Black man, 37, pleads not guilty to 'stabbing five people at a Hanukkah party with a machete while completely silent before dousing himself in bleach' in an 'act of domestic terrorism'

dailymail ^ | 29 December 2019 | Megan Sheets

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A man accused of stabbing five people in a rabbi's home during a Hanukkah celebration in a predominantly Jewish town in upstate New York on Saturday night has pleaded not guilty.

Grafton E Thomas, 37, of Greenwood Lake, was arraigned on five counts of attempted murder and one count of burglary in Ramapo Town Court late Sunday morning. His bail was set at $5million.

[Mrs. Don-o]

"Thomas's bail has been set to $5 million. If he is released, Thomas must stay away from the alleged victims and the rabbi's home, as well as turn in any firearms he may own."

Released? How?

[dragonblustar]

daily mail is anti-Trump and also borders on smut news...

Exactly.

[txnativegop]

he ain’t worth the cost of the bullet. just whack him with the pommel of a bayonet in the larynx and see what happens.

[txnativegop]

wwouldn’t that be a suburb of NYC?

[txnativegop]

there are a few made with thicker blades and are capable of stabbing.

[txnativegop]

then you should start suing the politicians for reckless endangerment.

[Beagle8U]

He looks white/Hispanic to me./sarc

[Tunehead54]

See #31 this thread: "'I was praying for my life': Witnesses of stabbing in rabbi's home say the attacker had a machete 'the size of a broomstick'"

Then search on the "Roman Gladius stabbing sword" - they've been around for 2000+ years and you can get real ones on Amazon.

Double-edged, very sharply pointed and used to even pierce armor.

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Another Freeper mentioned this possibility on a related thread but can't find him for credit. In Africa, the more "standard" machete is common for killing.

[frank ballenger]

He maintains his innocence. It’s NYS, so he’ll be set free on a technicality.

And his jury will look like a casting call for a remake of Roots and Sanford & Son.

"Not guilty!"--Juror.

"Wait until the trial starts." Jury Foreman.

And sue for tens of millions and settle for a few million and an apology.

[Crucial]

I think the headline is trying to distract from the perps probable motivation, that he is most likely a Muslim.

[Ozark Tom]

Bleach to destroy DNA evidence?

[frank ballenger]

No. Other articles said police smelled a strong smell of bleach and saw blood all over him.

Does anyone here know what the bleach was really about?
A screwball Muslim ritual?
I know rapists use bleach to try to destroy the evidence in a woman. Scum that they are.

[Tunehead54]

Good history, lousy photo of ancient gladius:

The Roman Gladius

[Ozark Tom]

A certain Cold Steel machete would work well for both slash and stab tactics.

[R_Kangel]

... Use of Bleach = Purification ritual?

[mewzilla]

If his parents have assets, if the perp is part of a group with a cash flow, he can make bail.

This guy never should have been allowed bail period.

If he’s not a terrorist, he’s a freaking psycho. Then again...possibly both.

And Cuomo and the legislature are fine with him running around loose.

[kearnyirish2]

If it was lemon-scented bleach he may have thought it would make him invisible - seriously. I read a while back about how some dope connected the mechanics of invisible ink to committing crimes invisibly. Look up McArthur Wheeler.

[CurlyDave]

Is that pic before or after the bleach?

If after — it didn’t work.

[frank ballenger]

Someone so impossibly stupid was still walking around committing crimes.

And I’d like to see if we subsidized him and his parent(s)with government benefits like the Boston Marathon bombers’ entire family.

Maybe we are the dumb ones for that.