[NPR] White Supremacist Charged With Terrorism Over Murder Of Black Man

White Supremacist Charged With Terrorism Over Murder Of Black Man

Authorities in New York have charged a white supremacist from Baltimore with terrorism over the murder of a black man last week.

Police say 28-year-old James Jackson of Baltimore traveled to New York City specifically to kill black men.

It was a plan he carried out on Monday, stabbing 66-year-old Timothy Caughman to death on a public street corner, police say.

The Associated Press reports that Caughman was remembered "as a gentleman and a good neighbor."

Caughman "was alone and collecting bottles for recycling last week when he was attacked from behind with a sword," the AP writes. "He staggered, bleeding, into a police station and later died at a hospital."

Authorities say that Jackson, who turned himself in to police after the murder, is a member of a white supremacist group, NPR's Joel Rose reports.

"Police say he took a bus from Baltimore to New York specifically to get more media coverage for the act, and picked Caughman at random," Joel says.

"Jackson was already charged with murder," Joel notes. "Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance is bringing additional charges, including murder as an act of terrorism and murder as a hate crime."

The terror charges were announced on Monday.

In an interview from jail, Jackson told a reporter from the New York Daily News that he wanted to kill a number of black men, with the idea that the attack might somehow make white women decide not to have interracial relationships.

He said that his military training helped him form his plans. The AP reports that Jackson was in the Army from 2009 to 2012, and was deployed to Afghanistan.

The murder of Caughman was meant to be a "practice run" for this larger plot, but he got "depressed" after the killing, Jackson said.

In the interview, Jackson was sometimes "boasting of his white supremacy," and at other times "appeared dejected by society's rejection of his violent, racist message," the Daily News writes.

Vance, the district attorney bringing the terror and hate crime charges, says that Jackson's objective was to "launch a campaign of terrorism" against New York City and its values.

"Last week, with total presence of mind, he acted on his plan, randomly selecting a beloved New Yorker solely on the basis of his skin color, and stabbing him repeatedly and publicly on a Midtown street corner," Vance said.

"James Jackson wanted to kill black men, planned to kill black men, and then did kill a black man."

 

Obviously, this must be terrorism planned while Obama was President.

No mention of Islam or ISIS. Clearly an oversight from the socialists at NPR.

 

But in the months before the attack, Jackson’s internet use suggested recent radicalization by the alt-right. Jackson’s YouTube page, where he had previously listened to the Final Fantasy soundtrack and liked a British royal family video, lit up with likes on videos about white superiority and “black on white crimes”.

The Daily Beast verified the YouTube account’s username as being associated with Jackson’s email address he listed on a résumé posted to his LinkedIn profile.

Jackson liked a livestream video called “Is It Time for Whites to Start Voicing Their Displeasure With Black on White Crimes?” two months before the attack. The two-hour video characterized African Americans as violent, and featured musical interludes of Donald Trump speeches set to electronic music. -- The Daily Beast


Musical interludes of Donald Trump speeches set to electronic music would be enough to drive any sane, rational person into a killing spree? Color me unsurprised.

 

I think we need to look at the followers of the Christian religion with fresh eyes. Christians seem all nice and friendly, but once those church doors get shut on Sunday they become terrorism plotting manics. You might also noticed that Christians have not seriously denounced this crime.

I'm just saying.

 

I don't know whether he or did not.

I do know that some white supremacists (like the KKK) consider themselves Christians. They find motivation for their racist behavior in the Bible. Being Christian is part of their self identity.

Most Christians I know are appalled by white supremacists and do not defend them and actively disagree with their interpretation of the Bible.

 

It is like the Alt Right took a page out of the ISIS playbook.