Published: 05:14 BST, 3 April 2021 | Updated: 08:45 BST, 3 April 2021įacebook has confirmed it pulled the social media accounts of Noah Green, the 25-year-old suspect who mowed down two Capitol cops, killing one, before being shot dead at the US Capitol. President Biden ordered flags to be lowered to half-staff in honor of the cop who was killedīy Rachel Sharp For and Jennifer Smith For and Emily Goodin Senior U.S.The motive for the attack is unclear but it comes less than three months after the January 6 riot.The second cop is in stable and non-threatening condition Green was then shot dead by other cops.Green killed Capitol cop Billy Evans by mowing him down on Friday in a blue Nissan Altima at 1.02pm.One post - just two hours before the attack - he called the federal government the '#1 enemy of Black people'.Green said they were poisoning him and targeting him with unauthorized operations and 'mind control'.Posts on Green's Instagram page, seen by CNN, spoke of conspiracies about the FBI and CIA.It included several posts heaping praise on Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan for saving him.Green's Facebook, viewed by before its removal, described him as a 'Follower of Farrakhan'.The suspect was named by NBC as 25-year-old Noah Green, citing law enforcement sources.'After this horrific event, our thoughts are with the Capitol Police and their loved ones,' a spokesperson said.The social media giant said it had suspended Green's accounts from Facebook and Instagram under its policy around dangerous individuals and organization.However, Ria Katz, director of SITE Intelligence Group, said that Greene's social media presence suggests he might have been very troubled, but terrorism should not be ruled out.Facebook confirms it pulled the social media accounts of Noah Green, 25, who mowed down two Capitol cops and was then shot dead Green’s brother, Brendan told the Post that Noah had recently called him asking for help, saying he was “in a really bad situation and in really bad shape.”įollowing the deadly attack, law enforcement officials had said that the incident did not appear to be linked to terrorism. “We have designated the incident under our Dangerous Individuals and Organizations policy, which means we have removed the suspect's accounts from Facebook and Instagram, and are removing any content that praises, supports, or represents the attack or the suspect," a Facebook spokesperson was quoted by the Insider as saying.Īccording to a Washington Post report, Green blamed his former roommates and teammates of the Christopher Newport University football team for drugging him with Xanax. Facebook confirmed to Business Insider in an email statement that the social media network has removed Green’s account. Green had also reportedly called the US government “#1 enemy of Black people!" in one of his Instagram posts. Farrakhan’s speeches draw thousands of attendees, which, according to ADL, gives him the dubious distinction of being quite possibly America’s most popular anti-Semite.Īlso Read | Officer killed in attack outside Capitol identified as an 18-year veteran Without his guidance, his word, and his teachings that I’ve picked up on along the way, I would’ve been unable to continue,” he wrote.Īnti-hate organization ADL has described Farrakhan as an anti-Semite who has been railing against Jews, white people and the LGBT community for more than 30 years. In another Facebook post, Green said he believed that the founder of Nation of Islam, Louis Farrakhan, was “the Messiah”. I am currently now unemployed after I left my job partly due to afflictions, but ultimately, in search of a spiritual journey,” the post read. “I have been tried with some of the biggest, unimaginable tests in my life. “To be honest these past few years have been tough, and these past few months have been tougher,” he wrote. The messages were captured by the SITE Intelligence Group, which monitors jihadist media and tracks online activity.
Green recently posted on his Facebook account, which has now been taken down by the social media network, that he had been unemployed and facing fear, hunger, and loss of wealth. US law enforcement officials identified the suspect who attacked Capitol police officers as Noah Green, a 25-year-old who described himself as a follower of the 'Nation of Islam'.
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