The suspect who rammed his car into a fence at the U.S. Capitol on April 2 called himself a “Follower of [Nation of Islam leader Louis] Farrakhan” on his Facebook page.
The attack resulted in the death of a Capitol police officer, identified as William “Billy” Evans, a veteran. Another officer was injured in the attack; that officer is “fighting for his life,” according to President Joe Biden. The suspect, identified as Noah Green, was shot dead by police after allegedly jumping out of the car with a knife and attempting to attack an officer with it.
Green’s Facebook page, which has since been taken down, reportedly featured a March 17 post stating that he had been having a “tough” time recently and seemed to be heading down the right path, but “the path has been thwarted, as Allah (God) has chosen me for other things. Throughout life I have set goals, attained them, set higher ones, and then been required to sacrifice those things.” Green had reportedly signed the post as “Brother X.”
The Stop Antisemitism.org watchdog tweeted, “We will say this again — what starts with Jews never ends with Jews. The family of the murdered officer is in our prayers and has our deepest sympathies.”
The D.C. attacker has been identified as Nation of Islam member Noah Green age 25 from Indiana.
We will say this again – what starts with Jews never ends with Jews.
The family of the murdered officer is in our prayers and has our deepest sympathies.https://t.co/0PeqelD99Z
— StopAntisemitism (@StopAntisemites) April 2, 2021
The American Jewish Committee (AJC) also tweeted, “AJC mourns the death of a U.S. Capitol Police officer today. We extend our deepest condolences to his family, and wish the second officer harmed in this attack a full recovery. These assaults against our Capitol and democracy must end.”
AJC mourns the death of a U.S. Capitol Police officer today. We extend our deepest condolences to his family, and wish the second officer harmed in this attack a full recovery.
These assaults against our Capitol and democracy must end.https://t.co/VKgSAHxucr
— American Jewish Committee (@AJCGlobal) April 2, 2021
The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) also tweeted, “We are monitoring the car ramming and knife attack incident at the north barricade of the Capitol complex. We extend condolences to the family of the fallen Capitol police officer and wish a full recovery to the second officer.”
We are monitoring the car ramming and knife attack incident at the north barricade of the Capitol complex.
We extend condolences to the family of the fallen Capitol police officer and wish a full recovery to the second officer. https://t.co/uxhzP21PbJ
— ADL (@ADL) April 2, 2021
