Surveillance footage allegedly shows a man New York City police say is accused of a stabbing attack on a black man. (New York Police Department)Prosecutors in New York have upgraded the charges against a white man who police say admitted to fatally stabbing a black man in a burst of racial hatred, indicting him on two new charges of murder as an act of terrorism. Police say James H. Jackson, a 28-year-old from Baltimore, admitted to traveling to New York specifically to target and kill black men. [Fatal stabbing in New York was ‘practice’ for more attacks on black men, police say]Jackson was indicted in New York State Supreme Court on one count of first-degree murder and one count of second-degree murder, both as acts of terrorism. “Jackson regarded the killing as practice prior to going to Times Square to kill additional black men,” the complaint stated.

Source: Washington Post March 27, 2017 21:51 UTC