Terror attack in Nawlins?

[326MOD10]

Ah. Welcome home.

And let's catch up then.

 

[llowry61]

If a person rams a vehicle into a crowd for no apparent reason other than causing death and mayhem, IMO it can't be anything but terrorism regardless of motive.

My heart goes out to the victims and families.

 

[Rudi]

Saw this one comming.

 

[Ματθιας]

How long before the feds admit they knew about that guy?

Jabbar was property manager at Blue Meadow Properties and 10 year military vet. There's video of the guy, he seems normal...

Supposedly he was an actblue donor.

 

[tripledipper]

Probably a sleeper cell. He wasn't radicalized yesterday. Another 9/11 right around the corner.

 

[venomballistics]

I've lost track. Is this supposed to be a "False Flag" or a "Black Swan" event? My stupid conspiracy theory spread sheet is out of date.

The reality seems bad enough without making up silly theories.

As always, we won't have a good idea of what actually happened until at least 48 hours have passed.

FWIW, the Boston office of the FBI is only about a mile or so from the site of the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing. From previous experience working at that event, the FBI had Special Agents on scene throughout the day, not just after the explosion.

yeah ... basically we have a truck plowing through a crowd, a gun fight and someone with an ISIS flag waving from said truck.
This means a whack job went kill body mode and did what whack job kill bodies do.
beyond that ... its speculation.

 

[ladder13]

Multiple “officials” have said others are involved.

 

[DWalt]

How long before the feds admit they knew about that guy?

Jabbar was property manager at Blue Meadow Properties and 10 year military vet. There's video of the guy, he seems normal...

Supposedly he was an actblue donor.

He is shown on the Blue Meadow website as Owner. No details of what the Blue Meadow business does other than rental properties management.

News just came through that the Sugar Bowl has been postponed. No further details. Death count just announced as 15.

 

[Birdgun]

Yep. Sugar Bowl delayed 24 hours. I understand the caution. Bet a lot of folks with tickets won't be able to attend due to work requirements and travel schedules. Sad day for New Orleans and the country.

 

[pawngal]

I saw one source that ID'd the pickup as a Ford Lightning which is an EV. If so, the damages/deaths could have been much worse if it had caught on fire. Can anyone verify if it was a Lightning model?

 

[DWalt]

I saw one source that ID'd the pickup as a Ford Lightning which is an EV. If so, the damages/deaths could have been much worse if it had caught on fire. Can anyone verify if it was a Lightning model?

There was a news report that said it was an EV. What I saw did not mention that it was a Lightning.

 

[NYlakesider]

There was a news report that said it was an EV. What I saw did not mention that it was a Lightning.

I saw a picture on another forum I'm on it had Lightning displayed on the Right Rear quarter panel!

 

[pawngal]

I have since found more sources that ID'd the pickup as a Lightning. I had CNN on TV and no mention of it by them.
And the Tesla SuperTruck explosion in Las Vegas.........

 

[PatriotX]

I saw one source that ID'd the pickup as a Ford Lightning which is an EV. If so, the damages/deaths could have been much worse if it had caught on fire. Can anyone verify if it was a Lightning model?

Please don’t fall for the false narrative that EVs are more dangerous than gas cars.

Can you imagine if 200 sticks of dynamite had gone off in the French Quarter? That is LESS than the average energy contained in a tank of gas in a full-size ICE truck.

 

[Rudi]

There are reports of IEDs being found in the French Quarter.

 

[NYlakesider]

Please don’t fall for the false narrative that EVs are more dangerous than gas cars.

Can you imagine if 200 sticks of dynamite had gone off in the French Quarter? That is LESS than the average energy contained in a tank of gas in a full-size ICE truck.

Re Dynamite. Any vechicle could have that much in it. Makes no difference what the vechicle had for power production.

Compare the time and effort to put out a EV fire Vs a gas powered product. Its not even close.

 

[Ματθιας]

It's funny. The flag on the back is covered up. The local LE is calling it a terrier attack and the Feds are saying it's not. Both can't be true at the same time.

Who is telling the truth? The feds or local LE? Who do you all believe?

 

[SMSgt]

Please don’t fall for the false narrative that EVs are more dangerous than gas cars.

Can you imagine if 200 sticks of dynamite had gone off in the French Quarter? That is LESS than the average energy contained in a tank of gas in a full-size ICE truck.

Your logic is somewhat flawed. It depends on how you wish to calculate the "energy" and how it's used to produce that energy in a full tank of gas. A full tank of gas would have far less "explosive" energy than a tank that is a quarter full.

 

[venomballistics]

Please don’t fall for the false narrative that EVs are more dangerous than gas cars.

Can you imagine if 200 sticks of dynamite had gone off in the French Quarter? That is LESS than the average energy contained in a tank of gas in a full-size ICE truck.

Only after some kind of oxidizer is introduced to utilize that potential energy.
Without that, it just something to keep warm with

 

[Ματθιας]

The police chief is going to get to the bottom of all this, I can tell!