The YouTube account belonging to Frank James, the suspect recognized by police in Tuesday's Brooklyn subway capturing that injured about two dozen individuals, was terminated as authorities introduced that James was arrested Wednesday afternoon.
The 62-year-old James had a number of movies posted on the platform the place he made statements that predicted a "civil struggle" between races and claimed that he "needed" to look at individuals die, Newsweek beforehand reported.
The account, named "prophet oftruth88," had been energetic on YouTube Tuesday. As of Wednesday afternoon, a message was posted that mentioned the account "has been terminated for violating YouTube's Group Tips."
"Following the tragic occasion in New York Metropolis, our Belief and Security group recognized and terminated a YouTube channel related to the suspect, in accordance with our creator accountability pointers," YouTube spokesperson Jack Malon mentioned in an announcement to Newsweek. "Moreover, our methods are prominently surfacing movies from authoritative sources in search and proposals, together with by surfacing our High Information shelf above associated search outcomes."
Malon additionally directed Newsweek to a piece of YouTube's Creator Accountability Tips that customers conform to when making a channel that states the platform could "take motion to guard the group" in the event that they discover that a person is concerned in habits that harms customers on, or off, the platform.
"Allow us to not overlook, I've been via plenty of s**t the place I can say I needed to kill individuals. I needed to look at individuals die proper in entrance of my f****ing face instantly," James mentioned in a latest video, Newsweek beforehand reported. "However I thought of the truth that I do not wish to go to no f***ing jail, f*** that.
"I am not constructed for no jail, I'm simply not," James continued. "I do not wish to be round a bunch of [n-words], I do not wish to be round a bunch of [n-words] now not to mention all day day by day."
He additionally posted a number of movies during which he mentioned white individuals view Black individuals's "rightful place is as a slave" and mentioned that there shouldn't be interactions between races.
Newsweek additionally reported that James mentioned in a video posted in March that he was affected by post-traumatic stress dysfunction (PTSD), and was headed again into the "hazard zone" as he had extra adverse ideas.
In video footage, James criticized New York Metropolis Mayor Eric Adams, saying Adams and others contributed to his psychological well being points. James additionally mentioned that he allegedly left a New York psychological well being facility with "extra points" than when he entered.
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