Trump Exploits New York Attacks to Promote Guantánamo and Perpetual War
NOVANEWS
By Adam Hudson
Donald Trump speaks while meeting with members of his cabinet November 1, 2017, in Washington, DC. (Photo: Win McNamee / Getty Images)
Adding to the litany of mass acts of violence that have become increasingly normal, on Tuesday, October 31, an Uber driver used a Home Depot truck to mow down a group of innocent cyclists and pedestrians in New York City's Lower Manhattan. He killed eight people and injured 11. He then jumped out of the truck with a pellet gun and a paintball gun, at which point police shot and injured him. He survived.
The suspect is Sayfullo Saipov, a 29-year-old immigrant from Uzbekistan who came to the United States in 2010. He worked as a truck driver in Ohio and Florida before moving to New Jersey and becoming a driver for Uber. A handw...