By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The Detroit Free Press reports some puzzling matters surrounding the death of Detroit imam Luqman Ameen Abdullah, who was shot and killed by four FBI agents during a raid in a suburban warehouse in Dearborn in October 2009. The paper reports that the four FBI agents were not interviewed by investigators…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The Justice Department announced Wednesday that the FBI agents who shot and killed Detroit imam Luqman Ameen Abdullah last October during a raid did not violate federal civil rights laws and did not “warrant further federal criminal investigation.” The announcement came nearly two weeks after the Michigan Attorney General concluded the…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A 300-page police report released Friday stated that 20 FBI agents and three others in law enforcement said they heard agents warn Imam Luqman Ameen Abdullah to show his hands or they’d send in a police dog, the Detroit Free Press reported. The report backed the conclusion this week by the…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The controversy over the FBI’s fatal shooting of a Detroit imam last October may not go away any time soon. The Detroit Free Press reports that a noted pathologist Dr. Cyril Wecht, who did a pathology report at the request of the Michigan Chapter of the Council on American Islamic Relations…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A highly respected and tenacious former Wayne County prosecutor, who prosecuted many high-profile cases, has been picked by the Michigan Attorney General to investigate the FBI’s fatal shooting last October of a Detroit Imam during a raid, the Detroit Free Press reported Monday. Attorney General Mike Cox picked former Wayne County…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Federal agents shot a Muslim imam 21 times and then handcuffed him during an October FBI raid in Dearborn, a Detroit suburb, a yet to be released autopsy report concluded, according to the Detroit Free Press. Free Press reporter Ben Schmitt, who attributed the information to a “person familiar with the…
