A New York man has been charged with attempted murder for brandishing a knife-claw at protesters and telling them: ‘I’ll kill you’ – before driving his SUV along the sidewalk and attempting to hit them.
Frank Cavalluzzi, 54, confronted protesters in the Whitestone area of Queens.
Well-known to the police, and with a history of making threats on social media, Cavalluzzi is seen brandishing a knife claw and threatening the Black Lives Matter demonstrators before ramming his car at them.
Melinda Katz, Queens district attorney, said it was ‘amazing’ that no one was killed in the incident.
He was arraigned on charges including attempted murder in the second degree, attempted assault in the first and second degree, reckless endangerment in the first degree, menacing in the second degree, endangering the welfare of a child and criminal possession of a weapon in the fourth degree.
‘In a burst of anger and rage, this defendant allegedly sought to kill protesters who were peacefully assembled and exercising their right to free speech,’ said Katz.
‘No one at any time should infringe upon another’s Constitutionally-protected freedoms and doing so with the intent to injure and maim is criminal.’
Cavalluzzi’s Facebook page shows his support for Donald Trump and a series of gun rights groups.
The day before the attack Cavalluzzi posted on Facebook that someone had robbed his van, and threatened to ‘burn their house to the ground’.
In the week prior to his attack he seemed to be growing increasingly furious as protests mounted, tweeting: ‘I still have that bullet in the chamber, and several others for the rest of the scum trying to take down my constitution’.
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Italians destroyed Whitestone when they arrived in the 1970s, blowing up each others cars – Willets and Union were littered with blown up car wrecks. They are the savages, to use a term they use, “white niggers”, Sicily is closer to Africa than Europe. Do you remember in 1985 when the old geezer put oil to get the dragsters to crash? Before 1800 most slaves were brought here on Italian ships. During the pandemic they tried to run over anyone wearing a mask in Whitestone. Look at the freak they elected to City Council. The teacher who heads their Tea Party proclaims she doesn’t like to READ.