James Harris Jackson, a 28-year-old white male, entered a police substation in Times Square and told the police he killed a black man because he hates black people.
James Harris Jackson, a 28-year-old white male, entered a police substation in Times Square and allegedly told the police he killed a black man because he hates black people. Creative RF/gettyimages.com

According to New York City authorities, a white man (with one of those slick haircuts beloved by the new generation of white supremacist) boarded a Bolt Bus in Baltimore on Friday, March 17, traveled up to New York City, de-boarded at a corner not far from Penn Station, entered a room in a midtown hotel, spent the weekend in that hotel, and, on Monday, March 20, began to look for a black man to kill. He found one, followed him, but got "spooked."

A moment later, he allegedly found another black man, Timothy (Hard Rock) Caughman. This black man, who made a living from collecting recyclables from trash cans, enjoyed taking selfies with famous people. One such selfie has him shaking hands with rapper/singer Wyclef Jean. The white man with the slick haircut, dark suit coat, and button-down shirt allegedly rushed up to and savagely stabbed Caughman to death with an 18-inch knife bought online.

Caughman was 66.

The attack, which happened 30 minutes before midnight and near the corner of West 36th Street and Ninth Avenue, was random. But, to use the words of Mobb Deep, "shit happens for a reason." Caughman appears to be, like the Londoners on Westminster Bridge, the victim of terrorism.

The next day, a white man named James Harris Jackson, 28, entered a "police substation in Times Square" and allegedly told the police that he was the one who killed the black man. He also told the officers that, though there are plenty of black men to kill in Baltimore, he chose NYC because it is the “media capital of the world.” Jackson, who had a bloody knife in his pocket, was charged with the murder.

Trump had kind words for the American victim of the terrorist attack in London:



He has said nothing about Timothy (Hard Rock) Caughman, an American who might have been killed by a domestic terrorist.