article_snippet: The clash turned physical and one of the younger men spit on The ex-officer, police told the New York Times.
article_snippet: belligerent’ on two young men Brooklyn bound 5 train.
article_snippet: Tempers flare: The 69-year-old former jail guard got on the crowded train at Bowling Green station and was trying to walk past the duo when some words were exchanged .
highlights_snippet: The ex-officer got into an argument with two young men aboard a southbound train on Tuesday afternoon after The ex-officer stepped between two young men aboard a southbound train .
  
highlights_snippet: two young men aboard a southbound train got off at Borough Hall and The ex-officer and an argument with two young men aboard a southbound train turned physical between the officer and one of the men .
  
highlights_snippet: Witness video showed two young men aboard a southbound train briefly scuffling before a shot went off .
  