Latest from FBI just now: The suspect was a US citizen from Texas, in a rented truck, with an ISIS flag in the vehicle.
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An American acting alone is what I was waiting to hear.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/fatalities-car-reportedly-plows-group-114235670.html
I'm sure they'll call it an act of terrorism, but the dude who chased the reporter the other day for miles to strangle him and tell him this is Trump's America is going to be made head of Homeland Security.
Shamsud Din Jabbar seems to be the name.
Here's a good place for live updates
11 a.m. - The suspect accused of plowing a truck through a crowd on Bourbon Street is 42-year-old Shamsud Din Jabbar, according to a law enforcement source.
The source said he was carrying an ISIS flag in the truck.
Pardon me if I'll wait for some corroboration on that one before I play blame the Muslim.
I'm just glad it wasn't the Irish again. As long as they walk freely amongst us, no federal building is safe.
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My family heavily identifies as Irish-American, and most of them are racist as fuck. They get absolutely roiled when I turn their absurd rhetoric around on them.
NOLA.com is the local news outlet in New Orleans. Good paper.
CBS is reporting the same thing.
From the same source? Because it doesn't matter whether the paper is good or if more than one outlet is reporting it if it's all from one bad source.
All of those have "law enforcement" as their source for the identity.
I'm with @[email protected] on this one.
By law enforcement, they mean an FBI press statement. But if that's not good enough for you...
https://www.fbi.gov/news/press-releases/fbi-statement-on-the-attack-in-new-orleans
Early reporting on the Oklahoma City bombing was pointing fingers at Muslims, too.
If you don't accept what any law enforcement says, even though they have his body and ID, you could have just said so and there would have been no reason to respond to you.
Pardon me if I'll wait for some corroboration on that one before I play blame the Muslim.
First of all, there is no telling if he is Muslim. Secondly, the FBI tends to have more than one piece of evidence before making such a statement. But, by all means wait.
I'm not going to apologize for not trusting law enforcement.
I don't care. I think it's always good to have a bit of skepticism, but when facts slap you in the face you should realize it. Some times not everyone feels it.
I don't care.
Your responses suggest otherwise.
As I said, if I had known you wouldn't believe what anyone says, there would be no reason to respond
As I said, if I had known you wouldn't believe what anyone says, ...
I'm not going to apologize for not trusting law enforcement.
... there would be no reason to respond
And yet you respond.
Because I didn't know you believe in conspiracy theory. But, I will respond no further if it makes you feel better
Not sure where you got the idea that I "believe in conspiracy theory." That would mean that there's something unreasonable that I believe is true.
"Not taking the word of law enforcement as fact" doesn't mean that I believe something unreasonable. It means that a statement from law enforcement alone is not enough to convince me that that statement is true.
I'd argue that if you're willing to take statements from law enforcement as truth without corroboration, you're going to find yourself carrying water for fascists more often than you'd like.
It would be more socially acceptable to have taken out a billionaire.
Lemmy.world moderation is lame. Looking for better instance recs
I'm sure lemmygrad would have you.
You're on to something here. The tankie gardening discussions are top notch, thanks!!
You might want to check out the discussion on this thread https://lemmy.ml/post/24050504
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Was it a Tesla?
EV's do have a lot if torque.
Hate to see if used to kill innocent people though.