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Car jumps curb, hits pedestrians in Times Square
Posted: Thu May 18, 2017 12:05 pm
by Flightmare
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/05/18/ca ... s-say.html
Guns may be difficult to obtain legally in NY, but attempting mass murder is still very doable.
Re: Car jumps curb, hits pedestrians in Times Square
Posted: Thu May 18, 2017 1:47 pm
by philip964
Witnesses said traveling at 100 mph and trying to hit people. Not terrorism related it's being reported.
Times Square Driver Crashes Into Pedestrians, Killing 1 and Injuring 22 - The New York Times
https://apple.news/AHwWUmLYtTnyTNp6nx28zEQ
Re: Car jumps curb, hits pedestrians in Times Square
Posted: Thu May 18, 2017 2:10 pm
by crazy2medic
Only difference between mass murder and terrorism is the motivation, so how exactly do they know it wasn't terrorism
Re: Car jumps curb, hits pedestrians in Times Square
Posted: Thu May 18, 2017 2:30 pm
by allisji
The driver Richard Rojas is a U.S. citizen who previously served in the Navy, authorities said. The 26-year-old Bronx man had two prior arrests for driving while intoxicated, in 2008 and 2015...
Multiple witnesses told Fox News the vehicle was travelling against traffic and trying to enter a pedestrian section of Times Square.
The man has a past history of DWI, and was apparently driving the wrong way in traffic and then attempted to drive onto a pedestrian area.
My guess is that they are suspecting that he was under the influence and accidently went the wrong way on a one way RD, then tried to hurry to the next intersection so that he could turn off of the wrong way rd and ended up on a pedestrian rd instead... Tried to speed away but kept running people over until he crashed into a light post. Then he attempted to flee on foot and was tackled and restrained by citizens until the police arrived.
Re: Car jumps curb, hits pedestrians in Times Square
Posted: Thu May 18, 2017 4:45 pm
by philip964
http://nypost.com/2017/05/18/times-squa ... kill-them/
Wanted to kill as many as possible then be killed by the police.
Re: Car jumps curb, hits pedestrians in Times Square
Posted: Thu May 18, 2017 11:53 pm
by philip964
The driver wasn't drunk this is a deliberate slaughter of innocents.
Terrible horrific video.
https://mobile.twitter.com/Breaking911/ ... 47/video/1
So evil.
Re: Car jumps curb, hits pedestrians in Times Square
Posted: Fri May 19, 2017 7:25 am
by striker55
Same video can be seen on YouTube,
https://youtu.be/YYCCXgDE7GU
Re: Car jumps curb, hits pedestrians in Times Square
Posted: Fri May 19, 2017 9:08 am
by MechAg94
From the video, it looks like people didn't have time to recognize the threat much less get out of the way.
Re: Car jumps curb, hits pedestrians in Times Square
Posted: Fri May 19, 2017 12:04 pm
by Bitter Clinger
philip964 wrote:The driver wasn't drunk this is a deliberate slaughter of innocents.
Terrible horrific video.
So evil.
You are correct. He was clearly AIMING to HIT people! No time to react for the majority of those innocent victims!
Re: Car jumps curb, hits pedestrians in Times Square
Posted: Sat May 20, 2017 12:24 am
by Sport Coach
This is one of those videos which challenges typical situational awareness. I don't think I'd honestly be able to react if I were in the first 50 yds of this murderer's acceleration. Just the amount of time to hear the noise, turn your head, assess that yes a car was coming at you then to move quickly would be unlikely. Action beats reaction every time.