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[Crayons]

A white Army vet intent on killing black men stalked one potential victim before setting his sights on another — quenching his racist thirst by driving a sword through a man in Midtown, police said.

The 26-inch weapon — with an 18-inch blade — pierced the victim's chest just above his heart and exited his back before pinging against the sidewalk on Monday night.

White supremacist James Jackson, 28, wanted maximum exposure for his crime, telling investigators he rode 200 miles on a bus from Baltimore because New York is the ”media capital of the world."

"He appeared to be very close, following a black guy," the source said. ”He slows down and at one point he turned around and came back. It's clear he was really focused on the guy for some time. Then, he falls out of camera view and doesn't attack the guy. He made statements that he was following the guy but something spooked him."

He found Caughman — a bottle collector who liked to take photos of himself and celebrities — a few blocks away.

https://twitter.com/timrock715/media
Timothy Caughman was killed in the attack. (TWITTER/NEW YORK DAILY NEWS)
During the savage attack, Jackson jammed the sword he purchased online into Caughman.

"Based on certain information it appears that this subject has been harboring these types of feelings for quite some time," Aubry said. ”It's been over 10 years that he's been harboring these feelings toward male blacks."

Jackson had a particular deep-seeded hatred for black men romantically involved with white women, a police source said.

http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york...ife-killing-surrenders-cops-article-1.3005263

 

[Slayven]

Damn shame, and people still want to play cute with racists.

 

[Bonen no Max'd]

Fuck.

Absolutely disgusting.

 

[HomerSimpson-Man]

WTF?!

 

[SlickShoesRUCrazy]

Should be labeled what he is, a white supremacist terrorist.

 

[Mivey]

Damn shame, and people still want to play cute with racists.

Would it be better if he killed white and black with his sword? There is way more wrong with this guy then just racism.
I guess since he admits premeditated murder this should be capital punishment? Unless he goes for an insanity plea.

 

[TheCochese]

I'm ashamed of myself that I'm not even surprised.

 

[MikeBreezy92]

Would it be better if he killed white and black with his sword? There is way more wrong with this guy then just racism.

Really dude.....

 

[Dai101]

Just a diferent opinion, they said.

Just politics, they said.

Fuck you all, fuck you for normalize racism and white supremacy as just that.

 

[Permanently A]

Would it be better if he killed white and black with his sword? There is way more wrong with this guy then just racism.
I guess since he admits premeditated murder this should be capital punishment? Unless he goes for an insanity plea.

Is this really the hill you wish to die on

 

[Crayons]

Would it be better if he killed white and black with his sword? There is way more wrong with this guy then just racism.

 

[TheStruggler]

Should be labeled what he is, a white supremacist terrorist.

cant we just call him a terrorist?

 

[Captin Quacker]

Would it be better if he killed white and black with his sword? There is way more wrong with this guy then just racism.
I guess since he admits premeditated murder this should be capital punishment? Unless he goes for an insanity plea.

Is this a defence force record?

 

[Reverend Funk]

Would it be better if he killed white and black with his sword? There is way more wrong with this guy then just racism.
I guess since he admits premeditated murder this should be capital punishment? Unless he goes for an insanity plea.

Come on man

 

[Malyse]

Would it be better if he killed white and black with his sword? There is way more wrong with this guy then just racism.
I guess since he admits premeditated murder this should be capital punishment? Unless he goes for an insanity plea.

Jesus Christ.
I can't.

 

[this_guy]

Would it be better if he killed white and black with his sword? There is way more wrong with this guy then just racism.
I guess since he admits premeditated murder this should be capital punishment? Unless he goes for an insanity plea.

He's not killing white people. It'd be nice if he didn't kill black people too.

 

[Pikma]

I'm out of words, RIP Timothy Caughman

That coward racist terrorist piece of shit deserves the worst

 

[Alligatorjandro]

Hope he burns

 

[xxracerxx]

Would it be better if he killed white and black with his sword? There is way more wrong with this guy then just racism.
I guess since he admits premeditated murder this should be capital punishment? Unless he goes for an insanity plea.

The fuck?

 

[Pikma]

Would it be better if he killed white and black with his sword? There is way more wrong with this guy then just racism.
I guess since he admits premeditated murder this should be capital punishment? Unless he goes for an insanity plea.

Bye

 

[Fat4all]

.

The intent was clearly racially motivated.

 

[Loxley]

Jesus Christ at the thing this guy was stabbed with:

 

[necrosis]

what a horrible piece of shit

rip timothy caughman

 

[Dai101]

Would it be better if he killed white and black with his sword? There is way more wrong with this guy then just racism.
I guess since he admits premeditated murder this should be capital punishment? Unless he goes for an insanity plea.

Really?

 

[theignoramus]

The racist murderer stabbed his victim in the back repeatedly with a 26 inch sword, (18 in. blade).
He apparently stalked one other Black man, but decided not to attack him (likely because the guy could put up a fight) and instead decided to go after a senior citizen, just like Dylan Roof.
Of particular note in this incident though is how the New York Post and the New York Daily News (in its original write up) made a point of emphasising Tim Caughman's arrest record and his residency at an AIDS/HIV shelter. That was a blatant attempt to dehumanise him as a victim of a hate crime. (Its not about left vs right either, implicit racial bias against Black victims is a problem across all avenues of American journalism)

 

[Windam]

Just a lone wolf, etc.etc.

RIP

 

[Fat4all]

Jesus Christ at the thing this guy was stabbed with:

holy fucking shit

that's horrifying

 

[DontBeThatGuy]

Scum of the earth right there.

Gotta love those reporter questions though, as he's being lead inside in handcuffs, "Are you a Nazi?" and "Did you vote for Trump?"

(of course he is, and of course he did)

 

[Woorloog]

Jesus Christ at the thing this guy was stabbed with:

Looks like a recreation of Roman gladius or something like that.

I wonder, do white supremacist use Roman symbols? I know they've perverted Norse and viking mythology and stuff at least.

 

[rokkerkory]

Wth fry him just get rid of him

 

[Vital Tundra]

Would it be better if he killed white and black with his sword? There is way more wrong with this guy then just racism.
I guess since he admits premeditated murder this should be capital punishment? Unless he goes for an insanity plea.

Dude come on. No it wouldn't be better, but as it stands this is a racial incident and people like to undermine that fact.

 

[theignoramus]

Would it be better if he killed white and black with his sword? There is way more wrong with this guy then just racism.
I guess since he admits premeditated murder this should be capital punishment? Unless he goes for an insanity plea.

He said he wanted to kill Black men because of a 10 year grievance against Blacks & Black men who date White women. What the fuck are you even talking about?

 

[commedieu]

Is this a defence force record?

Yep.

 

[Kaiterra]

Of particular note in this incident though is how the New York Post and the New York Daily News (in its original write up) made a point of emphasising Tim Caughman's arrest record and his residency at an AIDS/HIV shelter. That was a blatant attempt to dehumanise him as a victim of a hate crime. (Its not about left vs right either, implicit racial bias against Black victims is a problem across all avenues of American journalism)

This really deserves focus here. They made a point to emphasize how well dressed the killer was and whatnot while painting Caughman like some kind of thug who was still "not cooperative" with police even when he was dying. It's so fucked up that when Yahoo (or AOL? I read this earlier) first ran the story, having seen the information presented this way, they thought all the criminal priors listed for Caughman were actually Jackson's because, well, normally when you're writing about a crime like this, it's the perpetrator's priors you'd bring up!

 

[Pikma]

The racist murderer stabbed his victim in the back repeatedly with a 26 inch sword, (18 in. blade).
He apparently stalked one other Black man, but decided not to attack him (likely because the guy could put up a fight) and instead decided to go after a senior citizen, just like Dylan Roof.
Of particular note in this incident though is how the New York Post and the New York Daily News (in its original write up) made a point of emphasising Tim Caughman's arrest record and his residency at an AIDS/HIV shelter. That was a blatant attempt to dehumanise him as a victim of a hate crime. (Its not about left vs right either, implicit racial bias against Black victims is a problem across all avenues of American journalism)

That is pretty disgusting

 

[Skyzard]

Poor man, what the hell :/

What a fucking coward.

The racist murderer stabbed his victim in the back repeatedly with a 26 inch sword, (18 in. blade).
He apparently stalked one other Black man, but decided not to attack him (likely because the guy could put up a fight) and instead decided to go after a senior citizen, just like Dylan Roof.
Of particular note in this incident though is how the New York Post and the New York Daily News (in its original write up) made a point of emphasising Tim Caughman's arrest record and his residency at an AIDS/HIV shelter. That was a blatant attempt to dehumanise him as a victim of a hate crime. (Its not about left vs right either, implicit racial bias against Black victims is a problem across all avenues of American journalism)

This really deserves focus here. They made a point to emphasize how well dressed the killer was and whatnot while painting Caughman like some kind of thug who was still "not cooperative" with police even when he was dying. It's so fucked up that when Yahoo (or AOL? I read this earlier) first ran the story, having seen the information presented this way, they thought all the criminal priors listed for Caughman were actually Jackson's because, well, normally when you're writing about a crime like this, it's the perpetrator's priors you'd bring up!

Shameful reporting. Smh.

 

[Raguel]

Would it be better if he killed white and black with his sword? There is way more wrong with this guy then just racism.
I guess since he admits premeditated murder this should be capital punishment? Unless he goes for an insanity plea.

Nah fuck that. The piece of shit is a racist and fucking admits it. Fuck saying he was mentally ill. Fucking bullshit excuse.

 

[TimeEffect]

He decides to target an older black man who cant possibly put up a fight.

Coward

 

[Massive Duck. C.M.]

Hope he burns

Careful now, disparaging this economically anxious young man might create new Trump voters!

 

[Stinkles]

Not that I ever said punching Nazis was a bad or ineffective idea but man. And violence only begets violence. But if you're gonna punch anything...

 

[TemplaerDude]

The racist murderer stabbed his victim in the back repeatedly with a 26 inch sword, (18 in. blade).
He apparently stalked one other Black man, but decided not to attack him (likely because the guy could put up a fight) and instead decided to go after a senior citizen, just like Dylan Roof.
Of particular note in this incident though is how the New York Post and the New York Daily News (in its original write up) made a point of emphasising Tim Caughman's arrest record and his residency at an AIDS/HIV shelter. That was a blatant attempt to dehumanise him as a victim of a hate crime. (Its not about left vs right either, implicit racial bias against Black victims is a problem across all avenues of American journalism)

Fuck that, fuck that fucking god damn nonsense

 

[Vengal]

Whats up with Maryland and swords? When i was in college there were three separate instances of people being killed by swords in the Baltimore area. Different people, entirely different situations too.

 

[Stinkles]

Fuck that, fuck that fucking god damn nonsense

Whatcha mean? Genuinely confused

 

[SlickShoesRUCrazy]

cant we just call him a terrorist?

No, it needs to be made clear that a white American can be a terrorist also.

 

[Massive Duck. C.M.]

The racist murderer stabbed his victim in the back repeatedly with a 26 inch sword, (18 in. blade).
He apparently stalked one other Black man, but decided not to attack him (likely because the guy could put up a fight) and instead decided to go after a senior citizen, just like Dylan Roof.
Of particular note in this incident though is how the New York Post and the New York Daily News (in its original write up) made a point of emphasising Tim Caughman's arrest record and his residency at an AIDS/HIV shelter. That was a blatant attempt to dehumanise him as a victim of a hate crime. (Its not about left vs right either, implicit racial bias against Black victims is a problem across all avenues of American journalism)

There's still a link to the mentions of his record in this article.

Not surprised at at

 

[Seesaw15]

Would it be better if he killed white and black with his sword? There is way more wrong with this guy then just racism.
I guess since he admits premeditated murder this should be capital punishment? Unless he goes for an insanity plea.

Yuck.

 

[victreeb3l]

The fucking NY Post headline:
"Cops searching for well-dressed man in fatal Midtown stabbing"

They mention how well groomed and sharply dressed the killer was while also mentioning the victims arrest records. This shit is just mindboggling, holy fucking crap.

NY Daily News had some shit like that too but I think they edited it. Fucking embarassments.

 

[SSPssp]

RIP Timothy. I hope you get justice.

 

[Sch1sm]

Would it be better if he killed white and black with his sword? There is way more wrong with this guy then just racism.
I guess since he admits premeditated murder this should be capital punishment? Unless he goes for an insanity plea.

I don't see how any of that changes that he's racist, considering his history as illustrated in this article. He just finally had the dare to do it, and it's mindsets like these that get men like him off easy in the justice system.

"He's just mentally ill!1!1!1!1!!"

Miss us all with this.

The racist murderer stabbed his victim in the back repeatedly with a 26 inch sword, (18 in. blade).
He apparently stalked one other Black man, but decided not to attack him (likely because the guy could put up a fight) and instead decided to go after a senior citizen, just like Dylan Roof.
Of particular note in this incident though is how the New York Post and the New York Daily News (in its original write up) made a point of emphasising Tim Caughman's arrest record and his residency at an AIDS/HIV shelter. That was a blatant attempt to dehumanise him as a victim of a hate crime. (Its not about left vs right either, implicit racial bias against Black victims is a problem across all avenues of American journalism)

The media genuinely just forgets about any innocence in an instance to sell a story. Zero correlation and they still throw it out there.

 

[Vincent Grayson]

Whats up with Maryland and swords? When i was in college there were three separate instances of people being killed by swords in the Baltimore area. Different people, entirely different situations too.

Now that you mention it, I do know a lot of people that own swords, and I do live in Maryland.