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Situation is unfolding but the cops are in full damage control mode. Local organizations are rallying. Picture is frames before the crime. You can see the perpetrator pointing their gun at the victim who is restrained and on the ground.
Full video of the execution was captured by @mudlord on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DbGyT50BB1b
Obviously content warning and I'm hoping the little NSFW checkbox blurs the image.
Same
These are the times where it's just
What's the context of this in the plot I've been considering reading punisher
It's from the Punisher MAX story, "Up is Down, Black is White"
So a mobster decided (with help from a CIA goon btw) to draw the Punisher into an ambush by getting him so angry he doesn't do the usual Frank thing of playing it smart
Mobster knows one thing about the Punisher, so he goes to the cemetery, digs up his dead family and pisses on the remains
He of course records this and sends it to every newspaper, tv station and gossip rag he can
Frank starts going apoplectic, starts killing goons every single night, leaving one alive every time so they can relay his single demand
Bury his family again or he will never, ever stop
This image is from a dream he has (keep in mind, he's stopped sleeping) where he kills every single person in New York City
It's heavy stuff
If you want some suggestions, I say start with the Garth Ennis runs of Punisher MAX
They're self-contained, so they don't require going through dozens of other stories to understand
Most of the collections online include Punisher: Born, Punisher: Tyger, Tyger and Punisher: The End, which all really help to flesh out Ennis' personal vision of the character