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2022-04-13 -Lurid Crime Tales-
Day 2: Frank R. James ID’d as person of interest in Brooklyn subway shooting, made threatening online rants


[NYPost] A troubled man who railed against Mayor Adams and made bizarre threatening rants on YouTube has been identified as a person of interest in the savage Brooklyn subway attack that injured at least 23 people Tuesday morning, officials said.

Frank James — who warned last month that he was "entering the danger zone" — rented a U-Haul van tied to the N train attack in Sunset Park and is being sought for questioning, police said at an evening briefing.

"Mr. Mayor, I’m a victim of your mental health program," James said in one lengthy video.

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"I’m 63 now full of hate, full of anger, and full of bitterness."

He also criticized the mayor for not doing more to combat homelessness.o

"Eric Adams
...retired New York City police captain, member of the New York State Senate, first Black Brooklyn borough president, law and order Dem after a brief fling with the Publicans. The New York Times isn't fond of him, suspecting he may not actually be black...
, Eric Adams: What are you doing brother? What’s happening with this homeless situation," he said while referring to the subway. "Every car I went to was loaded with homeless people. It was so bad I couldn’t even stand. I had to keep moving from car to car."

The NYPD said they were increasing security for Mayor Adams after police discovered the videos.

James said in the videos that he had a diagnosed mental illness and railed against what he called the "horror show" of the city’s mental health services.

"What’s going on in that place is violence," he said about a facility he claimed to receive care from. "Not physical violence," he explained, "but the kind of violence a child experiences in grade school... that would make him go get a gun and shooting motherf—ers."

The person of interest ranted about race issues and claimed that the Russian invasion of Ukraine was proof that black people were treated with disdain in society.

"These white motherfu—ers, this is what they do," he said. "Ultimately at the end of the day they kill and commit genocide against each other. What do you think they gonna do to your black ass?"

In his rambling conspiracy theory, James claimed that a race war would follow the ongoing conflict in Europe.

"It’s just a matter of time before these white motherfu—ers decide, ’Hey listen. Enough is enough. These ni—ers got to go,'" he said.

"And what’re you going to do? You gonna fight. And guess what? You gonna die. Cause unlike President [Zelensky] over in Ukraine, nobody has your back. The whole world is against you. And you’re against your fu—ing self. So why should you be alive again is the fucking question. Why should a ni—er be alive on this planet? Besides to pick cotton or chop sugar cane or tobacco."

The only options James could find, he claimed, was to commit more violence or become a criminal.

"And so the message to me is: I should have gotten a gun, and just started shooting motherf—ers," he said.

"Or I should have gotten some dope and started shooting or starting hitting bit—es in the head, robbing old ladies, you know what the fu— it is."

The key to James’ van was found at the scene of the crime, as was a credit card that rented the vehicle out of Philadelphia, cops and law-enforcement sources said.

Cops believe that James was living out of the U-Haul van because his clothing and personal care products were inside.

It is unclear if James is the suspected gunman, the department said.

Authorities said 10 of the injured commuters had been maimed by gunfire.

The gunman had been on the run for hours before police uncovered a crucial clue: the van, which had Arizona plates and was located on West Third Street near Kings Highway late Tuesday afternoon, sources said.

Police have launched a massive manhunt for the shooter and revealed that surveillance cameras at the Sunset Park subway station were not working at the time of the assault. Law enforcement sources told The Post that the cameras tend to go out "from time to time."

NYPD Commissioner Keechant Sewell said at an earlier presser that the suspect is a roughly 5-foot-5 black man with a heavy build at around 170 pounds. He was wearing a gas mask, an orange and green construction-type vest, neon-green work helmet and a hooded gray sweatshirt at the time.

During an evening press briefing, Sewell said that among the items recovered by cops at the scene were a 9 mm handgun, a hatchet, gasoline and "consumer-grade fireworks."

At least one witness said she mistook the attacker for an MTA worker.

In an e-mail earlier in the day to the entire police patrol force, cops had been ordered to keep their eyes peeled for the U-Haul and mark down its location and license plates.
Posted by trailing wife 2022-04-13 03:28|| || Front Page|| [25 views ]  Top

#1 Brooklyn subway shooting: Person of interest Frank James posted racist rants to YouTube for years
Posted by Skidmark 2022-04-13 06:03||   2022-04-13 06:03|| Front Page Top

#2 NYC subway shooting survivors describe moment gunman pulled an ax and gun from his duffel bag, said 'oops my bad' as he filled train car with smoke then fired 33 shots at them: Cops offer $50,000 as they hunt 'person of interest'
Posted by Skidmark 2022-04-13 06:03||   2022-04-13 06:03|| Front Page Top

#3 "Kill All The Whiteys" - Suspect In Brooklyn Subway Shooting Spouted Hateful "Black Nationalist" Rhetoric, Praised "Beautiful" 9/11
Posted by Skidmark 2022-04-13 08:21||   2022-04-13 08:21|| Front Page Top

#4 Appropriate name - Jesse's little brother (by another mother?)
Posted by Mercutio 2022-04-13 08:37||   2022-04-13 08:37|| Front Page Top

#5 See, it's all Putin's fault.
Posted by Ho Chi Lumplump8204 2022-04-13 09:13||   2022-04-13 09:13|| Front Page Top

#6 Preliminary details are always sketchy but something doesn't add up. He blasts 33 rounds (presumably with an extended mag stick) and then his gl17 reportedly "jammed up".
Posted by Depotguy 2022-04-13 09:59||   2022-04-13 09:59|| Front Page Top

#7 "They shot up the N train!"
"Dude! Who?"
"It better not, white boy, be you,
For to murder and maim
On a train with that name
Is some shit only Black folks should do!"
Posted by Blossom Snusomp5491 2022-04-13 10:00||   2022-04-13 10:00|| Front Page Top

#8 Law enforcement sources told The Post that the cameras tend to go out "from time to time."

Yeah, tell us about it.
Posted by swksvolFF 2022-04-13 10:28||   2022-04-13 10:28|| Front Page Top

#9 

Brooklyn subway shooting suspect Frank James in custody after massive manhunt
Posted by Skidmark 2022-04-13 14:10||   2022-04-13 14:10|| Front Page Top

#10 Whew! Thank you for being on top of this for us, Skidmark.
Posted by trailing wife 2022-04-13 19:50||   2022-04-13 19:50|| Front Page Top

#11 BLM racist Muslim black supremacist Farrakhan terrorist and apparently our Chrissy Wray KGB protected.

Lot of titles but all true, in his own words.

Remembering Farrakhan, Obammer and burn down Minneapolis Keith Ellison are buddies.
Posted by Woodrow 2022-04-13 20:03||   2022-04-13 20:03|| Front Page Top

#12 Those kinds of things can be attractive to the mentally ill — effect rather than cause.
Posted by trailing wife 2022-04-13 21:57||   2022-04-13 21:57|| Front Page Top

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