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2017-05-18 Home Front: WoT

Car plows into pedestrians at New York's Times Square

Moved to P.3: Non-WoT based on subsequent reports that Richard Rojas chose a particularly nasty way to fail at suicide by cop. Sadly, War on Terror is the correct first assumption for such things nowadays.

-- trailing wife at 9:00 p.m. EDT

Posted by DarthVader 2017-05-18 12:16|| || Front Page|| [11140 views ] Top

#1 "Mass casualty event" says NYPD

10+ injured
1 dead

Putting in terrorism until facts prove otherwise

Posted by DarthVader 2017-05-18 12:18|| 2017-05-18 12:18|| Front Page Top

#2 Descriptions of vehicle attempt to avoid barriers and make it into the pedestrian mall. That's a red flag

Posted by Rex Mundi 2017-05-18 12:42|| 2017-05-18 12:42|| Front Page Top

#3 File under Dumb Crooks

Posted by Rex Mundi 2017-05-18 13:07|| 2017-05-18 13:07|| Front Page Top

#4 Drunk Hispanic

Posted by Frank G 2017-05-18 14:12|| 2017-05-18 14:12|| Front Page Top

#5 Police say two-time drunk driving convict Richard Rojas tried to flee the scene once his maroon Honda crashed against a stanchion at Broadway and W. 45 Street.

Posted by Frank G 2017-05-18 14:42|| 2017-05-18 14:42|| Front Page Top

#6 'possibly drunk'
'likely hispanic'
'dumb', certainly
'Vet' and 'US Citizen', yes.

Doesn't mean he wasn't acting out a frustrated position on immigration.

Interesting history for the building he ended up in front of: Vornado Realty Trust.

Posted by Skidmark 2017-05-18 14:47|| 2017-05-18 14:47|| Front Page Top

#7 NY Post at 4:27 pm: troubled man trying to commit suicide by cop

CBS NY reports he was on drugs, not alcohol, and at the bottom of the article lists his past arrests.

I think we have enough evidence to move it to P.3:Non WoT, but P.1:WoT was the right first call. Well done,all. :-)

Posted by trailing wife 2017-05-18 20:58|| 2017-05-18 20:58|| Front Page Top

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