Posted on 05/31/2013 5:51:40 PM PDT by lowbridge
A U.S. attorney in Tennessee is reportedly vowing to use federal civil rights statutes to clamp down on offensive and inflammatory speech about Islam.
Bill Killian, U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Tennessee, was quoted by the Tullahoma News this week suggesting that some inflammatory material on Islam might run afoul of federal civil rights laws.
"We need to educate people about Muslims and their civil rights, and as long as we’re here, they’re going to be protected," Killian told the newspaper.
Killian, along with the FBI special agent that runs the Knoxville office, are set to speak next week to a special meeting with the local Muslim community, informing them about their rights under federal law.
"This is an educational effort with civil rights laws as they play into freedom of religion and exercising freedom of religion," Killian said about the meeting. "This is also to inform the public what federal laws are in effect and what the consequences are."
Killian pointed to a recent controversy where a local Tennessee politician posted a photo of a man aiming a shotgun at the camera with the caption "How to wink at a Muslim."
(Excerpt) Read more at politico.com ...
Arrgghhh. Don’t remind me. I will say again-this crap has got to be stopped.
Meet the Islamists Who’ve Infiltrated the Media:
http://creepingsharia.wordpress.com/2013/05/31/meet-the-islamists-whove-infiltrated-the-media/
Mr. US Attorney Killian, you can KMA.
Hey Killian - pervert Muslims sodomized and murdered Ambassador Stevens. So screw you moron.
Yet another asshole attacking the 1st Amendment.
Feh.
You’re lucky. I have to atone for all the damned Kennedys, John Kerry, Barney Frank, Ed Markey, Cowan, Gerry Studds, Menino, Deval, Elizabeth Warren, and the list just goes on.
Living in this state, I sometimes feel like one of Alexandr Solzhenitsyn’s zeks who continually gets “tenners” added on for just being a prisoner.
Never seems to stop.
British Infidels Shoot The Koran http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLzN7IxdhrA
He's proposed the cure right there.
Orders from Holder and 0bama. Eff the camel hosers.
Scouts Out! Cavalry Ho!
I am so damn sick of these threats.
And Obama is the muzzie turd burglar in charge.
Please - aside from making snappy comments... Tomorrow - PLEASE Phone Barrage your Representative in the U.S. House and your Senators and TELL them - this threatened invasion of our 1st. Amendment Rights is NOT TOLERABLE and to curtail this dictator who works for Eric Holder - our so called Attorney General ... This is an OUTRAGE!!!!
FR Members - this is an occasion where shutting this nonsense down NOW is worth a thousand street protests later. Call your House Rep tomorrow and your Senators ... Make an issue of this ... shut it down ...
Romney was the leader of the anti-Conservative crowd... I voted for Romney KNOWING HE WOULD LOSE - because he represented NO ONE... just another out of touch RINO ...
Anti-Muslim speech can be punished? So can tyranny.
Good luck enforcing this when millions will join in
“What about anti-Christian speech?”
What about it? Those pansy Christians won’t kill a few people to show that they’re serious about imposing their beliefs on all others.
“What about the 1st Amendment?”
Well, what about it? Allah never ratified such a piece of trash.
www.tullahomanews.com/?p=15360
“Group sets meeting to increase tolerance of Muslims, culture”
Posted on Tuesday, May 21, 2013 at 1:15 pm
CITY EDITOR
Brian Justice
SNIPPET: “A special meeting has been scheduled for the stated purpose of increasing awareness and understanding that American Muslims are not the terrorists some have made them out to be in social media and other circles.
“Public Disclosure in a Diverse Society” will be held from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. on Tuesday, June 4, at the Manchester-Coffee County Conference Center, 147 Hospitality Blvd.
Special speakers for the event will be Bill Killian, U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Tennessee, and Kenneth Moore, special agent in charge of the FBI’s Knoxville Division.
Sponsor of the event is the American Muslim Advisory Council of Tennessee — a 15-member board formed two years ago when the General Assembly was considering passing legislation that would restrict those who worship Sharia Law, which is followed by Muslims.
Killian and Moore will provide input on how civil rights can be violated by those who post inflammatory documents targeted at Muslims on social media.”
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