NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) – Readily available smart technology was used by the domestic terrorist who pulled off a deadly New Year’s Day attack in the French Quarter, according to the FBI. Security experts say it was an example of how some technological advances can present new challenges for law enforcement.
Before Shamsud-Din Jabbar mowed down innocent revelers with a truck on Bourbon Street, he first reconnoitered the street months earlier using camera-equipped eyeglasses, according to the FBI.
“Jabbar was wearing a pair of Meta glasses when he conducted the attack on Bourbon Street, but he did not activate the glasses to livestream his actions that day,” said Lyonel Myrthil, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI’s New Orleans field office…