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NOLA.com is the local news outlet in New Orleans. Good paper.
CBS is reporting the same thing.
From the same source? Because it doesn't matter whether the paper is good or if more than one outlet is reporting it if it's all from one bad source.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/law-enforcement-officials-identify-suspect-new-orleans-attack-rcna185929
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/crime/shamsud-din-jabbar-new-orleans-attack-suspect-b2672503.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/01/us/new-orleans-truck-attack-terrorism-fbi.html
https://www.theadvocate.com/news/crime_police/new-orleans-suspect-bourbon-street-attack/article_578911df-d5cb-5822-9968-595ec98fc491.html
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/01/01/law-enforcement-identify-suspect-new-orleans-attack/77381195007/
All of those have "law enforcement" as their source for the identity.
I'm with @FlyingSquid@lemmy.world on this one.
By law enforcement, they mean an FBI press statement. But if that's not good enough for you...
https://www.fbi.gov/news/press-releases/fbi-statement-on-the-attack-in-new-orleans
Early reporting on the Oklahoma City bombing was pointing fingers at Muslims, too.
If you don't accept what any law enforcement says, even though they have his body and ID, you could have just said so and there would have been no reason to respond to you.
First of all, there is no telling if he is Muslim. Secondly, the FBI tends to have more than one piece of evidence before making such a statement. But, by all means wait.
I'm not going to apologize for not trusting law enforcement.
I don't care. I think it's always good to have a bit of skepticism, but when facts slap you in the face you should realize it. Some times not everyone feels it.
Your responses suggest otherwise.
As I said, if I had known you wouldn't believe what anyone says, there would be no reason to respond
I'm not going to apologize for not trusting law enforcement.
And yet you respond.
Because I didn't know you believe in conspiracy theory. But, I will respond no further if it makes you feel better
Not sure where you got the idea that I "believe in conspiracy theory." That would mean that there's something unreasonable that I believe is true.
"Not taking the word of law enforcement as fact" doesn't mean that I believe something unreasonable. It means that a statement from law enforcement alone is not enough to convince me that that statement is true.
I'd argue that if you're willing to take statements from law enforcement as truth without corroboration, you're going to find yourself carrying water for fascists more often than you'd like.