US police shoot dead Muslim student 'high on magic mushrooms'

[Falcon29]

Sad incident, but he's responsible for drug effects. There is no excuse for drug usage. Drugs are dangerous and prohibited in Islam.

 

[Djinn]

nope its not clear. May be you are muslim, so I think it feels like they are after you all the time.
I think number of muslim death is completely insignificant (wholly different issue when airport security is involved) compared to black (massive) and hispanics (significant).
I dont have stats to prove, I am basing on news stories I hear coming from US, but yeah if you got stats, I would totally agree with you.

I'll rest my case on the fact that, had a Muslim man killed some other person in US, media response would have been quite different and his religion would have been the center of attention.

 

[livingdead]

I'll rest my case on the fact that, had a Muslim man killed some other person in US, media response would have been quite different and his religion would have been the center of attention.

I totally agree with that bit.

 

[Steve781]

You must be that racist white guy. There is enough and mounting evidence of American police' trigger happy approach to black men and those from other minorities. DO some research then comment.

Black men get shot most often because they attack police officers most often. Michael Brown was a violent man with an extensive criminal history who one night stupidly decided to push his luck.

 

[NaMaloom]

Black men get shot most often because they attack police officers most often. Michael Brown was a violent man with an extensive criminal history who one night stupidly decided to push his luck.

And you know this how? Please provide us all with evidence that black men attack police officers more often. IF you cannot, get your racist c*nt out of here.

 

[livingdead]

this is an interesting movie, for those who have rarely seen armed police. To know whats going on in their mind. @jamahir

 

[TankMan]

Why would anyone bother tasing or shooting someone who's just fallen two stories? Either he tried to attack them in his drug-induced trance or the US police are getting increasingly trigger happy. Either way, there's a reason drugs are forbidden in Islam. So you don't jump out of windows or attack armed, trigger happy police officers.

 

[Steve781]

And you know this how? Please provide us all with evidence that black men attack police officers more often. IF you cannot, get your racist c*nt out of here.

Are you seriously suggesting to me that there are no variations in crime across ethnic groups in the United States or any other country? I know there is here and I'm pretty sure there is in Canada as well.
If the US police are so biased on race then why don't they ever shoot Chinese and Koreans?
Of course none of this applies to the young man mentioned in this article who by most accounts was a generally good citizen.

 

[NaMaloom]

Are you seriously suggesting to me that there are no variations in crime across ethnic groups in the United States or any other country? I know there is here and I'm pretty sure there is in Canada as well. If the US police are so biased on race then why don't they ever shoot Chinese and Koreans?

Waiting for your evidence that black men attack police more often. Don't gimme other silly smokescreen points and false equivalence tactics. Chinese and Koreans aren't BLACK.

 

[Dubious]

RIP poor kid!

 

[Chinese-Dragon]

Chinese and Koreans aren't BLACK.

Blackenese?

 

[unbiasedopinion]

Witnesses said Feras Morad, 20, had reportedly taken magic mushrooms for the first time at a party in Long Beach, California, and appeared to be walking around like a ‘bird with a broken wing’.

According to a witness account, Morad became confused and unresponsive and was “asking friend what he was doing” after which he jumped through a second-storey window.

Morad received a ‘deep gash’ from going through the glass and hitting the concrete below, following which his friends called in the police.
Upon their arrival, the young Muslim boy was tasered and subsequently shot dead by the officers.

The family of the boy confirmed that they received the news over Facebook due to the failure of the police, hospital and LA county coroner’s office to inform them.
Police said that the student had been acting ‘threateningly’ and refused to comply with officers, who then utilised “an electronic control device, an impact weapon and physical force to gain compliance,” according to a statement.
The police statement, however, became questionable as testimonies were posted online disputing the police version of the story.

A statement posted on the Justice4Feras Facebook page says he was “shirtless, without any weapon, bleeding from multiple wounds, and possibly suffering head trauma from the fall when officers made their demands”.

It further added that he did not physically swing, attack, or verbally indicate aggression toward the police officer or anyone else but was unable to comply because he was confused and injured “like a bird with a broken wing hobbling around in the house”.

Witness reports said that there was no fight between Morad and the police, just the police officer trying to subdue him.

As friends were removed from the scene by emergency personnel, they continued to scream that Feras was unarmed and in need of help as the unnamed police officer fired three shots, all on target.
A nationally-ranked debater at high school, Morad’s family had high hopes of him becoming an attorney general who would represent victims of police brutality.

It was further reported that Morad had a 3.9 GPA at Moorpark College, and friends on the Facebook page said he was also a good army cadet.

“He wasn’t supposed to be shot, even if he did something, if he was under the influence, he should not have been shot, he does not harm anyone,” said Morad’s father, Amr Morad.
“I knew Feras and enjoyed spending time with him and arguing politics with him. The world lost a good and decent man who was very kind and smart,” wrote Eric Smith in a tribute to the promising student online on the page.

“At a time when he desperately needed a police officer to protect and serve him, a cop decided it was better to shoot him and kill him. He deserved better and it is the job of all who knew him to tell the world what happened,” he added.
Another close friend, Lisa Michelle Bran, wrote, “Wow I went to school with him and had a pleasure of knowing him and having class with. Prayers go out to his family.”

It was confirmed by Ohad Yeger that “he was a good cadet and I always saw him as a rival, we had countless arguments trying to better one another and in the process I had motivation to be a better person, he challenged me intellectually and dared me to do better and I’ll never forget that.”
US police shoot dead Muslim student 'high on magic mushrooms' - The Express Tribune

Muslim or non muslim, this is totally beastly act. Guilty police officer should be charged after investigation.

It is becoming very common of US police taking very strict methods even shooting where its not even required. Another case of a Gujarati old man few months ago who is now left with paralyzed body.

It is very high time, police in US start introspecting else there are amply examples where in their own black population are against them and can lead to major revolt against them.

 

[jamahir]

this is an interesting movie, for those who have rarely seen armed police. To know whats going on in their mind. @jamahir

thanks... and jake gyllenhaal was on "graham norton show" to talk about this film... but someone else on that show another time mentioned that jake and other male lead actors asked to be tazed "to get the feel".

 

[livingdead]

thanks... and jake gyllenhaal was on "graham norton show" to talk about this film... but someone else on that show another time mentioned that jake and other male lead actors asked to be tazed "to get the feel".

interestingly.. I saw the same(bit) interview and got interested. Quite nice movie.

 

[jamahir]

interestingly.. I saw the same(bit) interview and got interested. Quite nice movie.

oh... it is a small word indeed.