# Truck attack on Bourbon Street \[2025-01-01\] **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** breaking-news\ **Created:** [January 1, 2025, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truck-attack-on-bourbon-street-2025-01-01/1012435 "2025-01-01T12:37:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Ellecram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellecram/32/18948_2.png) [@Ellecram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellecram)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2025, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truck-attack-on-bourbon-street-2025-01-01/1012435/21 "2025-01-01T17:51:28Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > > [@raventhief](#): > > > > The truck used in the attack appeared to be a F-150 Lightning, an electric vehicle. > > An electric vehicle would be particularly dangerous in this type of attack. Not only do those things have excellent acceleration, but they’re also quiet, which means that they can hit people before they realize they’re being attacked. That is truly disturbing. Something I have never thought about until now. ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2025, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truck-attack-on-bourbon-street-2025-01-01/1012435/22 "2025-01-01T17:58:15Z")
The quiet of electric vehicles is something that has everyday concerns. Many visually impaired people depend on the sound of vehicles to safely navigate. ---
**Author:** ![Babale](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/babale/32/15666_2.png) [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2025, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truck-attack-on-bourbon-street-2025-01-01/1012435/23 "2025-01-01T17:59:43Z")
Googling the name before a zillion articles about him are written, I found public records of a divorce case from 2021. A contested divorce case, with restraining orders filed. Did a bitter divorce lead to isolation and radicalization? ---
**Author:** ![Ellecram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellecram/32/18948_2.png) [@Ellecram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellecram)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2025, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truck-attack-on-bourbon-street-2025-01-01/1012435/24 "2025-01-01T18:06:30Z")
> [@rocking\_chair](#): > > The quiet of electric vehicles is something that has everyday concerns. Many visually impaired people depend on the sound of vehicles to safely navigate. When I was in Norway and Denmark last year I was very surprised at the lack of sound. I almost got myself in a couple accidents until I developed my EV hyper vigilance. ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2025, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truck-attack-on-bourbon-street-2025-01-01/1012435/25 "2025-01-01T18:30:20Z")
The fbi reports that the suspect was a U.S. citizen from Texas with an isis flag. IEDs have been found in the truck and other locations on bourbon street. ---
**Author:** ![Babale](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/babale/32/15666_2.png) [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2025, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truck-attack-on-bourbon-street-2025-01-01/1012435/26 "2025-01-01T18:57:30Z")
It seems he may have had a YouTube channel… For his work, though. Very normal, prosperous, American. If the real estate agent with the YouTube channel is indeed him, he served in the military. ---
**Author:** ![teelabrown](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/teelabrown/32/8412_2.png) [@teelabrown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teelabrown)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2025, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truck-attack-on-bourbon-street-2025-01-01/1012435/27 "2025-01-01T19:01:14Z")
In the photo posted above, the flag at the back of the truck is plainly visible. I’m watching footage right now on MSNBC of EMTs doing chest compression on the body of the driver next to the truck, and the flag is not there. ---
**Author:** ![Babale](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/babale/32/15666_2.png) [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2025, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truck-attack-on-bourbon-street-2025-01-01/1012435/28 "2025-01-01T19:09:37Z")
Annnnnmd the YouTube account is gone. I got to it earlier and watched his “welcome” video where, with a Texas accent, he explains how his time in the military gave him the skills he needs to sell YOUR house. And he mentions being born in Texas, too. I wanted to see if there were any other videos posted to it, but it is gone now. I take the channel’s quick deletion as soft confirmation that it _is_ the same guy. ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2025, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truck-attack-on-bourbon-street-2025-01-01/1012435/29 "2025-01-01T19:11:07Z")
> [@Babale](#): > > If the real estate agent with the YouTube channel is indeed him, he served in the military. In the publicly-available divorce documents, it states that he is/was in the US military. ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2025, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truck-attack-on-bourbon-street-2025-01-01/1012435/30 "2025-01-01T19:11:59Z")
Press conference now. US born suspect, isis flag on vehicle, fbi believe others may be involved. Reports are he was in the military. ---
**Author:** ![Babale](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/babale/32/15666_2.png) [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2025, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truck-attack-on-bourbon-street-2025-01-01/1012435/31 "2025-01-01T19:12:14Z")
> [@DavidNRockies](#): > > In the publicly-available divorce documents, it states that he is/was in the US military I didn’t feel like downloading those, but if you already did - does it mention a real estate business that he is the owner of? (The video doesn’t say he owns the firm but I’ve seen other claims that he does). ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2025, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truck-attack-on-bourbon-street-2025-01-01/1012435/32 "2025-01-01T19:15:52Z")
I don’t know. I should also qualify my previous statement. The format in which I could view the document made it _very_ difficult to see what box was/wasn’t checked. I just Googled, and the NYT says: > In a court document that the suspect filed in August 2022 as part of a divorce proceeding, he said he worked at the accounting firm Deloitte and made about $120,000 a year. ETA: also: > [@](#): > > In a YouTube video from 2020 that appears to have been posted by Mr. Jabbar, he spoke positively about his skills in real estate. He said he had been born and raised in Beaumont, Texas, and had served in the U.S. military. > > “I’ve been here all my life, with the exception of traveling for the military,” he said. > > He said that in his 10 years in the armed forces, he had worked as a human resources specialist and an information technology specialist. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2025, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truck-attack-on-bourbon-street-2025-01-01/1012435/33 "2025-01-01T19:19:58Z")
> [@Ellecram](#): > > > [@Alessan](#): > > > > An electric vehicle would be particularly dangerous in this type of attack. Not only do those things have excellent acceleration, but they’re also quiet, which means that they can hit people before they realize they’re being attacked. > > That is truly disturbing. > Something I have never thought about until now. I owned a plug in hybrid for a few years, and i thought about it a lot. You know how if you are driving, and you want to exit a parking lot, and pedestrians are standing in the driveway to the lot, chatting, they generally drift out of your way? That’s because they _hear your car_. Driving in electric mode, they didn’t hear my car. And I’d sit there thinking, “am i the asshole if i honk at them? Should i roll down the window and say something?” I guess that makes it a good choice for this kind of thing. 😢 ---
**Author:** ![Babale](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/babale/32/15666_2.png) [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2025, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truck-attack-on-bourbon-street-2025-01-01/1012435/34 "2025-01-01T19:21:45Z")
> [@DavidNRockies](#): > > I just Googled, and the NYT says: > > > In a court document that the suspect filed in August 2022 as part of a divorce proceeding, he said he worked at the accounting firm Deloitte and made about $120,000 a year. > > ETA: also: > > > [@](#): > > > > In a YouTube video from 2020 that appears to have been posted by Mr. Jabbar, he spoke positively about his skills in real estate. He said he had been born and raised in Beaumont, Texas, and had served in the U.S. military. > > > > “I’ve been here all my life, with the exception of traveling for the military,” he said. > > > > He said that in his 10 years in the armed forces, he had worked as a human resources specialist and an information technology specialist. That’s the video I watched, that is now inaccessible. So the NYT confirmed that guy was him? I didn’t know Deloite employed real estate agents, but apparently they do. So it’s not as difficult a circle to square as I thought. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2025, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truck-attack-on-bourbon-street-2025-01-01/1012435/35 "2025-01-01T19:21:53Z")
There’s a press conference currently underway regarding the attack. ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2025, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truck-attack-on-bourbon-street-2025-01-01/1012435/36 "2025-01-01T19:23:33Z")
> [@Babale](#): > > That’s the video I watched, that is now inaccessible. So the NYT confirmed that guy was him? I think that may overstate the NYT’s position a bit: > [@NYT](#): > > In a YouTube video from 2020 that appears to have been posted by Mr. Jabbar, {…} They’re hedging – probably for good reason – for now. > [@Babale](#): > > I didn’t know Deloite employed real estate agents, but apparently they do. I’m not sure we know that as of right now. He may have been an accountant as a primary occupation and either worked in real estate or owned a real estate brokerage as a side hustle. Maybe. ---
**Author:** ![flurb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/51bf81/32.png) [@flurb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flurb)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2025, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truck-attack-on-bourbon-street-2025-01-01/1012435/37 "2025-01-01T19:34:21Z")
It’s being reported that the Sugar Bowl is being postponed until tomorrow night. ---
**Author:** ![Babale](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/babale/32/15666_2.png) [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2025, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truck-attack-on-bourbon-street-2025-01-01/1012435/38 "2025-01-01T19:37:23Z")
They’re talking a lot about “bringing those responsible to justice” - it sounds like they’re pretty confident this wasn’t a lone wolf attack? It could just be a good sounding sound byte, but wouldn’t that backfire if no one is ever caught? ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2025, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truck-attack-on-bourbon-street-2025-01-01/1012435/39 "2025-01-01T19:38:46Z")
Wow, the press conference is going off the rails. ---
**Author:** ![Babale](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/babale/32/15666_2.png) [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2025, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truck-attack-on-bourbon-street-2025-01-01/1012435/40 "2025-01-01T19:43:25Z")
Holy shit, this bollard situation sounds almost criminally negligent. “We had a plan, but the terrorist defeated it by - I don’t know if you know he did this - _driving on the sidewalk_”. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truck-attack-on-bourbon-street-2025-01-01/1012435.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truck-attack-on-bourbon-street-2025-01-01/1012435.md?page=3)