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NYPDĀ investigatingĀ peopleĀ goingĀ inĀ andĀ outĀ ofĀ manholesĀ ā 96%
5/31/2026, 11:57:58 AM
BS Summary: This video contains 25 faulty reasoning types, including Confirmation Bias, Negativity Bias, and Ambiguity (Equivocation), with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 37.1% saturation with 46 hits. Analysis detected 372 faulty-reasoning hits from 124 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 92.7% and a BS Rank of ā 96% (1,029 of 21,887 videos). This video is worse (more manipulative) than 95.30% of the video peer group.
TwoĀ incidentsĀ inĀ BrooklynĀ FridayĀ whereĀ
policeĀ sayĀ groupsĀ ofĀ peopleĀ wereĀ seenĀ
enteringĀ andĀ exitingĀ sewerĀ manholesĀ inĀ
theĀ earlyĀ morningĀ hours.Ā
>>Ā It'sĀ reallyĀ oddĀ andĀ suspicious.Ā
>>Ā TheĀ latestĀ incidentĀ attractingĀ aĀ largeĀ
crowdĀ ofĀ onlookersĀ asĀ bothĀ theĀ NYPDĀ andĀ DepartmentĀ ofĀ EnvironmentalĀ ProtectionĀ
focusĀ theirĀ attentionĀ onĀ aĀ manholeĀ atĀ BedfordĀ AvenueĀ andĀ HeywardĀ StreetĀ inĀ Williamsburg.Ā
PoliceĀ sayĀ thisĀ locationĀ isĀ whereĀ eightĀ unidentifiedĀ individualsĀ wereĀ seenĀ onĀ securityĀ videoĀ enteringĀ theĀ
manholeĀ aroundĀ 1:00Ā a.m.Ā beforeĀ exitingĀ
andĀ fleeingĀ inĀ aĀ vehicle.Ā
>>Ā It'sĀ supposedĀ toĀ beĀ oneĀ ofĀ theĀ workers.Ā
They'reĀ theĀ onesĀ thatĀ areĀ supposedĀ toĀ beĀ
handlingĀ theĀ systemsĀ downĀ there,Ā notĀ youĀ
andĀ I.Ā
Analysis
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