I’ve compromised by moving this to Lurid Crime Tales now that we know how crazy Mr. Green became. But because he considered himself a devout Muslim, I’m leaving this as Page 2: WoT Background unless there’s a good reason to move it to Non-WoT.
[WashingtonPost] " ’I’m sorry but I’m just going to go and live and be homeless,’ " Brendan Green said the text read. "Thank you for everything that you’ve done. I looked up to you when I was a kid. You inspired me a lot."Less than 24 hours later, Capitol Police said a man crashed his vehicle into two officers at a barricade outside the Capitol before getting out of the car and charging them with a knife. At least one officer opened fire, fatally wounding him. Several people familiar with the investigation identified the suspect as Noah Green.
Noah Green, who was in his early 20s, was remembered as a stalwart defensive back on the Christopher Newport University football team before he slid into deep religiousness
...we learnt yesterday that Mr. Green filed a petition in Marion County Court on December 8, 2020 to change his name from Noah Ricardo Green to Noah Zaeem Muhammad.....
and paranoia that left family and friends concerned about his mental state in recent years.Family and friends said he blamed former teammates and roommates for drugging him with Xanax in 2019, which one teammate said most people regarded as unmoored from reality. Noah Green felt the episode left him addicted to the drug and suffering withdrawal symptoms.
Noah Green moved out into his own apartment in Newport News, but he continued to suffer hallucinations, heart palpitations, headaches and suicidal thoughts that could have been related to drugs or mental illness, his brother said.
Brendan Green said that Noah suddenly abandoned his Newport News apartment one day and moved to Indianapolis, saying that the drugs had inspired him to go there. When he was in Indianapolis, Noah Green began to tell his brother that people were breaking into his apartment.
Brendan Green flew to Indianapolis to make sure his brother was safe. The apartment seemed secure, he said, but his brother’s "mind didn’t seem right."
A couple of months ago, Noah Green left Indianapolis and moved to Botswana, according to his brother.
The CIA World Factbook approves of how well Botswana is run, but the population is primarily Christian with very few Muslims. Probably none are Nation of Islam, a uniquely American heresy, though one that received millions of dollars of financial support from Moammar Khadaffy.
While in Botswana, Noah Green told his brother that "his mind was telling him to basically commit suicide." He told his brother that he had jumped in front of a car and was so badly injured that he had surgery at a hospital. Brendan Green saw bruises and scars on his brother’s body.About two weeks ago, Noah Green called Brendan Green asking for help, crying and saying he was "in a really bad situation and in really bad shape," Brendan said. He asked to move in with Brendan, and the brother obliged.