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An Army veteran, a recent college graduate and a student who once won a poetry contest by condemning prejudice stirred up by the Sept. 11 attacks intervened as a man screamed anti-Muslim insults at two women in Portland, Ore., on Friday.
[...] Two of the men — Taliesin Myrddin Namkai Meche, 23, and Rick Best, 53 — died in the attack, which occurred on a commuter train. The third, Micah David-Cole Fletcher, 21, was treated on Saturday for injuries that the police said were serious but not life-threatening.
Jeremy Christian, 35, of North Portland, Ore., was charged with two counts of aggravated murder in the attack and could face additional charges when he is arraigned on Tuesday. Mr. Christian, who the authorities said had a history of making extremist statements on social media, was ranting at, and talking disparagingly about, the two women, one of whom was wearing a hijab.
Source: The New York Times
President Donald Trump has released his first official statement on the attack in Portland, Oregon, more than 48 hours after the two victims died.
"The violent attacks in Portland on Friday are unacceptable," Mr Trump tweeted. "The victims were standing up to hate and intolerance. Our prayers are w/ them."
Source: The Independent
Portland law enforcement leaders were tightlipped Saturday about the investigation into Friday's attacks that killed two men on a light rail train but a federal official did say it was too early to label the incident a hate crime.
[...] Loren Cannon, special agent in charge of the Portland FBI office, [...]
"It's too early to say whether last night's violence was an act of domestic terrorism or a federal hate crime," he said. "However, in the coming days, the FBI, PPB and the prosecutors will work together to share information, leverage resources and make determinations about future criminal charges."
[...] Leaders of the Muslim community said they were thankful for the men who gave their lives to save the girls from harm. They have raised $50,000 toward a goal of $60,000 to help support the victims and their families.
Source: The Oregonian
(Score: 2, Redundant) by NotSanguine on Tuesday May 30 2017, @11:01AM (4 children)
This should give you a better sense of how this goes. Not just in the US, but worldwide. Oh, and you're welcome.
http://www.globalresearch.ca/non-muslims-carried-out-more-than-90-of-all-terrorist-attacks-in-america/5333619 [globalresearch.ca]
No, no, you're not thinking; you're just being logical. --Niels Bohr
(Score: 3, Informative) by Runaway1956 on Tuesday May 30 2017, @04:21PM (1 child)
First, the article is rather dated - four years ago, a number of terror attempts had not yet been incubated. Published in January, and the Boston Marathon bombing happend four months later. Ooops - sorry, it has apparently been updated to include the Boston Marathon. But, then, the author(s) go on to discount that bombing as "murders", not terrorism. Do I need to go further to demonstrate that the article is terribly slanted in favor of a political view?
Second: The article attempts to segregate US born Muslims from Arabic Muslims, and further, to segregate Muslim terrorists from Arabia. To what purpose? If a native born white or black American who is Muslim shouts "Allah Akhbar!" during the commission of a terrorist act, he doesn't count as a Muslim? WTF? Again, the article is slanted in favor of a political view.
The article states, "Moreover, different groups have different agendas about how to classify the perpetrators", and then they fall into the trap of pushing an agenda. A Muslim is a Muslim, doesn't matter what color he is, what language he speaks, what kind of costume he wears, or what country he was born in. If a Muslim commits an act of terrorism, as the Tsarnaev brothers did, they are Islamic terrorists. They do not have to belong to some select club within Islam to qualify as an Islamic terrorist.
So, I smell political agenda in this article, and I go to Global Research "About" page. "Global Research Centre for Research on Globalization". Hmmmm. Right there, you have a giveaway. I am no globalist. Globalists are going to paint a rosy picture of a future with one world government (ultimately) with everyone on earth happily singing Kumbaya. I veiw globalization as a dystopia, no better than the world portrayed in the novel, '1984'.
Now, you do realize, I'm not enamored with the government's security theatre. I'm not happy about very much of the government's agendas, overseas. I was very unhappy about the invasion of Iraq, which directly led to the birth and growth of DAESH. There are a lot of things I don't like about the current state of affairs. But, I am adamantly opposed to globalization. And, you'll forgive me for not taking Global Research seriously.
No, Muslims are not responsible for every bad thing that happens in the US. But, Muslims are responsible for more than their fair share. And, Islam is incompatible with our form of government, our form of justice, our way of life. Islam grants liberty to exactly no one. While I am famous (or infamous) for opposing the gay rights movement, you have never heard me calling for gays to be thrown from the top of the Empire State building. Islam is a totalitarian form of government, which Islam wants to impose on you and I.
https://www.politicalislam.com/totalitarian-islam/ [politicalislam.com]
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday May 30 2017, @05:22PM
Again the mental black-hole calls the kettle black.
You complain that the center for global research which cites facts from the FBI and Interpol is biased.
And then you justify your bigotry by citing a website authored by a guy with a degree in physics [politicalislam.com] who has been widely identified as a guy who is cashing in on the anti-islam scam. [splcenter.org]
Clearly your citation a much higher alt-quality source.
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Tuesday May 30 2017, @04:33PM (1 child)
The link I gave you was an accident - it's one of several pages I had opened. This one is much better - https://www.politicalislam.com/political-islam-totalitarian-doctrine/ [politicalislam.com]
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 31 2017, @06:10PM
Yeah, that's what she said!
One cannot help but wonder if this is also true for all of Runaway2000's reference material.