So he got away from the police, and the FBI says they don’t consider it a terrorist thing. Which means he is white. And he probably ran his car into PoC.
Shamsud Din Jabbar, 42
An ISIS flag along with weapons were found in the vehicle
“He was shot and killed by police when he got out of his vehicle with an assault rifle, the officials said.”
Doesn’t sound like he got away.
There were initial reports that he got away. But it looks like he didn’t now, and even the FBI upgraded him to “Terrorist”. In contrast to some guy currently in a New York prison, I would say that this label does apply.
The suspect was a member of one of the world’s largest and most extensively distributed terrorist organizations, the US Army.
Better he doesn’t get a terrorist charge/label…
Read in yep really consistent government. Such bullshit
So if they die they aren’t terrorists? So 9-11 weren’t terrorists cause they died in their attack?
10 dead, 30 injured after car intentionally plows into crowds in New Orleans
Yet another fucking exculpatory headline minimizing the agency of the assailant because his weapon of choice happened to be a car. No, headline writer, the car didn’t do a goddamn thing; its driver did. Even putting “intentionally” in there, while better than nothing, still fails to make up for using the wrong subject!
Better version:
10 dead, 30 injured after assailant intentionally rams car into crowd in New Orleans
This is basically the same type of shit as minimizing police responsibility with headlines like “bystander struck by bullet during officer-involved shooting” (as opposed to “police officer shoots bystander”), and just as systematic and egregious. The only difference is that it’s done in service of car-supremacy rather than the abusive police state. I am really sick and tired of it, in both contexts.
After ramming the crowd, the killer got out and opened fire.
This was an intentional attack.
The key point is that that intention needs to be ascribed to the person, not the inanimate object.
Just another day in the world’s greatest country.
/s if it isn’t obvious
To be fair this was likely inspired from the German Christmas market attack. Though… they don’t have the best track record as a country either.
I don’t know how the roads were not blocked. After a similar attack many years ago, all streets with events I have been to are blocked with garbage trucks, police cars or huge concrete blocks to prevent attacks like this.
Edit: read that there was a police car blockade and the he drove around it on the side walk.
I was in NYC a couple weeks ago, and Rockerfeller was closed to traffic and PACKED. What was holding back traffic? A couple cops holding police tape, lmao.
