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Philadelphia: Driver targets pedestrians, cops say it could be terrorism

Jan 29, 2018 4:38 pm By Robert Spencer

Usually police rule out terrorism even when it’s obvious that an attack was jihad terrorism, so the police not ruling out terrorism in this case is striking.

This could be vehicular jihad. Last June, the Islamic State published a poster depicting an SUV driving over a heap of skulls and bearing the legend “Run Over Them Without Mercy.”

And the Islamic State issued this call in September 2014:

So O muwahhid, do not let this battle pass you by wherever you may be. You must strike the soldiers, patrons, and troops of the tawaghit. Strike their police, security, and intelligence members, as well as their treacherous agents. Destroy their beds. Embitter their lives for them and busy them with themselves. If you can kill a disbelieving American or European — especially the spiteful and filthy French — or an Australian, or a Canadian, or any other disbeliever from the disbelievers waging war, including the citizens of the countries that entered into a coalition against the Islamic State, then rely upon Allah, and kill him in any manner or way however it may be….If you are not able to find an IED or a bullet, then single out the disbelieving American, Frenchman, or any of their allies. Smash his head with a rock, or slaughter him with a knife, or run him over with your car, or throw him down from a high place, or choke him, or poison him….

Also, the driver “immediately gets aggressive against the off-duty officer.” This may not be jihad, but it does fit the vehicular jihad M.O.: plow into pedestrians, and then jump out of the car and continue the attack.

“Terrorism eyed after driver allegedly targets pedestrians in Philadelphia,” by Cody Derespina and Katherine Lam, Fox News, January 29, 2018:

Terrorism was being eyed as a possible motive after a man in a black Honda targeted pedestrians Monday morning in Philadelphia, seriously injuring one person before being shot in the head by an off-duty cop, officials said.

The driver, who wasn’t immediately identified, was prounced [sic] dead at 10:15 a.m., police said. The driver was initially in “extremely critical condition” after the incident and was taken to the hospital with a gunshot wound to the head.

Police said they were exploring possible motives, including if the incident was terror-related.

“Anytime someone is trying to run people over we got to look at that angle and see what the investigation leads us,” a police spokesman said.

Police were alerted about 7:30 a.m. to a reckless driver attempting to mow down pedestrians. The driver struck one person, who then flipped onto the hood of his car.

Witness Marc DiBattista told KYW-TV he “heard ‘Pop, pop, pop, pop, pop,’ and knew something was going down.”

An off-duty officer happened to be in the area when the commotion happened and intervened. The driver “immediately gets aggressive against the off-duty officer” which prompted the cop to fire his service weapon, Philadelphia Police Captain Sekou Kinebrew said.

The off-duty officer reportedly made a verbal warning before firing his gun, according to FOX29….

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  1. Linde Barrera says

    Jan 29, 2018 at 4:54 pm

    So happy the policeman shot the driver in the head, killing him. That police officer deserves a medal for bravery and should get a promotion.

    • gravenimage says

      Jan 29, 2018 at 7:11 pm

      He’s in critical condition, Linde–not dead.

      I very much agree with your point, though.

      • Peter says

        Jan 29, 2018 at 9:33 pm

        ” The driver, who wasn’t immediately identified, was prounced [sic] dead at 10:15 a.m., police said “

        • CRUSADER says

          Jan 29, 2018 at 10:55 pm

          Right.

          Dead is dead.

    • LeftisruiningCanada says

      Jan 29, 2018 at 7:28 pm

      Excellent example of how having concealed carrying citizens = more winning!

      • Michael Copeland says

        Jan 30, 2018 at 5:42 am

        A good man with a gun defends not just himself, but his whole neighbourhood.
        https://libertygb.org.uk/news/self-defence-where-do-you-stand

  2. Diane Harvey says

    Jan 29, 2018 at 5:06 pm

    “Terrorism was being eyed as a possible motive after a man in a black Honda targeted pedestrians Monday morning in Philadelphia”

    Maybe he was a Patriots fan,

    • Nevard Tellalian says

      Jan 29, 2018 at 9:02 pm

      ummmm……POSSIBLE??

  3. Marina says

    Jan 29, 2018 at 5:08 pm

    Good to know that the thick headed cops are finally waking up and ruling it as terrorism.

    • sally says

      Jan 30, 2018 at 10:34 am

      I WISH. Unfortunately most cops are either under orders not to consider terrorism in these attacks or they just don’t because they are obtuse themselves. Results are the same – terrorism not only goes on without protection of decent American citizens but they go unreported, so we have no idea just how widespread this form of jihad is in our own country. At some point we will all know someone who was killed or injured in jihad in America. Last summer a jihadist crashed through a steel door in a Walmart in North Dakota. The police mumbled something about “problems with his brakes”. He, too, got out of his van and started running around the store before he was taken into custody. He was questioned and as far as anyone knows, that was it. He’s out there somewhere now. Meanwhile, Walmart apparently paid people off to keep quiet. Most of the employees there now seem to be immigrants, although not necessarily Muslim. They get subsidized heavily for employing them. We are subsidizing Walmart, who in turn treats us like garbage and cooperates in jihad. Too bad. And we pay police to be complicit. Not until we all know someone who has been injured by these subsidized, enabled felons, will anyone take action. I hope the midterm elections will see a few anti-Islam candidates take office.

  4. pfwg says

    Jan 29, 2018 at 5:25 pm

    Any bets they go after the cop for using excessive force?

    • gravenimage says

      Jan 29, 2018 at 7:13 pm

      God, I hope not. Who knows how many lives he saved?

  5. Wellington says

    Jan 29, 2018 at 5:37 pm

    Glad the SOB is dead. But a much bigger problem remains, i.e., the continued refusal by almost all those in charge in the West to recognize and very publicly announce that Islam is not just another religion, that indeed it is what mankind never needed, which is to say a major faith which is rotten to the core.

    I can guarantee everyone this: The current Mayor of Philadelphia, Jim Kenney, remains willfully ignorant of Islam’s many nefarious designs. He is quite determined to remain in this state of stunning ignorance until the end of this days. He will refuse to learn for all kinds of indefensible reasons, among them being general laziness, political correctness, multiculturalism and his own political future. Count on it.

    • Ray Jarman says

      Jan 29, 2018 at 6:05 pm

      Good points Wellington. Just like the UK and the EU until some of these elected people are personally effected, I am afraid nothing is going to change. As Robert Spencer has pointed out so many times, these people live in bubbles surrounded by massive security while the rest of us continue to be in peril every day.

      • CRUSADER says

        Jan 29, 2018 at 7:02 pm

        Do any of us think that Robert Spencer would’ve been banned from Britain during Thatcher’s term in office?

        Bring back Maggie!!!
        ————————-

        Margaret Thatcher on power, interview with Swedish journalist —- classic

        “Mrs Thatcher vs Sweden”:

        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QbFZgyDcXqw

        “Margaret Thatcher on rising to power, and resigning from it”

        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_gnhy7eT1s

        Following her memoirs The Path to Power, Stina interviewed Margaret Thatcher, the previous UK Prime Minister, and also one of the toughest people she met. The ‘Iron Lady’ is a nickname she definitely lived up to. Baroness Thatcher talks about her background, growing up in Grantham and how the constant interaction with people in her father’s store shaped her future political aspiration.

        She touches on her relationship with her husband, her role as a woman in world politics, the Falkland islands war, socialism, the war in Yugoslavia, nuclear weapons and leaving office after resigning. And how did she react when Stina asked her jump?

        • Ray Jarman says

          Jan 30, 2018 at 3:14 am

          No I definitely think that the “Iron Lady” would not have tolerated any of the crap going on in one of my favorite places in the world. I almost wrote that I do not understand why American politicians are so weak without a backbone but I know that the left has stolen much of our vigor. It is as if many of them are like Antenor permitting the gates to open for the creatures from hell to enter and to etiolate our energy and love of this nation.

    • utis says

      Jan 29, 2018 at 6:26 pm

      These bleeding hearts also don’t want any innocent muslims hurt in the “backlash.” We kufr can are expendable.

    • gravenimage says

      Jan 29, 2018 at 7:40 pm

      Wellington, here is some stupid dhimmitude from Mayor Kenney:

      • Wellington says

        Jan 29, 2018 at 10:00 pm

        Thanks for that, gravenimage. Two years ago this month I believe and Kenney hasn’t learned a damn thing yet. He never will. The man’s a complete political hack catering to so many of the wrong sort, not the least being Muzzies aplenty in Philly. He’s a utter disgrace.

    • Petrouchka Rising says

      Jan 29, 2018 at 7:45 pm

      Right you are, Wellington! The chickens are coming home to roost for these sanctuary nincompoops. Thank God for concealed carry in PA.

    • Nevard Tellalian says

      Jan 29, 2018 at 7:49 pm

      I would be MORE than glad to have a little chat with the good Mayor…(not thqt it would do any good)…and explain exactly what Islam and the Koran ARE. I am an Armenian…and lost much family during the FIRST GENOCIDE OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY. The OTTOMAN eMPIRE…between 1909 and the mid 1930;s murdered more than TWO MILLION ARMENIANS, and almost a MILLION GREEKS, while the world turned a blind eye. They had 25 concentration camps, and killed in hideous ways. This is indeed where Adolph Hitler garnished his ideas on how to RUN a holocaust. On the EVE of his evil doings he said in a speech….”We must KILL. kill without MERCY…..because WHO…after all remembers the ARMENIANS?” my father was general counsel at the Nuremberg Trials. He wasn’t required to…but sat across tables from monsters like HESS…WILHELM FRICK, BORMANN, ALFRED ROSENBERG..the co-author of Mein Kampf, etc. I ONCE asked him why he felt he needed to do that. Know what he said? “BECAUSE. BECAUSE I wanted to look into their eyes, love. I WANTED TO SEE what the future of mankind COULD have been. WE MUST NEVER FORGET. EVER. EVER.” The Turkish government STILL will not admit the Armenian Genocide…and th U.N. has not been able to MAKE them. A very Large part of the Koran, is dedicated to informing a Muslim that ANY non-believer MUST be KILLED…and urges every Islamist to do their part and Kill AS MANY INFIDELS AS they CAN. There IS NO REVISED KORAN.They have been carrying out these instructions for CENTURIES. My Grandma saw much of her family HANGING in the town square in AdANA…missing limbs…and she barely escaped…running through fields….eventually making it to Marceilles..and then to America.

      • StellaSaidSo says

        Jan 29, 2018 at 8:12 pm

        A powerful piece, Nevard. Indeed, we have been warned many times of the true character of Islam, exemplified in the Armenian genocide. Beheadings, rapes, crucifixions, people hacked to death as they tried to flee. The carnage was appalling. And to this day, Turkey denies this hideous chapter in its history. Islam has no mercy, and no shame.

      • LeftisruiningCanada says

        Jan 29, 2018 at 9:44 pm

        “… I WANTED TO SEE what the future of mankind COULD have been. WE MUST NEVER FORGET. EVER. EVER.”

        Fantastic.
        Human nature only needs an inch, and we will take a mile. The koran gives a mile, and those who follow it can never take enough. All Evil will have it’s day in the dock.

      • Wellington says

        Jan 29, 2018 at 10:07 pm

        My profound sympathies, Nevard Tellalian. The Armenian genocide was a travesty of the first degree. Turkey should hold its collective head in deep shame respecting what occurred a century ago. On a far, far lesser scale, James Kenney should hold his head in deep shame too. But just as Turkey never will, neither will Kenney. Some countries and some people never learn.

      • R Russell says

        Jan 31, 2018 at 11:17 am

        Nevard Tellalian

        You will have known about Demos Shakarian? In his book he said there was a written second prophesy given to someone for safe keeping. It was to be read when the Holy Spirit directed them to read it.
        Do you know anything about this second prophesy?

  6. CRUSADER says

    Jan 29, 2018 at 6:30 pm

    Maybe all the potential jihadi tangos in Philly
    are now in Minneapolis awaiting with their Somalian comrades
    to do some damage to the Super Bowl brand?

    Just sayin’

    It’s an excuse to go as an “Eagles” fan….

    • Peter says

      Jan 29, 2018 at 10:36 pm

      No doubt it will be on their to do list

  7. gravenimage says

    Jan 29, 2018 at 7:08 pm

    Philadelphia: Driver targets pedestrians, cops say it could be terrorism
    …………………..

    I’m glad the police are considering terrorism–I’m also glad they took this creep out before he could kill any of his victims.

    • Jaladhi says

      Jan 29, 2018 at 7:15 pm

      I am curious to watch how long the police department all over the country going to ignore terrorism by Muslims and will attribute it to their mental conditions?

  8. Phil Copson says

    Jan 29, 2018 at 7:39 pm

    Three white teenagers were mown down on the pavement and killed in Hayes, West London on Friday, Jan 26th. The driver and passengers ran away from the scene, so certainly couldn’t have cared less about the victims.
    The (bearded) driver’s name is Jaynesh Chudasama, and he has been charged with “Causing death by dangerous driving” – how confident can we be that it’s the right charge ?

    • gravenimage says

      Jan 29, 2018 at 7:42 pm

      Almost certainly this is *not* the right charge, Phil.

    • LeftisruiningCanada says

      Jan 29, 2018 at 10:22 pm

      This article has the only photo of the guy. Hard to find any more info anywhere.

      https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/5450911/heartbroken-relatives-of-three-teens-mowed-down-and-killed-by-audi-in-court-to-face-driver-28-charged-over-deaths/

      Any Indians here know if this guys name suggests his point of origin and possible religious affiliation?

      • StellaSaidSo says

        Jan 29, 2018 at 10:32 pm

        I think the name is Hindu, but that does not mean that he isn’t a Muslim. The name Choudhary is Hindu, and the vile Anjem is most certainly a Muslim (whose Hindu ancestors converted to Islam, no doubt under duress).

    • gravenimage says

      Jan 29, 2018 at 10:41 pm

      Impossible to be sure at this point, but Chudasama certainly looks like a Muslim:

      https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/5450911/heartbroken-relatives-of-three-teens-mowed-down-and-killed-by-audi-in-court-to-face-driver-28-charged-over-deaths/

    • R Russell says

      Jan 31, 2018 at 11:27 am

      Although I suspected it was another Kuffr targeting, the enemy (Islam) has found a way to make sure they are rarely found out.
      Our sharia compliant police and media are not charging these people according to the law and not reporting their hate crimes. Yet the man who ran over people at the Finsbury Park mosque has his trial covered every day. (Not that I approve of his crime)
      I don’t know what it is going to take to get the British people to wake up to what is happening.
      As long as they get their Soaps and takeaways they seem completely oblivious to the chaos round about them.

  9. Indiana Tom says

    Jan 29, 2018 at 7:44 pm

    Just had the brake pedal and the gas pedal mixed up. Nothing to see here. Move along.

    • gravenimage says

      Jan 30, 2018 at 12:33 am

      That did happen to my mother, Tom. Someone was pulling up to the intersection, then instead of slowing suddenly accelerated, jumped the curb, and hit her.

      But this woman jumped out of the car, and started screaming for help–very different from this thug, who fought the police when they arrived.

      Now, this woman had been drinking, and later made all sorts of ridiculous excuses in court, including saying the light hadn’t turned red. (Witnesses testified that the traffic lights were working fine–and of course even if you thought you had the right of way, you wouldn’t spped up and jump the curb)

      But still, at the time she was appalled at what had happened and wanted to get my mother help. Her hitting my mother was obviously not intentional.

      This was incredibly scary, but my mother survived, spent quite a bit of time in the hospital, and walked with a slight limp afterwards.

      Still, it could have been much worse–vehicular Jihad was not something we even thought about at the time, because we didn’t have to.

      • Wellington says

        Jan 30, 2018 at 12:12 pm

        I’m sorry to hear about that incident in which your mother suffered, gravenimage. In an instant one’s life can change, sometimes forever.

  10. islamkills says

    Jan 29, 2018 at 8:31 pm

    Should hospitals be saving jihadis?

    • gravenimage says

      Jan 30, 2018 at 12:43 am

      Hippocratic Oath. This is what doctors in the civlized world do–treat *everyone*, even enemies.

  11. Arthur says

    Jan 29, 2018 at 9:21 pm

    Q: What on earth was going through his mind right after he ran over those innocent people?

    A: Lead.

    • gravenimage says

      Jan 30, 2018 at 12:47 am

      Grimly hilarious, Arthur!

  12. Savvy Kafir says

    Jan 30, 2018 at 12:22 am

    I’m sorry for the victim, and hope they recover. But, assuming the driver was a jihadi, I’m delighted with his outcome. Bravo to the off-duty cop who smoked his ass!

    I just wish there was always an armed infidel (or two, or ten) with a gun on the scene, when some devout Muslim decides it’s time to buy his ticket to Paradise with infidel blood.

    • gravenimage says

      Jan 30, 2018 at 1:07 am

      +1

  13. Lydia Church says

    Jan 30, 2018 at 12:31 am

    Yes, um… and the sun…uh…. could be….. hot.

  14. Champ says

    Jan 30, 2018 at 1:04 am

    “…cops say it could be terrorism”

    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

    “could be terrorism”?

    Wow what’s it going to take for the truth–about islam–to be front and center on police reports?

  15. MFritz says

    Jan 30, 2018 at 1:10 am

    Ah, so it wasn’t a black guy. Just wondering why we saw no crying relatives (“He was just a BABY!”) and politicians complaining about “police violence”.

  16. Kay says

    Jan 30, 2018 at 6:58 am

    Used to be drivers didn’t mow down pedestrians— and not so long ago.

  17. Politicianophobia says

    Jan 30, 2018 at 2:44 pm

    But that was before the Age Of Islam-and the bring down the house politicians. It will get a lot worse before it gets better, mark my words.

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