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BigmanPigman

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12. The driver is a terrorist who wanted police to kill him.

Reply to imanamerican63 (Original post)

Tue Oct 31, 2017, 06:09 PM

Oct 2017

He drove the wrong way for 20 BLOCKS down a bike path and drove over and killed at least 8 bikers and pedestrians. He has a rental truck, was carrying two fake guns and waving them around (hoping to get shot and be a martyr). The police shot him in the abdomen and he survived (too bad for him) and was yelling Arabic slogans. NYC has cameras all over and the citizens are well trained to "run, hide, fight, talk" in that order. He didn't need money, bomb building training and materials, couldn't accidental blow himself up, didn't have to do much "homework" on how to do this, could do it by himself, was a young man. All of that is the description of this "new" form of terrorism.

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Ok, today terrorist attack in NYC is now firmly on Trump's watch. [View all] imanamerican63 Oct 2017 OP

Personally, I hope it's a white person who committed it HopeAgain Oct 2017 #1

If a white guy did it, they would never had called it a terrorist attack... Thomas Hurt Oct 2017 #3

Exactly, and watch what happens if most of the deaths are from the vehicle not a gun Eliot Rosewater Oct 2017 #4

All of the deaths are from the vehicle....why will.. AncientGeezer Oct 2017 #24

The white wing gun-humpers always say cars, knives, cancer, etc., kill more than guns, as if Hoyt Oct 2017 #26

He's Uzbeki Madam Mossfern Oct 2017 #11

Well that really sucks. Maraya1969 Oct 2017 #21

He looks fairly white to me. jcmaine72 Oct 2017 #28

For those of us working.... NCTraveler Oct 2017 #2

The police said so during their news conference. Dennis Donovan Oct 2017 #5

Guy jumped out of the truck and shouted alhuakbar dhol82 Oct 2017 #6

That about does it, if accurate. NCTraveler Oct 2017 #8

Truck NewDem17 Oct 2017 #7

The phrase shouted makes it pretty clear. NCTraveler Oct 2017 #10

Excuse hurl Oct 2017 #9

The driver is a terrorist who wanted police to kill him. BigmanPigman Oct 2017 #12

Oh boy, I'll bet when he wakes up he'll be very sad PatrickforO Oct 2017 #27

On.Trump's.Watch. workinclasszero Oct 2017 #13

No. And the attacks during Obama's watch B2G Oct 2017 #14

How did the right act when Obama was President? workinclasszero Oct 2017 #15

I don't give a shit how the right acted. B2G Oct 2017 #16

And that's why we have a Russian mole as president workinclasszero Oct 2017 #20

You do you. Nt B2G Oct 2017 #23

Even though that's a silly ClarendonDem Oct 2017 #30

I did not blame Trump, but I did criticize him for his words and his actions. imanamerican63 Oct 2017 #19

Republican draft dodger fails to defend America Achilleaze Oct 2017 #17

It was in a blue state so he doesn't care lame54 Oct 2017 #18

Sadly his answer to your question is the Muslim ban. Corvo Bianco Oct 2017 #22

They are not on Trump's travel ban list, even though the country is 88% Muslim. smirkymonkey Oct 2017 #25

Trump was probably praying for an attack like this to occur. jcmaine72 Oct 2017 #29

What? we need an investigation...Trump must explain himself. Demsrule86 Oct 2017 #31