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Nonilex Jan 1, 2025

10 killed, 30 injured in #NewOrleans as vehicle plows into crowd

The mass casualty incident took place on Canal & Bourbon St.
 “Public safety partners are responding on scene,” the city’s emergency preparedness agency, #NOLA Ready, said on its website & advised people to stay away from the area.
 “A horrific act of violence took place on Bourbon Street earlier this morning. I urge all near the scene to avoid the area,”Louisiana Gov Jeff Landry (R) said on social media.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/01/01/new-orleans-vehicle-crowd-bourbon-street/

Live updates: Suspected driver identified in deadly New Orleans truck attack

New Orleans Police Superintendent Anne Kirkpatrick said a man tried “to run over as many people as he possibly could” in the incident on Bourbon Street overnight.

The Washington Post

Nonilex Jan 1, 2025

Earlier CBS News, citing witnesses, reported that a truck had crashed into the crowd at high speed, & then the driver got out & started firing a weapon, with police returning fire.

#NewOrleans #NOLA #terrorism #DomesticTerrorism #extremism
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/multiple-fatalities-truck-crashes-into-new-orleans-crowd-cbs-news-says-2025-01-01/

Nonilex Jan 1, 2025

The suspect driving the car in #NewOrleans has been identified as Shamsud Din Jabbar, two federal officials told CBS News.

#terrorism
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/new-orleans-vehicle-crash-bourbon-street-crowd-casualties-shooting/

At least 15 killed on Bourbon Street in New Orleans after driver intentionally slams truck into crowd; dozens injured

Officials identified the man who intentionally drove a pickup truck into a crowd on Bourbon Street as revelers were celebrating the new year. The driver was killed by police.

CBS News

Nonilex Jan 1, 2025

#US born citizen, Shamsud Din Jabbar, the suspect identified as the truck driver who plowed into groups of people on #NewOrleans' Bourbon Street, appeared to have an #ISIS flag on the vehicle, two senior law enforcement officials told NBC News.

#NOLA #terrorism #DomesticTerrorism #HomegrownTerrorism #radicalization #extremism #NationalSecurity
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/live-blog/live-updates-new-orleans-car-drives-into-crowd-french-quarter-rcna185915/rcrd66124?canonicalCard=true

New Orleans attack live updates: Suspect who killed 10 with truck was 'hellbent,' police say

At least 10 people are dead and 30 injured after a vehicle drove into a crowd during New Year’s celebrations early today, city officials say.

NBC News

Nonilex Jan 1, 2025

The driver in the #NewOrleans truck ramming in New Orleans that killed at least 10 people was identified as 42-year-old Shamsud-din Jabbar, a #US citizen from #Texas, according to the #FBI. An ISIS flag and weapons were found in the vehicle.

#NOLA #terrorism #DomesticTerrorism #HomegrownTerrorism #radicalization #extremism #NationalSecurity
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/multiple-fatalities-truck-crashes-into-new-orleans-crowd-cbs-news-says-2025-01-01/

Nonilex Jan 1, 2025

Apparently #NewOrleans city workers were in the process of replacing the security barriers just before the attack.

“In response to vehicle attacks on pedestrian malls around the world, New Orleans was in the process of removing & replacing the barriers known as bollards that restrict vehicle traffic in the Bourbon Street pedestrian zone. The barriers had been first installed in 2017 ahead of the NBA All Star game as part of a $40 million security plan.”

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/new-orleans-was-replacing-street-barriers-time-truck-attack-2025-01-01/

Nonilex Jan 1, 2025

“NOLA.com reported on Wednesday that an old barrier at the crosswalk of Canal & Bourbon streets was removed a few weeks ago & equipment for a replacement was in place. The newspaper quoted Bob Simms, who oversees security initiatives for the #FrenchQuarter Management District, saying the older barriers were ‘very ineffective.’”

#NewOrleans #NOLA #terrorism #DomesticTerrorism #HomegrownTerrorism #radicalization #extremism #US #NationalSecurity

“A 2017 report commissioned by the city noted that the #FrenchQuarter ‘is often densely packed w/pedestrians & represents an area where a mass casualty incident could occur.’

“The reported said the ‘area also presents a risk & target area for #terrorism that the #FBI has identified as a concern that the City must address.’”

#NewOrleans #NOLA #terrorism #DomesticTerrorism #HomegrownTerrorism #radicalization #extremism #US #NationalSecurity

Nonilex Jan 1, 2025

“#NewOrleans, which first installed bollards following other vehicular attacks around the globe, said it was now installing removable, stainless-steel bollards that can be securely locked behind each crosswalk.

“According to the city's website, the project is to be completed by late January, in time for the Feb. 9 NFL Super Bowl being played about a mile away at New Orleans' Superdome.”

#NOLA #terrorism #DomesticTerrorism #HomegrownTerrorism #radicalization #extremism #US #NationalSecurity

Nonilex Jan 1, 2025

#NewOrleans Canal & Bourbon Street attack death toll now at 15.

Press conference says #Law Enforcement does NOT believe Shamsud-Din Jabbar was working alone.

#NOLA #terrorism #DomesticTerrorism #HomegrownTerrorism #radicalization #extremism #US #NationalSecurity

Nonilex Jan 1, 2025

OMG the inanity just spewed by freak show #ConspiracyTheory disseminator & guzzler Republican #JohnKennedy at the #NOLA press conference 🤦🏼‍♀️

He’s a hardcore Conspiracy Theorist who needs help. He actually just indicated the US federal government (Biden / Harris) was involved in this. Idiot. Asshole. Vote him out.

#SickPoliticization #Unhelpful #grotesque
#NewOrleans #terrorism #DomesticTerrorism #US #NationalSecurity #Truth

Nonilex Jan 1, 2025

#JohnKennedy is now accusing the #FBI of a #CoverUp, the investigation isn’t even 12 hours old.

#ConspiracyTheory #ConspiracyTheorist #Republican #MAGA #FearMongering
#SickPoliticization #Unhelpful #grotesque
#NewOrleans #NOLA #terrorism #DomesticTerrorism #US #NationalSecurity #Truth

Nonilex Jan 1, 2025

Full on “#DeepState” rhetoric:

#Louisiana Sen #JohnKennedy speaking at the #NewOrleans #Terror Attack press conference:

“The federal government is now in charge of this investigation,” he stated, referencing the #FBI, #DHS, & #DOJ. “I told the Secretary of Homeland Security, with all the *respect I could muster*, that we expect the full force & resources of the federal government behind this investigation.”

#NOLA #DomesticTerrorism #HomegrownTerrorism #radicalization #US #NationalSecurity

Nonilex Jan 1, 2025

Sen #JohnKennedy praised local #law enforcement, including state troopers, PDs, & sheriffs. *However*, he stressed the need for the #federal investigators to not only capture those responsible but also provide *transparency* to the public.

“Catch these people. And then tell the American people the truth. After we get to the bottom of this, they need to tell the American people, the people of New Orleans, & the people of America the truth.”

#NewOrleans #NOLA #terrorism #radicalization #US

Nonilex Jan 1, 2025

“There’s just too much stuff we don’t know,” Sen #JohnKennedy said. “It’s just not worth it.”
He concluded w/a promise to hold #federal authorities accountable if *transparency* falters.

“You will find out what happened & who was responsible, or I will raise fresh hell & chase those in the federal government responsible for telling us what happened like they stole Christmas.”

#NewOrleans #NOLA #terrorism #DomesticTerrorism #Republican #ConspiracyTheories #radicalization #US #NationalSecurity

Ray Gulick, he/him/wtf 🇺🇦 ❌👑Jan 1, 2025

Right-wing blowhards like Sen. Kennedy aren't gonna be looking for facts; they're gonna be looking for someone on the left* they can blame.

*anyone left of themselves

Ann T. Phở Jan 1, 2025

@Nonilex No one cares what the grandstanding tool Senator Foghorn Leghorn (R-Louisiana) has to say.

RegressionToTheMeme Jan 1, 2025

@Nonilex Amazing, the way he can tell what they're not telling him... Without being told anything at all. 😏

(((Cindy Weinstein)))Jan 2, 2025

what a nudnik.

RiaResists Jan 1, 2025

@Nonilex John Kenndedy spent 4th of July 2018 w Putin.
Don’t trust anything that Nazi has to say.

Nonilex Jan 1, 2025

https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/395719-gop-senators-visited-moscow-on-july-4/

GOP senators visited Moscow on July 4, warned Russia against meddling in 2018 election: report

A group of GOP lawmakers spent July 4 in Moscow after several days of meetings with Russian officials, according to NPR. The group, which included seven Republican senators and one H…

The Hill

RiaResists Jan 1, 2025

@Nonilex I think they meant to say, “paid Russia for interfering in 2018 elections”

Old Man in the Shoe Jan 1, 2025

George Liquor, American Jan 1, 2025

@Nonilex #JohnKennedy is a disgusting and shameless opportunist. 💯 beneath contempt

Dark Phoenix 🇺🇦🇨🇦🇬🇱🇵🇦🇵🇸🏳️‍🌈Jan 1, 2025

@Nonilex just because HE doesn't like the answer, doesn't mean it is wrong. The driver was an American veteran, and no amount of gaslighting will change that.
Fucking idiot.

George Liquor, American Jan 1, 2025

@Nonilex Trump is going to drop nukes as soon as he's inaugurated. 2025 is going to be unlike anything we've seen.

Nonilex Jan 1, 2025

@liquor_american

I am in a state of high anxiety

Noname Jan 1, 2025

@Nonilex send someone Sane to congress

RiaResists Jan 1, 2025

@Nonilex omg. Of course he did. He’s a Russian asset.
Everyone who reads your post should call his Nazi ass.

Catherine is not complacent Jan 1, 2025

@Nonilex saw him at the conference and he looked long weekend bender rough.
Disheveled, wearing a shirt that looked like he’d picked it out of the janitors dirty laundry, and clutching a red plastic cup like it was a lifeline.
At one point he held it in both hands to drink out of it.
And yeah, argue the point if you feel the need but that red plastic cup screamed ‘drive through daiquiri bar’ . Unfit for office.