Summary
Authorities identified Shamsud Din Jabbar, 42, as the suspect in the New Orleans truck ramming attack that killed 10 people and injured 35 on New Year’s Day.
Jabbar, who died in a shootout with police, allegedly drove a truck with a black flag possibly linked to ISIS. The FBI is investigating the attack as a potential terrorist act.
Weapons and suspected explosive devices were found in Jabbar’s vehicle and near the scene.
Officials are also investigating reports that Jabbar fired a rifle into the crowd and whether IEDs near the site were operational.
You’re right, I missed it. Juggling 6 different things at the moment.
I still feel like I’m in crazy town in this thread. Since you are actually trying to help, can you explain to me- is the question really that ridiculous or did I word it poorly? I’m asking IF he had ties to ISIS, hypothetically, was the first Islamic extremist attack on US soil since 9/11? I since did some research because apparently I’m a moron, and I found two: fort Hood shooting in 2009 and Pulse nightclub in 2016. So the answer to the question is, no, it wouldn’t be the first, but why is it so outrageous?
And IF your grandmother had wheels, she’d be a bicycle.
That hypothetical you’re drawing is making the assumption that “because the person named by law enforcement has a ‘funny name’ they should be considered to be a possible international terrorist.”
I think the reason to consider them a possible islamic terrorist is the ISIS flag they flew during the attack.
Ok so people think I’m racist. I’m not, but thank you for clearing that up, genuinely.
People think you’re drawing racially problematic conclusions based on poor reasoning.
Most people think they’re not racist.
That’s true. This can be shocking to a lot of people if you’ve never seen or tried it: https://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/takeatouchtest.html
Juggling 6 different things but still able to make a statement on a subject you didn’t bother to read for like 20 seconds. That’s how fast you come across his name and where he was born if you just read the fucking article.