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originally posted by: UDrinktheKoolAid
First why not run away from him if you saw him coming after a few blocks he find someone else. Shoot first hmph. cops have it comin. just sayina reply to: ArmyOfNobunaga
SITE, which monitors radical Muslim groups, said that in a comment Thompson had posted to a pro-Islamic State video on September 13, 2014, he described "jihad as a justifiable response to the oppression of the 'Zionists and the Crusaders'.
originally posted by: BlueAjah
Police suspect terrorism as the motive.
originally posted by: sacgamer25
a reply to: BlueAjah
I wasn't commenting about you, but seriously even if this guy was heading the call of ISIS, I think mentally unstable makes much more since here than terrorist. Were talking about a hatchet.
Sounds more like the police are using the word terrorist to cover their butts. Again excessive force.
originally posted by: ~Lucidity
Per CNN just now...city officials say attacker had no ties to Islamic radicalism. Their words.
New York City police officials are describing Thursday's attack on four NYPD officers by a hatchet-wielding man as an act of terror. Police Commissioner Bill Bratton and Deputy Commission John Miller made the assessment in response to questions at a Friday news conference. Police also said that the attacker, 32-year-old Zale Herbert Thompson of Queens, was "self-radicalized." Common threads in his social media presence were "anti-Western, anti-government and in some cases anti-white," Miller said.
New York (CNN) -- [[Breaking news update posted at 4:33 p.m. ET]
New York City police are calling a brazen, broad-daylight attack by a hatchet-wielding man on a group of police officers an act of terrorism.
The suspect — Zale Thompson, 32 — attacked a group of four officers who had stopped to take a photo Thursday when a freelance photographer approached them. The suspect charged at the group for no apparent reason, police said. Thompson was shot dead by one of the officers.
"This was a terrorist attack," Police Commissioner William Bratton said Friday. A clear motive has yet to be established in the case.
It appears Thompson — who converted to Islam two years ago — became "self-radicalized" and was inspired by terrorist groups such as the Islamic State and al-Qaeda, the New York Times reported.
"We at this time believe that he acted alone," Bratton said at a news conference, which was also attended by New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, according to the Times. "We would describe him as self-radicalized. It would appear at this time that he was self-directed in his activities."
originally posted by: BlueAjah
a reply to: sacgamer25
Terrorism was the word in the headline and article, and used by law enforcement.
Not my word.
ISIS put out a call for lone wolf attacks on military and law enforcement, so it sounds like a logical concern.