You have commented 339 times on Rantburg.

Your Name
Your e-mail (optional)
Website (optional)
My Original Nic        Pic-a-Nic        Sorry. Comments have been closed on this article.
Bold Italic Underline Strike Bullet Blockquote Small Big Link Squish Foto Photo
Home Front: WoT
Car plows into pedestrians at New York's Times Square
2017-05-18
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

#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  

#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  

#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  

#4  Drunk Hispanic
Posted by: Frank G   2017-05-18 14:12  

#3  File under Dumb Crooks
Posted by: Rex Mundi   2017-05-18 13:07  

#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  

#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  

00:00