boots she probably would have demanded a ride from the venue so her feet wouldn't hurt.

 

[George Lucas]

Uber sucks in NYC. I think most people still use cabs.

I'm still mad. They actually charged the owners with either Not only did the KC waterpark close (and another one in Corpus Christi), but they forced the waterpark company to end decades of family ownership and sell out to Cedar Point, all while killing a sister park for the north Austin area...which would've been great as the existing park (halfway between Austin and San Antonio) is getting crowded.

You’re mad that someone lost their business because their negligence led to a child’s death? How high on Libertarian fumes are you? When you own a business, you’re responsible for engineering, whether the engineers are your employees or contractors. When you’re involved in a child’s death, your life is over. That’s how it works and how it’s always worked. It’s not fair. It’s not supposed to be, and frankly, I’m glad that family is not involved in theme parks anymore.

Thing with the girlfriend seems like a misunderstanding. She couldn’t pick the guy out of a “photo array”. Which is a set of photos with one being the genuine suspect. In other words, she may have just sucked at telling the black guy apart from some other black guy.




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Bullshit. Whenever something life-altering happens, we remember it. That’s actually why eyewitness testimonies are actually very useful. What we’re not good at remembering is timescale.

Hands down they were looking to buy drugs and the journo deliberately left it out and replaced it with "waiting for the bus".

Nobody in their right mind would wait the bus on a nigger neighborhood at 3:30 after a party, you either crash at that place or get a cab.

He deserved to die in my eyes, dude was too stupid to live and just a druggie puppet of the establishment to secure the druggie vote.

The buses don't run that late. I saw someone speculate that they were sitting on a bus stop bench at 3am in Brooklyn after a wedding, yeah they were probably breaking up. That's kinda the body language goung on in that video.

To paraphrase my first Lieutenant when I started out "Nothing good ever happens outdoors in Brooklyn at 3am". Brownsville, stay the fuck out after dark.

They were close enough to walk. The breaking up theory is interesting. Weddings have a powerful ability to make women consider their futures. I’m sure soyboy was of the opinion that marriage is unnecessary and that he should get a vasectomy.

 

[Nanashi no kiwi]

Are taxis still popular with younger people in NYC? Not being facetious, it's just where I'm from/when I make friends traveling, almost nobody under 40 willingly uses a taxi unless they'll die without it, they just rideshare everywhere.

I believe NYC is one of those cities where they eventually reached a compromise with the taxi unions by making it possible to call an actual cab via Uber, rather than one of the old dispatch services. I know that's how it is in Chicago, Montreal, and London. So you can still get a "taxi", only it's through an app on your phone rather than just flagging one down.

It's been a few years since I was last in NYC, so don't quote me on it, but I've heard that taxis are making a bit of a comeback because they charge a flat "rush hour" rate, whereas Uber's surge pricing can be stupidly expensive because it's based entirely on supply and demand at the moment you call a ride.

 

[Snekposter]

As an aside, since I have nothing to contribute here that hasn't already been said...

I hope my friends do this when I die. I don't care. Anyone who's willing to part with their money on such a shameless grift to party and do drugs deserves to lose it.

Actual people do that sometimes, only they call it a wake and explicitly do it to honor the memory and life of the deceased by celebrating the life they lived. Not "gibs me money so I can take time off work to drink and do drugs".