The NYPD believes James rented a U-Haul truck whose keys were found at the scene of the shooting, he said. A screenshot of one of the videos was used in a NYPD Crimestoppers leaflet looking for shooting information, and in one video, it publishes a New York City ID from a previous training program. In what appears to be his latest video released Monday, James talks about someone who resorted to violence and ended up in jail. He said he could identify, but talked about the consequences. “I’ve been through a lot of s ** t, where I can say I wanted to kill people. I wanted to see people die right in front of my king’s face right away. But I thought about the fact that, my friend, I do not want to go to any prison. the king’s”. James and his family did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
The videos include racist and misogynistic language
Many of the videos uploaded by James included references to the violence, including to a group of people he believed had abused him, in addition to broad social and racial groups he seemed to hate. In another video released last week, James, who is black, screams about church abuse and racism in the workplace, using half-hearted and racist language. Speaking about the violence in the community, James said: “We need to see more mass shootings. Yes … we need to see more, there need to be more mass shootings to understand. … Not for the shooter; it has to it has to do with the environment in which it is located, it must exist “. This speech was a common theme in all of James’s videos, in which he repeatedly argued for hatred of African Americans. In another video posted last month on the same channel, James said he had post-traumatic stress disorder. In this video, James said he left his home in Milwaukee on March 20. During the trip to the east, he said he was heading to the “danger zone”. “You know, of course it causes a lot of negative thoughts,” he said in the video. “I have a serious case of post-traumatic stress.” Preliminary information showed that James mentioned the homelessness, New York City and the new mayor of the city, Eric Adams, in online posts, NYPD Commissioner Keechant Sewell said on Tuesday, adding that as a result the city will increase security of the mayor. Police released two photos of James at a news conference Tuesday night, including one that appeared to be a screenshot of a video he posted on YouTube. Keys belonging to a U-Haul rented in James’s name in Philadelphia were found among the perpetrator’s belongings at the Brooklyn shooting scene, the NYPD said. The videos give a picture of James’s walk to the northeast. Arrived in Philadelphia on March 25 after stopping in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Pittsburgh? and Newark, New Jersey. CNN’s Kristina Sgueglia contributed to this report.
