Michigan CAIR Questions FBI Shooting of Radical

El Bad Guy
Luqman Ameen Abdullah


The Michigan chapter of the Council of American Islamic Affairs (CAIR) is still up in arms over the fact that the FBI killed a radical Muslim activist who had openly encouraged his followers to shoot police. In late October 2009, Luqman Abdullah, a separatist imam, tried to put his own advice into action as he pulled a gun and shot at FBI agents coming to arrest him-killing the FBI dog in the process. Abdullah was shot to death. Other suspects who were with him and surrendered were not harmed. The below article is courtesy of the Investigative Project on terrorism.

http://www.investigativeproject.org/1897/cairs-great-responsibility-dodge

So now, CAIR is complaining about the fact that Abdullah was shot 20 times and that FBI photos show him face down (after being shot) and handcuffed. Is that suspicious?

No. Here's why from one who has been in a police shootout (with DEA).

First of all, had Abdullah obeyed commands to surrender, he would be alive today. Instead, he chose to shoot it out- a bad decision. When a bad guy is confronted with several agents and chooses to shoot it out, he can only expect that all the agents (assuming they have a clear line of fire) will return fire multiple times. In other words, there is nothing unusual about each agent firing off several rounds in response. They will keep firing until the threat is stopped. That is why Abdullah had 20 bullet wounds. The fact that almost all his wounds were to the trunk or head is not suspicious. Cops or agents are not trained to shoot at the arms or legs. They are trained to aim at center mass, or in some extreme cases, the head. That is the surest way to stop the threat. Shoot to kill? Absolutely. When the decision to shoot is made, it is because the cop or agent feels that his/her or someone else's life is in immediate danger.

Secondly, when a shooting suspect is down, it is sound procedure to immediately handcuff him behind his back until it is certain that he is dead and can do no more damage.

I also see from one of IPT's links on the story that CAIR has called in Pittsburgh pathologist Cyril Wecht to examine the details of the autopsy. If you watch cable talk programs, you have undoubtedly seen Wecht. He is a publicity hunter who is also a hired gun, hired by people in high-profile deaths. Usually, when he appears on TV, he can be counted on to question the official findings and say that something smelled fishy. So it won't be surprising if Wecht does the same thing here.

I also note that CAIR has teamed up with the usual suspects, the ACLU and the National Lawyers Guild, an outfit that was created in the late 1930s as a legal arm of the Communist Party USA. They'll join any cause that tries to make American society look bad.

As for CAIR honcho Dawud Walid, he should have better things to do than worry about some crazy, violent, gun-toting radical who preached nothing but hatred, separatism and shooting cops. Abdullah was no credit to the Detroit Muslim community, and CAIR does no good to its already dubious reputation by taking up this issue.

Bottom line? When confronted by law enforcement, just obey their commands and you'll be fine. Try to shoot at a cop, you can expect to die.