On Fri, 03 Nov 2017 17:47:09 -0500, Tim McNamara
wrote:

On Fri, 03 Nov 2017 18:11:53 -0400, (PeteCresswell) wrote:
Per Tim McNamara:
Well, we don't know yet if he is a nutcase or what. No doubt more
information will appear; who knows if he will provide anything useful
himself. He did at least leave some written notes in the truck (or at
least someone did, he seems like the most likely candidate) indicating
at least inspiration by ISIS.

Apparently ISIS publishes playbooks on how to do this stuff.

The accounts I have heard say that his actions were right out of the
ISIS playbook - including the leaflets and trying to get himself
killed.

Yes, that is my understanding. Not having frequented pro-ISIS websites
I have not seen this for myself, but on NPR yesterday or the day before
this was spoken of with direct quotes out of the ISIS "manual" for such
attacks. It's not a long or complicated recipe, renting a large vehicle
and running people down with it doesn't take a rocket scientist.

The knives he had for the purpose of killing pedestrians after the
crash and getting himself killed because unavailable due to the crash
so he grabbed the paint ball gun and something else.

BB gun according to what I have seen in the news.

Fortunately a NYPD cop figured out how to shot to wound, so he was
stopped and is questionable (and triable).


I rather doubt that in any situation deemed to be sufficiently
dangerious to justify shooting anyone ever "shot to wound".

My understanding from the news is that he requested an ISIS flag for his
room. The request was not accommodated.
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Cheers,

John B.