NYC subway attack suspect railed against mayor, NYC mental health programs, racism and white people

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Person of interest now a suspect in Brooklyn subway shooting, police say

Frank R. James, the man police identified as a person of interest in the Brooklyn subway shooting, is now considered a suspect in the case, New York City police and the mayor's office said Wednesday.

Police Commissioner Keechant Sewell initially identified James, 62, as a person of interest in the Tuesday morning rush-hour attack that left 10 wounded and 13 others injured.

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In social media, James made allusions to potential motivating factors (and mental illness). Not linking, but here's some content from the NY Post:

“Mr. Mayor, I’m a victim of your mental health program,” James said in one lengthy video.

“I’m 63 now full of hate, full of anger, and full of bitterness.”

He also criticized the mayor for not doing more to combat homelessness.

James said in the videos that he had a diagnosed mental illness and railed against what he called the “horror show” of the city’s mental health services.

“What’s going on in that place is violence,” he said about a facility where he claimed to have received care. “Not physical violence,” he explained, “but the kind of violence a child experiences in grade school … that would make him go get a gun and shooting [people].
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In his rambling conspiracy theory, James claimed that a race war would follow the ongoing conflict in Europe. [Loose paraphrase: after white people get tired of killing each other, they're going to turn on black people.]

 

[GoldenBoy89]

It’s scary to think of the number of people out there with unchecked mental illness or even the ones who’ve been diagnosed but just fly under the radar until something like this happens.

 

[Goonie]

It’s scary to think of the number of people out there with unchecked mental illness or even the ones who’ve been diagnosed but just fly under the radar until something like this happens.

But hey his 2nd amendment rights obviously take precidence over your right to life. Yay!!!!

 

[SummerMadness]

They got him, arrested in East Village.

Suspected Brooklyn Subway Gunman Is in Custody

A man who the police said was a suspect in the Brooklyn subway shooting, Frank R. James, was taken into custody on Wednesday, more than 24 hours into the expansive search that erupted after a gunman shot at least 10 people in a train station.

Mr. James was apprehended in the East Village, officials said, and was expected to face a terrorism-related charge brought by federal prosecutors in Brooklyn’s Eastern District, according to two people briefed on the investigation.

 

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but just fly under the radar until something like this happens.

I understand he was investigated by the FBI in 2019, but cleared from the watchlist when it was determined he posed no obvious threat.

 

[Aryeh Jay]

I understand he was investigated by the FBI in 2019, but cleared from the watchlist when it was determined he posed no obvious threat.

They were too busy investigating true threats to America.

 

[Aryeh Jay]

I wonder what it is about Wisconsin that pushes people over the edge.

 

[essentialsaltes]

Person of interest now a suspect in Brooklyn subway shooting, police say

James said in the videos that he had a diagnosed mental illness and railed against what he called the “horror show” of the city’s mental health services.

Prosecutors seek life in prison for man who opened fire on New York City subway train, injuring 10​

James' defense lawyers, however, asked that he receive an 18-year prison sentence, insisting he was and still is severely mentally ill.

[He'll be sentenced next week.]

 

[essentialsaltes]

Prosecutors seek life in prison for man who opened fire on New York City subway train, injuring 10​

James' defense lawyers, however, asked that he receive an 18-year prison sentence, insisting he was and still is severely mentally ill.

‘Prophet of Doom’ who wounded 10 in N.Y. subway shooting is sentenced to life in prison​

“The fact that no one was killed by the defendant’s 32 gunshots can only be described as luck as opposed to the defendant’s intentional choice,” Brooklyn prosecutors wrote in a memo to U.S. District Judge William Kuntz.

 

[USincognito]

‘Prophet of Doom’ who wounded 10 in N.Y. subway shooting is sentenced to life in prison​

“The fact that no one was killed by the defendant’s 32 gunshots can only be described as luck as opposed to the defendant’s intentional choice,” Brooklyn prosecutors wrote in a memo to U.S. District Judge William Kuntz.

Good!