Brooklyn subway shooting is not being investigated as terrorism ‘at this time.’ Here’s why – By Grace Hauck (USA Today) / April 12, 2022
A chaotic scene of smoke, gunfire and panic broke out on a Brooklyn subway train during rush hour Tuesday morning in what witnesses and elected leaders have described as a “terrorizing” crime.
But New York officials on Tuesday said they weren’t investigating the shooting as terrorism “at this time,” renewing questions about why crimes like mass shootings aren’t always or immediately categorized as terrorism and how legal definitions don’t completely capture the way crimes are experienced by communities.
“This is terror. Someone attempted to terrorize our system,” New York City Mayor Eric Adams told CNN on Tuesday afternoon.
But Adams, who used similar phrasing in a brief video address posted online and subsequent TV interviews, cautioned that it is “premature” to determine whether the incident was an act of terrorism.
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