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2022-4-14 紐約地鐵 引爆煙霧彈 開33槍 傷29
Brooklyn Subway Shooter Frank James Pleads ‘Not Guilty’ to Terrorism Charges
https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/frank-james-accused-subway-shooter-pleads-not-guilty-1352854/
Accused NYC subway mass shooter Frank James whines about media coverage, says he's 'not too good' in jail
https://nypost.com/2022/07/25/accused-nyc-subway-shooter-frank-james-says-hes-not-too-good-in-jail/
紐約地鐵槍擊案嫌犯自首：我在麥當勞
砰！砰！砰！砰！4月12日，正值早高峰，紐約地鐵裏猛然響起槍聲。一名男子在引爆煙霧彈後，向人群連續開了33槍，造成至少29人受傷，包括一名中國公民、兩名華裔學生。紐約市長亞當斯說，通勤列車淪為了“戰區”。
當地警方隨後公布了嫌疑人弗蘭克·詹姆斯的照片，並懸賞5萬美元追凶。案發第二天，嫌犯便落網。
這可不是因為紐約警察給力，而是詹姆斯主動向警方報告了行蹤。被捕時，他甚至露出了詭異笑容。
嫌犯被捕後露出笑容。福克斯新聞稱，他此舉就是在嘲弄調查人員。
4月12日淩晨4點11分，一輛麵包車駛過連接著史泰登島和布魯克林市的大橋。2小時後，車停在了街邊。一名身穿橙色工作夾克、頭戴黃色安全帽的男子下車，然後左手拖著行李箱、右手拿著黑色背包，從監控鏡頭中消失。
上午8點半左右，地鐵進入日落公園附近的第36街地鐵站時，該男子戴上了防毒麵具，然後引爆煙霧彈，並瘋狂開槍，打傷了至少10人。驚恐的乘客四處奔逃，混亂又造成10餘人受傷。傷者中，年齡最小的隻有12歲，還有一名28歲的孕婦。
地鐵站附近超市的收銀員米蘭達說，當時她正在上早班，一名女士跑進來，尖叫著說“車站裏到處都是血”，然後跑進了洗手間。
“幸運的是，射擊過程中，嫌犯的槍卡住了，否則情況會更糟。”一位執法部門的消息人士對美媒透露。
槍擊案現場，乘客躺在站台上。值得注意的是，事發地鐵站附近居住著不少亞裔，該站是他們上班、上學的必經之路。
傷者中有兩名華裔學生，其中一人腳部受傷，目前已無大礙；另一人則是左腿被子彈擊中，被送入醫院接受治療。
案發當晚，紐約州州長凱西·霍楚爾去醫院看望槍擊案傷者。中槍的華裔學生還躺在手術室裏，其母親通過翻譯向霍楚爾哭訴，兒子是她的全部，如果兒子出了事，她就什麽都沒了。
“她一句英文不會說，一個人在醫院坐了一整天，無法理解兒子好端端地坐地鐵去上學，怎麽會被送到醫院去做手術。”霍楚爾表示，自己能感受到這位母親刻骨的傷痛。
那位受傷的中國公民，目前也在醫院接受治療，情況穩定。中國駐紐約總領館已在第一時間聯係傷者家屬提供協助。案發後，嫌犯趁亂逃離了現場，但留下了一把手槍、三個擴展彈夾、兩枚被引爆的煙霧彈、兩個尚未引爆的煙霧彈以及一把斧頭。
疑似嫌疑人留下的一個袋子裏裝滿了煙霧彈等危險物品。更關鍵的是，那輛麵包車的鑰匙也被他落下了。
紐約警察局根據那輛車的租車信息鎖定了嫌疑人——62歲的非裔男子詹姆斯。
“充滿仇恨，充滿憤怒”
美國煙酒槍炮及爆炸物管理局也對詹姆斯進行了調查。
他們發現，在槍擊現場找到的手槍係詹姆斯2011年購入，地點是俄亥俄州哥倫布市的一家當鋪。威斯康星州一家煙花公司也確認詹姆斯曾在該公司購買爆炸物。
紐約警方公布的嫌犯照片。警方再接著往下查，這位詹姆斯，可謂“黑曆史”一堆。
他曾9次被紐約警方逮捕，罪名包括盜竊、性犯罪等。他在新澤西也有犯罪記錄，1992年因非法入侵被抓，2007年因盜竊和擾亂治安又進去了。
近些年，他沒少在社交媒體上發表仇恨言論。
他聲稱歐洲持續不斷的衝突將引發一場種族戰爭，唯一解決方式就是“以暴製暴”，實施更多犯罪。
“我應該拿把槍，然後開始射擊。”“或者我應該搞些毒品，在藥力作用下進行掃射或者搶劫老太太。”
想法離譜又可怕。
他形容自己：“充滿仇恨，充滿憤怒，充滿痛苦”。
他曾發視頻激動地說，自己被診斷出患有精神疾病，之前在紐約一處庇護所中接受治療，然而“那裏發生的一切都是暴力”。
詹姆斯對剛上任100多天的紐約新市長亞當斯也十分不滿。
近期，他還宣稱亞當斯的控槍計劃“注定失敗”，並diss對方並沒有采取更多措施打擊遊民，抨擊紐約地鐵裏“流浪漢太多”“暴力事件增加”。
“我打算殺死我所看到的一切。”在3月初的一則視頻中，詹姆斯說道。
槍擊案發生前，嫌犯拉著箱子的畫麵。《紐約時報》采訪了詹姆斯的姐姐凱瑟琳，她稱詹姆斯“一生都很孤僻”。
她表示，他們隻是偶爾聯係，上一次通電話已經是數年之前，當時他們的妹妹死於心髒病。他們一生經曆很多坎坷，詹姆斯5歲時他們的母親就去世了，但她認為詹姆斯沒有精神問題。
“我在麥當勞”
從案發到逮捕嫌犯，紐約警方隻用了不到30個小時。
但這起槍擊案的緝凶過程，還是讓美國人心裏相當不是滋味。
去年秋天，紐約交通管理部門稱，已在全市所有地鐵站安裝了攝像頭，這將把罪犯送上“伸張正義的快車道”。
結果，這次出事了，再一查監控，當時地鐵站裏的攝像頭很多都沒有正常工作，隻能眼巴巴等著民眾提供視頻、圖片等線索。
為什麽會出現這種情況？巧合嗎？是隻有這個地鐵站這樣，還是所有地鐵站的攝像頭都是糊弄事的？
麵對質疑，警方表示正在調查。至於能這麽快抓到嫌犯，也是因為嫌犯本人的一通電話。
美媒報道稱，詹姆斯打電話給紐約警察局：“我想你們在找我。”他告訴警察，自己現在就在曼哈頓下東區的一家麥當勞裏。
他還詳細地描述了自己穿著什麽樣的衣服——藍色T恤、深色褲子、黑色平沿帽，以及他手機快沒電了，自己等會可能要去給手機充電。
警方趕過去時，詹姆斯果然在麥當勞附近的一個信息亭站著為手機充電。
美國檢方表示，已按照“在公共交通設施實施恐怖主義活動”的罪名起訴詹姆斯，最高刑期為終身監禁。襲擊背後的動機還有待調查。
據《每日郵報》報道，美國今年已經有近500起重大的地鐵犯罪報告，比去年多了224起，交通係統犯罪率飆升近50%。紐約通勤者出現恐慌，表示“害怕乘坐地鐵”。
紐約地鐵槍擊案：凶手社媒言論充滿歧視
拍影片宣稱”我很想殺人”
過去三年， 詹姆斯在Youtube賬戶名為prospertoftruth88的頻道上傳超過400個視頻，包括拍攝自己長篇大論、談論他認為存在不公的社會議題；11日最新發布的影片中，他提到認識一名因暴力犯罪入獄的人，可以指認對方但是會遭遇後果，”我經曆過很多事，我可以說我很想殺人，我想看到別人死在我麵前，但我也思考到一個現實，‘嘿，我並不想坐牢’。”
嗆治安政策”想掃射遊民”
3月1日上傳的影片中，詹姆斯批評亞當斯在紐約市推行一係列改善治安的政策，隔著屏幕向亞當斯喊話，”兄弟，你在幹嘛呢？這遊民問題究竟是什麽情況？”；他表示每個車廂全都擠滿遊民，忍受不了，”這傳達給我的訊息是：我應該拿一把槍，開始掃射這些混蛋”，這段話也促使警方加強保障市長的安全。
“我們應有更多的大規模槍擊，對，我們應該看到更多槍擊案，讓‘黑鬼’明白，問題從來不是出自槍手，而是他所身處的環境，造就他的存在”，對非裔美國人懷有仇恨；此外，影片中他也經常語帶種族歧視、厭女、厭倦廣泛社會的態度，針對教堂、工作職場的虐待或暴力文化宣泄不滿。
自揭曾接受精神治療
3月20日發布的影片中，詹姆斯透露已離開威斯康星州密爾瓦基(Milwaukee)的家，正往”危險區域”(danger zone)出發，”你知道，這當然引發了很多負麵的想法，我確實有很嚴重的創傷後壓力。”
詹姆斯90年代曾在紐約市居住，他自揭當時在布朗士區接受精神健康治療，並在皇後區接受職業訓練，但過程中卻長期遭到虐待，因此對亞當斯提出的心理健康項目不看好；1992年他曾在曼哈頓切爾西(Chelsea)小區的一間商店當學徒，但兩年後被開除。
“我不會向因憤怒而傷害紐約客的人表示屈服”，亞當斯針對詹姆斯的影片響應，不接受其在Youtube視頻作出的指控、不接受槍手的行為，”紐約客不做這種事，我們會讓(槍手)付出代價。”
Brooklyn Subway Shooter Frank James Pleads ‘Not Guilty’ to Terrorism Charges
https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/frank-james-accused-subway-shooter-pleads-not-guilty-1352854/
Frank James, 62, suspected of opening fire in a crowded New York City subway station has been taken into custody and charged with a terror-related offense, officials announce on Wednesday in New York City, United States on April 12, 2022.
ACCUSED SUBWAY SHOOTER Frank James pleaded not guilty to charges of terrorism and the use of a weapon in a violent crime at a Friday arraignment in Brooklyn federal court.
James is suspected of shooting 10 people on Tuesday, April 12, on an N-line subway train during the morning rush hour commute. Police arrested him in Manhattan’s East Village a day later after multiple people told authorities they’d seen him walking around the area. He has since been held without bail.
Before James entered the room, two U.S. Marshals examined the underside of the table where James’ representation for the day, Federal Defender Mia Eisner-Grynberg, sat. A hush fell over the room as he walked in, towering over the pair of marshals. He wore a prison uniform: an olive-colored button-down shirt with short sleeves and matching pants. A blue surgical mask partially covered his graying beard stubble, but not his nose.
When Judge William F. Kuntz, II asked James how he was feeling today, James said, “pretty good.” Then, he answered a series of further questions from Kuntz, saying that he was born in the Bronx and has a GED and “some certificates from various trade schools.”
During the half-hour arraignment, Kuntz read the six-page indictment issued by a grand jury on May 6 in its entirety. The document charges James with terrorism on a mass transit system, claiming he “discharged a firearm at passengers on a Metropolitan Transportation Authority subway car,” and a second charge for using a firearm in a violent crime. If convicted, federal authorities have indicated they will seek forfeiture of James’ assets, including the Glock 17 pistol he is accused of firing aboard the subway car.
When Judge Kuntz asked James’ lawyer if the defense was prepared to plead, Eisner-Grynberg said, “Yes, we plead not guilty to each count.” The judge then asked James how he pleaded to count one and count two — he answered “Not guilty” to both. After the proceedings, he walked out the same door he’d entered, holding his hands behind his back.
The judge upheld a magistrate’s detention order to keep James in jail ahead of his trial; the defense made no application for bail. The government moved to designate the case a “complex case,” but the defense argued this was premature because they haven’t yet received or reviewed the scope of the government’s discovery. Kuntz agreed to wait until the next deadline, July 25, to decide on the issue.
According to the original complaint, James traveled from Philadelphia in a rented a U-Haul van to carry out the attack. New York City Police Department cameras allegedly captured James’ van as it crossed the Verrazano Narrows Bridge into Brooklyn in the early hours of that April morning. He parked near a subway entrance and donned a hard hat and orange vest, the complaint says. A couple of hours later, around 8:30 am, passengers started calling the police, reporting “multiple gunshots and explosions” on the subway.
On the morning of the attack, images proliferated on social media, showing commuters lying on the ground, bleeding, on the subway platform. The shootings came at a time where violent crime on the city’s mass transit system has captured headlines.
In YouTube videos seemingly posted by James, he criticized New York City Mayor Eric Adams’ plans to improve safety on the subways. “He can’t stop no fucking crime in no subways,” James said in one video, where he talked about the number of exit and entry points along a subway line. “He may slow it down, but he ain’t stopping shit.” In other videos, James, who is Black, went on racist rants targeting Black, white, Latino, and Jewish people. In one video, he called 9/11 “the most beautiful day in the history of this country.” At James’ first court appearance April 13, his federal defenders requested a psychiatric evaluation. However, they said they were requesting it as medical treatment, not to assess James’ competency to stand trial.
James’ lawyer offered no comment to reporters after the arraignment. If convicted, James faces the possibility of life in prison.
Accused NYC subway mass shooter Frank James whines about media coverage, says he's 'not too good' in jail
https://nypost.com/2022/07/25/accused-nyc-subway-shooter-frank-james-says-hes-not-too-good-in-jail/
By Valentina Jaramillo and Ben Feuerherd; July 25, 2022
Accused subway mass shooter Frank James whined about media coverage of his case Monday, telling a judge he hasn’t been “too good” since getting locked up on federal terrorism charges.
James — who allegedly shot 10 people on a subway car in April — was asked how he was doing by Judge William Kuntz during a brief appearance in Brooklyn federal court Monday afternoon.
“Not too good, your honor,” replied the 62-year-old, wearing a tan jail uniform and sporting a short gray beard.
Kuntz then asked the accused gunman if he’s watched or listened to any baseball while in custody at Brooklyn’s notorious Metropolitan Detention Center.
“I’ve watched a bit of baseball, yeah,” James said, before adding: “I’ve read some things in the press I’m not too happy about.”
The judge then turned to prosecutors and James’ defense attorneys, who agreed to set a tentative trial date of Feb. 27, 2023.
Prosecutors from the Eastern District of New York have recovered a trove of evidence in the case, including surveillance video, DNA from the gun and witness statements.
James — who was arrested following a 30-hour citywide manhunt — faces life in prison if convicted of committing a terrorist attack on a mass transit system.
The maniac allegedly sprayed more than 30 bullets on a packed Manhattan-bound N train as it motored through a tunnel below the street of Sunset Park on April 12.
James shot 10 people and injured 29 in a shooting on a subway train in Sunset Park, Brooklyn in April.
The judge set James’ tentative trial date for Feb. 27, 2023.
The attack injured 29 people, including 10 who were shot, authorities said.
