New York truck attack was predictable, just not preventable
by Barbara Demick, Los Angeles Times
Nov 01, 2017
3 minutes
NEW YORK - "Vehicles are like knives, as they are extremely easy to acquire," advised Islamic State's online magazine in an article published in November 2016.
A year later, a 29-year-old Uzbek immigrant who authorities said used a Home Depot pickup truck to mow down cyclists and pedestrians, killing eight along the Hudson River Greenway - an 11-mile waterfront path for bicycles and pedestrians in Lower Manhattan. The only thing that couldn't have
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