Monday, Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance Jr. announced the charges white supremacist James Harris Jackson faces for the killing of 66-year-old Timothy Caughman in New York City. And he has a lot of serious charges. CNN reports:
"James Jackson prowled the streets of New York for three days in search of a black person to assassinate in order to launch a campaign of terrorism against our Manhattan community and the values we celebrate," Vance said in a statement.
Vance said that Jackson chose Caughman at random and stabbed him repeatedly and publicly solely on the basis of his skin color.
Jackson was charged with murder as an act of terrorism in the first and second degrees, murder in the second degree as a hate crime, and three counts of criminal possession of a weapon. Jackson's attorney declined to comment.
Nothing can fix the irrevocable damage caused by this violence, but it’s slightly comforting to see that the system is working to hold Caughman’s killer accountable.