Why are people reluctant to refer to the Brooklyn subway shooter, Frank James, as a terrorist? This was also the case for Darrell Brooks, the driver of an SUV who killed five people and injured more than 40 others, including children, after driving through a Christmas parade last year in Waukesha, Wisconsin. However, pundits were…

Frank James was arrested and charged with federal terrorism for his shooting spree in a NYC subway. But beyond rising crime are some basic realities that permitted James to carry this out all too easily, from his past to media narratives to social media ignorance. I analyze the reasons James was able to fly under…

Commentary The long and disturbing rap sheet of Frank James, the black nationalist New York City subway shooter arrested on Wednesday and charged by federal prosecutors with one count of committing a terrorist act against a mass transportation system, ought to serve as a national wake-up call. The 24 hour-plus nerve-racking manhunt ended in anticlimactic…

A U.S. federal judge orders alleged Brooklyn subway shooter Frank James to remain in custody, protesters in Michigan are calling for justice after the fatal police shooting of Patrick Lyoya, and a delegation of American lawmakers arrive in Taiwan for a surprise visit. …

The man accused of attacking New Yorkers in a subway station was ordered held by a judge during his a court appearance on April 14. Prosecutors’ push to keep Frank James, 62, detained indefinitely went unopposed by the public defenders representing the alleged shooter, though the lawyers kept open the possibility of applying for bail…

The lone suspect in the New York City subway shooting was never investigated by the FBI, the bureau said on April 13. “We have reviewed FBI holdings and to date have found no record of an investigation or prior knowledge of Frank R. James by an FBI office before the shooting,” an FBI spokesperson told…

The gun used to shoot 10 people in New York City on April 12 was purchased legally, according to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF). ATF investigators were able to find records that showed Frank James purchased the firearm from a federal firearms licensee in Ohio in 2011, John DeVito, an ATF official,…