{"id":2241349,"date":"2024-05-09T20:34:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-10T00:34:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/man-who-stabbed-several-nypd-officers-with-machete-on-new-years-eve-sentenced-to-27-years\/"},"modified":"2024-05-09T20:36:00","modified_gmt":"2024-05-10T00:36:00","slug":"man-who-stabbed-several-nypd-officers-with-machete-on-new-years-eve-sentenced-to-27-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/man-who-stabbed-several-nypd-officers-with-machete-on-new-years-eve-sentenced-to-27-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Man sentenced to 27 years for stabbing NYPD officers on New Year&#8217;s Eve with machete"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fman-who-stabbed-several-nypd-officers-with-machete-on-new-years-eve-sentenced-to-27-years%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2241349&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Trevor Bickford, 20, was sentenced to 27 years in prison for attacking three New York police \u200bofficers with a machete-style knife in the name of jihad. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/portland-mayor-ted-wheeler-pepper-sprays-man-stalking-him-at-restaurant\/\" title=\"Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler Pepper Sprays Man Stalking Him At Restaurant\">incident occurred<\/a> on New Year&#8217;s Eve 2022 in Times Square,\u2063 where \u2063he shouted &#8220;Allahu Akbar&#8221; before injuring the officers. His goal was\u2063 to\u2063 target government workers, and the attack was thwarted by one\u2062 officer who shot him. The summary has\u2063 been rewritten as requested.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Trevor Bickford was sentenced on Thursday to 27 years in prison for attacking three <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/new-york\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>New York<\/a> police officers with a machete-style knife in the name of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/jihad\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>jihad<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>On New Year\u2019s Eve 2022, Bickford, 20, traveled from his home in Maine to New York City to execute his attack during the Times Square New Year\u2019s Eve festivities. Before executing the attack, Bickford screamed \u201cAllahu Akbar,\u201d a phrase used by radical Islamic groups while carrying out attacks, according to the Justice Department. He swung his blade at their heads, causing serious injury to all three, and he also attempted to grab one of the officer\u2019s guns. One of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/two-arab-gunmen-kill-two-in-israel-and-are-shot-dead-israeli-officials\/\" title=\"Two Arab gunmen kill two in Israel and are shot dead \u2013 Israeli officials\">officers managed<\/a> to shoot Bickford in the shoulder, putting a stop to the attack. <\/p>\n<figure><\/figure>\n<p>Later, at a hospital, Bickford reportedly told authorities that his attack was an attempt to wage jihad and that the \u201cgoal was to kill as many military-aged men who worked for the U.S. government as he could before himself becoming a martyr in the attack.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Months before the attack, Bickford had planned to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/seattle-man-arrested-at-airport-for-allegedly-trying-to-join-isis\/\" title=\"Seattle Man Arrested At Airport For Allegedly Trying To Join ISIS\">travel overseas<\/a> to Afghanistan and to support the Taliban in their effort to wage jihad against government officials he believed to be anti-Muslim. However, he decided against going overseas and instead focused on waging an attack in America. He consumed materials promoting the Taliban and\u00a0reflecting the teachings of Sheikh Abu Muhammad al Maqdisi, a prominent radical Islamic cleric who was a \u201cspiritual mentor of al Qaeda.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Following the attack, officers found a book from Bickford\u2019s backpack with the following passage highlighted: \u201cFight in the Name of Allah and in the Cause of Allah.\u00a0Fight against those who do not believe in Allah.\u00a0Wage a holy war.\u201d  <\/p>\n<p>A review of his cellphone found that Bickford made numerous Google searches on how to wage jihad. These searches included \u201chow often do the police patrol in NYC\u201d and \u201cNew Years Eve 2023 itinerary in New York City Times Square.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bickford, who is believed to suffer from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/how-to-show-lockdowns-are-killing-more-people-than-the-virus\/\" title=\"How To Show Lockdowns Are Killing More People Than The Virus\">mental illness<\/a>, was granted leniency by Judge Kevin Castel and his history of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rnc-chair-condemns-biden-abortion-policy\/\" title=\"RNC chair condemns Biden abortion policy\">mental health problems<\/a>, which include diagnoses of schizoaffective bipolar disorder and major depression syndrome including symptoms of mania and psychosis, including grandiosity and hallucinations.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Bickford\u2019s mother had\u00a0repeatedly sought help from police and hospitals, and less than a month before the attack, Bickford had told mental health professionals that he planned and intended to harm others.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m not a medical person, not here to judge the medical people who saw this and met with him, but it\u2019s disturbing to read these records,\u201d Castel said. \u201cIf his mother was listened to, her instincts were listened to, if the medical profession could look at things a little differently, this might not have happened.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trevor Bickford, 20, received a 27-year prison term for assaulting three NYPD officers with a machete-style knife in the name of jihad. On New Year&#8217;s Eve 2022, he journeyed from Maine to New York City to carry out the attack as part of the Times Square New Year&#8217;s Eve events<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2542,"featured_media":2241350,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/AP24007646934127-1024x683.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2241349","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/AP24007646934127-1024x683.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2241349","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2542"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2241349"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2241349\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2241350"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2241349"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2241349"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2241349"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}