Top Prosecutor Says He’s Investigating FBI Shooting of Chechen immigrant

Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Orlando’s top prosecutor pledged to review the fatal shooing of a Chechen immigrant in his condo during an FBI interrogation, The Associated Press reports. The news comes the same week Ibragim Todashev’s father arrived in Florida with the intention of suing the bureau for his son’s death. State Attorney Jeff Ashton said…

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As FBI Investigates Shooting Death of Chechen Man in Florida, Bureau Rarely Finds Agents at Fault

Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com  The FBI said it’s vigorously investigating whether an agent was justified in shooting to death a Chechen man in Orlando, Fla., over his ties with the Boston Marathon bombing suspects. The New York Times reports that the FBI investigated 150 shootings by agents between 1993 and 2011 and each time the agent…

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Chechen Immigrant Fatally Shot by FBI in Orlando Had Ties to Boston Marathon Bombing Suspect

Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A Chechen immigrant fatally shot by an FBI agent in Florida had connections to one of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects, the Associated Press reports. Ibragim Todashev has a lot in common with bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev, who was killed during a shootout with police. He has Chechen roots, experience with mixed…

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