US veteran charged with terrorism for killing black man

[T-Rex]

US veteran charged with terrorism for killing black man
Police say James Jackson 'prowled the streets of New York for three days in search of a black person to assassinate'.

Police say Jackson admitted stabbing Timothy Caughman multiple times [Jefferson Siegel/The Daily News via AP]
A white US army veteran accused of fatally stabbing a 66-year-old black man has been charged with murder as an act of terrorism after telling police he was planning a race-based killing spree.

James Jackson, 28, "prowled the streets of New York for three days in search of a black person to assassinate in order to launch a campaign of terrorism against our Manhattan community and the values we celebrate," Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance said in a statement on Monday.

"Last week, with total presence of mind, he acted on his plan, randomly selecting a beloved New Yorker solely on the basis of his skin colour, and stabbing him repeatedly and publicly on a Midtown street corner."

He was formally charged in New York State Supreme Court with one count each of murder in the first and second degrees as an act of terrorism, murder in the second degree as a hate crime, as well as three counts of criminal possession of a weapon.



White supremacist kills black New Yorker at random with sword
Jackson's lawyer has said there are "obvious psychological issues" involved.

Police say Jackson admitted stabbing Timothy Caughman, who was collecting bottles for recycling, multiple times on March 20. Caughman managed to walk two blocks to a police station but died in hospital.

Jackson - who served in the US Army from 2009 to 2012, a stint that included a tour of duty in Afghanistan - turned himself in to police in Times Square on Wednesday after police released surveillance video of the stabbing.

He told police he considered the killing to be "practice prior to going to Times Square to kill additional black men," according to the complaint.

It said he was "angered by black men mixing with white women".

The case comes as several major US cities including New York grapple with an increase in hate crimes.

On Wednesday, Vance's office launched a "Too New York To Hate" campaign to encourage victims and witnesses of violence against an ethnic group, community or religion to come forward to testify.

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/...rorism-killing-black-man-170328005908057.html

 

[LA se Karachi]

Good to see this perpetrator brought to justice.

 

[T-Rex]

I'm waiting for our indian friends to defend this terrorist on this forum. I think I know what they'll come up with.

 

[cloud4000]

I'm waiting for our indian friends to defend this terrorist on this forum. I think I know what they'll come up with.

Why would Indians defend this guy, especially given that another man -- a white racist -- shot and killed an Indian in Kansas City? Why are you making such a ridiculous statement?

 

[Russell]

#WhereWasHeRadicalized

 

[tranquilium]

White supremacist kills black New Yorker at random with sword

I have a disturbing feeling video gaming violence is actually part of the cause.

 

[Indika]

I'm waiting for our indian friends to defend this terrorist on this forum. I think I know what they'll come up with.

Only a violent demented society like yours would support him why would others support him? Stop dragging India into unrelated topics . We can also say that he visited some forbidden countries and become mentally unsound. Probably thats what his parents might say that he was a nice guy only after visiting badlands he picked up the deadly virus of harming others from ppl who have hate filled minds.

 

[Mugwop]

Good to see this perpetrator brought to justice.

This is the scary part "Jackson - who served in the US Army from 2009 to 2012, a stint that included a tour of duty in Afghanistan"

I'm waiting for our indian friends to defend this terrorist on this forum. I think I know what they'll come up with.

They will say that the black man was a drug dealer.

 

[Chinese-Dragon]

I have a disturbing feeling video gaming violence is actually part of the cause.

What really?

You don't think maybe he was a bit screwed up to begin with?

Does a normal person play a video game and then end up stalking black men on the streets to impale them with a sword?

Whereas various aspects of white supremacist ideology do tend to promote lone-wolf style violence to further their political cause.

 

[Lotus_stalk]

I'm waiting for our indian friends to defend this terrorist on this forum. I think I know what they'll come up with.

Sir, What is your problem ?

 

[tranquilium]

What really?

You don't think maybe he was a bit screwed up to begin with?

Does a normal person play a video game and then end up stalking black men on the streets to impale them with a sword?

Whereas various aspects of white supremacist ideology do tend to promote lone-wolf style violence to further their political cause.

Of course he has to be screwed up to start with. It is just the method is kind strange. In US, people get shot to death all the time and they got stabbed all the time too. However, a sword is actually kinda strange though. Considering most people don't simply have one lying around. (As oppose to the 200 million+ guns floating around)

 

[Nilgiri]

What really?

You don't think maybe he was a bit screwed up to begin with?

Does a normal person play a video game and then end up stalking black men on the streets to impale them with a sword?

Whereas various aspects of white supremacist ideology do tend to promote lone-wolf style violence to further their political cause.

I played plenty of gory video games back in the day....no change in any intention to perpetrate (in real life) such on even the people I despise.

Video game is a poor excuse for this phenomenon. Before the age of video games there were still plenty of disturbed kooks....worldwide.

For the US specifically, one only needs to look at the weathermen movement and all the splinter groups and lone-wolves that rallied to kind of crap (beyond more well known supremacy-extremist groups)

Whats happening now more than ever in history is the urbanisation (close proximity of masses of people) and mass media, so we as a species hear more about the disturbing stuff overall and there is probably an overall increase in such happening (outside of wartime) because of the much higher average proximity compared to majority of human history.

 

[Chinese-Dragon]

Of course he has to be screwed up to start with. It is just the method is kind strange. In US, people get shot to death all the time and they got stabbed all the time too. However, a sword is actually kinda strange though. Considering most people don't simply have one lying around. (As oppose to the 200 million+ guns floating around)

The problem with guns is that it's super easy to trace it when a gun is used for murder.

So you either need to buy a gun from a black market dealer (who might be a cop), or you need to use some kind of a knife/blade.

In countries like the UK it's actually quite common for criminals to use "oriental swords" in order to kill others.

As far as weapons go, it surely works.

 

[Butchcassidy]

The problem with guns is that it's super easy to trace it when a gun is used for murder.

So you either need to buy a gun from a black market dealer (who might be a cop), or you need to use some kind of a knife/blade.

In countries like the UK it's actually quite common for criminals to use "oriental swords" in order to kill others.

As far as weapons go, it surely works.

How can it be super easy to trace a gun ?? Unless do a ballistic match there is no way to link a gun to a crime.

 

[Chinese-Dragon]

How can it be super easy to trace a gun ?? Unless do a ballistic match there is no way to link a gun to a crime.

Well you know what Ballistics is, so why are you asking?