Noah Green, the suspect in the Friday attack on two U.S. Capitol Police officers, was a supporter of the Nation of Islam, and its leader Louis Farrakhan, the New York Times reported. Farrakhan and the Nation of Islam is a black nationalist movement and has been criticized for anti-Semitic teachings. Green’s Facebook account has since been removed.
Green, 25, was identified by law enforcement officials as the suspected attacker who rammed his car into two police officers, killing one and injuring the other. According to the New York Times, Green had made several posts on Facebook in support of Farrakhan and the Nation of Islam.
Satan s rule over us is up : How a college football star s belief that he was drugged by roommates saw him spiral into paranoia, feel suicidal and become a devout Nation of Islam follower before killing cop in Capitol knife attack
Noah Green, 25, drove his car into a barricade at the Capitol on Friday
Capitol Police Officer Billy Evans died as Green leapt out with a knife
Green was shot at the scene and died from his injuries
Green was a promising college football star until a 2019 episode changed him
He believed his teammates and roommates drugged him with Xanax
They did not believe his allegations, but he began having hallucinations
Man who rammed car into Capitol Police attended high school in Va.
Green died Friday from police gunfire after ramming his car into two officers along a barricade, killing one and injuring the other. Noah Green, 25 of Indiana. (Source: WDBJ) By Eddie Callahan | April 3, 2021 at 9:04 AM EDT - Updated April 3 at 9:05 AM
According to the New York Times and other media outlets, Noah Green, 25 of Indiana, began playing in 2017 for Christopher Newport University in Newport News.
“Mr. Green was born in West Virginia, attended high school in Virginia, then enrolled in Glenville State College where he played football before transferring to Christopher Newport University in Newport News, Va. He played defensive back on the Christopher Newport football team and graduated in 2019 with a degree in finance.”
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A U.S. Capitol Police officer was killed Friday after a car rammed a security barricade protecting the complex, locking down the building for two hours and