10 dead, 30 injured after car intentionally plows into crowd in New Orleans

10 dead, 30 injured after car intentionally plows into crowds in New Orleans

Yet another fucking exculpatory headline minimizing the agency of the assailant because his weapon of choice happened to be a car. No, headline writer, the car didn't do a goddamn thing; its driver did. Even putting "intentionally" in there, while better than nothing, still fails to make up for using the wrong subject!

Better version:

10 dead, 30 injured after assailant intentionally rams car into crowd in New Orleans

This is basically the same type of shit as minimizing police responsibility with headlines like "bystander struck by bullet during officer-involved shooting" (as opposed to "police officer shoots bystander"), and just as systematic and egregious. The only difference is that it's done in service of car-supremacy rather than the abusive police state. I am really sick and tired of it, in both contexts.

Bollards save lives. All pedestrian areas should be protected from cars by some kind of physical barrier. This protects against intentional attacks and drunk driving incidents.

Turn the French Quarter into a pedestrian zone with hydraulic bollocks to allow the delivery trucks into the area. After 9 pm, no more deliveries.

last may the governor signed a law making it legal for drivers to run over people blocking the road fyi

Huh, I wonder why there are no racist posts on right wing social media

Officers returned fire, killing Jabbar , a U.S.-born citizen from Texas, sources said.

Ahh, there it is.

What are the odds this murderer is a big fan of Elon Musk like the guy in Germany?

Also:

adding the driver had not been taken into custody.

What does this mean? They're at large? They were found not at fault and were let go? The cops told them, "get out of here, you scamp!" What?

Just another day in the world's greatest country.

/s if it isn't obvious

From The Guardian, which is doing live updates:

More details of what happened in Bourbon Street are beginning to emerge.

According to reports on the ground from US network CBS, the white truck crashed into the victims at high speed while they were celebrating the New Year.

The driver, according to witnesses who spoke to CBS, then got out and began firing a weapon. Police then returned fire.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2025/jan/01/new-orleans-vehicle-mass-fatalities-live-updates

What a nightmare.

The suspect was a member of one of the world’s largest and most extensively distributed terrorist organizations, the US Army.

Last thing I'd want to do is anger a NOLA cop.

Holy ctap. Two cops shot, bomb found in the quarter. Hell of a deal.

The Hotels around Bourbon street have locked their doors, allowing no one in or out.

Using a Ford Lightning means at least they were concerned with the environment.

“We have information to a certain degree of the demographics of those who are in the hospital right now,” New Orleans Police Superintendent Anne Kirkpatrick said in a news briefing Wednesday morning. “We do not know at this point how many could be tourists versus locals, but from the information I have right now, it seems the majority are locals.”

https://www.cnn.com/us/live-news/new-orleans-mass-casualty-bourbon-street-01-01-24-hnk/index.html

Better he doesn't get a terrorist charge/label....

Read in yep really consistent government. Such bullshit

Live feed of WWLTV Channel 4 in New Orleans (independent CBS affiliate): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EApLbIRtArk

*croughd

US government: We need to distablize Syria to ensure Israel safety, best recommendations is to support sunni group to topple the government.

US, Israel: create ISIS

ISIS: attack US bases

US: ISIS is terrorist organization

ISIS start gaining ground in Syria.

Israel, US and Turkey: start support ISIS again.

ISIS take over Syria government.

US: they are no longer ISIS and leader is no longer on hit list

ISIS: sucider attack US citizen

US: TERRORIST ATTACK, ISIS FLAG

the United States government will gave ISIS nuclear weapons if ISRAEL are happy regardless of effect on threats in American soils and the implications of US soldiers and citizens abroad.

Same to what they did with drug, environment, and health care. Citizen of the United States is the least of the government interest.

So he got away from the police, and the FBI says they don't consider it a terrorist thing. Which means he is white. And he probably ran his car into PoC.