# Car mows down more pedestrians in Finsbury Park, London.

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [June 19, 2017, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-mows-down-more-pedestrians-in-finsbury-park-london/789350 "2017-06-19T02:07:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![Richard\_Pearse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/richard_pearse/32/13144_2.png) [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)\
**Post date:** [June 20, 2017, 10:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-mows-down-more-pedestrians-in-finsbury-park-london/789350/41 "2017-06-20T10:25:30Z")

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> [@JoseB](#):
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> It is the first time I have seen something like this being reported. It is always “this was a total surprise”, “a tremendous shock, would never have imagined it”, “he was unremarkable”, “he never struck me as somebody capable of doing this”… Never before I had read about some neighbor saying “doesn’t surprise me, he always was an utter asshole”.

He still says it is surprising.

> [@Neighbour](#):
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> He’s always been a complete cunt but this is really surprising.

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**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\
**Post date:** [June 20, 2017, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-mows-down-more-pedestrians-in-finsbury-park-london/789350/42 "2017-06-20T12:07:59Z")

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Sure. If your next door neighbour hires a van and drives 150 miles to purposely mow down innocent pedestrians, and _you’re not surprised_, something is wrong.

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**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\
**Post date:** [June 20, 2017, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-mows-down-more-pedestrians-in-finsbury-park-london/789350/43 "2017-06-20T15:15:36Z")

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> [@JoseB](#):
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> I was about to post about this.
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> It is the first time I have seen something like this being reported. It is always “this was a total surprise”, “a tremendous shock, would never have imagined it”, “he was unremarkable”, “he never struck me as somebody capable of doing this”… Never before I had read about some neighbor saying “doesn’t surprise me, he always was an utter asshole”.
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> Has anybody else seen this kind of thing before, I wonder?

Certainly, plenty of terrorist attacks have involved “known wolves,” i.e., someone previously investigated as a possible security risk.

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**Author:** ![Sailboat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sailboat/32/461_2.png) [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\
**Post date:** [June 20, 2017, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-mows-down-more-pedestrians-in-finsbury-park-london/789350/44 "2017-06-20T16:37:09Z")

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First reports here in the US seemed more hesitant than usual to speculate about causes, almost making it sound like an accident. That does seem to fit the “it’s not terror if “our” guys do it” narrative.

However, today’s Washington Times, the conservative newspaper favored by anti-foreigner types here, does explicitly call this attack terror, to their considerable credit.

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