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.
The FBI press statement here:
https://www.fbi.gov/news/press-releases/fbi-statement-on-the-attack-in-new-orleans
Guess there’s no Sugar Bowl tonight
…Sugar Bowel…
I know the situation isn’t funny but I chuckled nonetheless.
Reading the news about this suspect, I wonder how much someone like him was coerced or bullied into doing something like this?
Nazis and white supremacists are intent on creating an ethnostate, and how fucking convenient that this guy and the guy in Germany who did the Christmas market attack just happened to do it just now.
Muslims in particular need to be aware that they may be targets of asshole covert gangs doing electronic harassment. They are not the government, report your harassment to the FBI if you’re going through anything like that.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_harassment
Edit to give context, I read some weird stories around the internet, sorry if it comes across as too “out there”. Its likely that such stories are lies or literally schizoposting.
Perhaps cars shouldn’t be allowed on bar streets. This happens a lot
You are being downvoted because you commented without any knowledge. Bourbon street is only open to traffic during the day, and mainly for deliveries. The suspect swerved around the traffic barriers, while shooting at the police.
Source: I lived in New Orleans for years, worked in the Garden District and lived in the French Quarter for a few years.
When I say closed I mean converted to pedestrian and not accessible unless someone is standing there with a key to let the delivery truck in.
People can downvote all they want, cars don’t belong in urban centers like this.
Super blocks in Spain is what I have in mind
A bit of a side point. Something I wonder about a lot, as a tradesman in the US, is implementation of restricted vehicle use in city centers while maintaining materials delivery and maintenance.
Since you support removing cars from city centers, how are these logistical challenges addressed? Genuine question, btw. I don’t disagree with you, but I am curious. I’m not familiar with Spanish super blocks. How do they work? How are goods, materials, and equipment delivered? I’m lazy and want answers delivered like pizza
Basically there are bollards that fold down or retract electronically.
The university I worked at had the folding kind. We just had a key that allowed us to remove the locks and fold them down for deliveries. The area was completely inaccessible to anything bigger than a motorcycle when the bollards were up.
An attacker could just cut through the locks, but that requires them to exit the vehicle and tamper with them while cops are standing right there.
Were I to design a more sophisticated system, I’d install the retracting kind and have something like what those gated communities have where any authorized business can open the bollards by answering a phone call and pressing a certain number.
This could be compromised, of course, but it raises the skill floor necessary to carry out an attack.
Gotcha, that’s how it is around the university in my area too, to a degree. Not the removable bollards, but the restricted access to maintenance and delivery vehicles. There are barriers, but the infrastructure could be better.
One of the issues I run into at work is my own forgetfulness. When I’m working a high rise or warehouse, no matter how much I prepare and load up my rolling tool cart, I wind up having to go back to the van at least twice per job. I actually charge a facility surcharge when i have to work more than 100m from my van, just to account for the extra time I spend. I’m a locksmith, and there are so many specialty tools that i can’t carry them all. This is especially true when I’m working a multistory residential building with no elevator. So up and down I go.
Anyway, it’s a subject of interest for me. Something needs to be done, especially in city centers. It’s just that most anti-car comments I see don’t seem to take into consideration the logistics of materials and maintenance. Thanks for the nuanced explanation
Yeah that’s why I’d want them removable or retractable. The goal is to keep dip shits like me, or malicious actors, from bringing their car in.
If someone calls you then they need to let your van in so that you can do your job without that added hassle.
I think my ideal system would be like those gated communities. Anyone that manages a business, or lives in the area, can buzz a car in for deliveries and maintenance. Obviously that weakens security but it’d at least prevent opportunistic attacks and drunks.
I have a feeling that after this, they will install those retractable giant pilons they use in places like government buildings rather than a parked patrol car. It is sad that it takes a tragedy to get the gears moving.
They’re already doing that. They were upgrading them to be in time for the Superbowl.
Completely agree. I think if it’s possible to drive around the barricades, then the area isn’t actually closed to the degree that I want to see.
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Jabber, a U.S. citizen born in Texas
It’s like the 3rd paragraph
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According to preliminary information, Jabber, a U.S. citizen born in Texas, had a black flag affixed to the hitch of the pickup truck he allegedly drove into the crowd. Officials are investigating whether that flag is related to the terrorist group ISIS, two senior law enforcement officials said.
I’m going to make a prediction and say it’s self-radicalization. As for which group he self-radicalized to, I’ll wait until more information comes out. I have an obvious suspicion, but I’d rather wait.
No, have you forgotten about the church shoot up by a white nationalist or January 6th?
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I understand your point, however, I think it is generally unhelpful to distinguish between domestic and internationally backed terror attacks.
A terror attack is a terror attack.
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