The police in this case will have a hard time explaining that Youssef T was not a jihadi, but was mentally ill, but they will likely find a way. In any case, this is a frequent jihadi tactic. The Islamic State (ISIS) issued this call in September 2014:
So O muwahhid, do not let this battle pass you by wherever you may be. You must strike the soldiers, patrons, and troops of the tawaghit. Strike their police, security, and intelligence members, as well as their treacherous agents. Destroy their beds. Embitter their lives for them and busy them with themselves. If you can kill a disbelieving American or European — especially the spiteful and filthy French — or an Australian, or a Canadian, or any other disbeliever from the disbelievers waging war, including the citizens of the countries that entered into a coalition against the Islamic State, then rely upon Allah, and kill him in any manner or way however it may be….If you are not able to find an IED or a bullet, then single out the disbelieving American, Frenchman, or any of their allies. Smash his head with a rock, or slaughter him with a knife, or run him over with your car, or throw him down from a high place, or choke him, or poison him….
“‘I did it for ISIS’: Terror suspect crushes two police motorcyclists with his BMW in Paris leaving one in a coma,” by Peter Allen, MailOnline, April 27, 2020:
A suspected ISIS terrorist was under arrest in Paris last night after crushing two police motorcyclists at high speed between his BMW and a patrol car.
The horrifying attack took place in the northern suburb of Colombes shortly after 5.30pm on Monday and left one of the officers in intensive care.
The 29-year-old attacker, who is being referred to as Youssef T, has since admitted ‘I did it for ISIS,’ according to investigators speaking to the Parisien newspaper.
Searches at his home in Colombes and of his car uncovered ‘a letter explaining his action with possible terrorist motives’ and a knife.
The suspect was taken into custody for interrogation at a high security police station in the Paris area.
According to police sources, a man on a moped was first chased by a police motorbike unit carrying out roadside checks during the coronavirus lockdown.
He abandoned his two-wheeler and then fled in a Peugeot vehicle, leaving the police unit congregating outside a shutdown school.
It was then that the black BMW 1 Series arrived at high speed and crushed the two officers who were standing by their bikes and the patrol car.
‘One was trapped between a municipal police car and that of the madman,’ a source told Le Parisien.
Both officers were rushed away from the scene, with the worst injured going to the Beaujon Hospital at Clichy, where he was placed in an artificial coma.
Youssef was known to police, but not to France’s security services, according to the investigating sources.
A spokesman for the Synergie police union, who posted pictures of the accident on Twitter, said: ‘The perpetrator apparently has terrorist motivations which remains to be confirmed.
‘In any event, those who stigmatize police officers and designate them as targets are very largely responsible for these acts.’…