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Instead of jail, Minnesota judge orders ISIS recruit to 'rehab'
American Thinker ^ | 08/25/2015 | Rick Moran

Posted on 08/25/2015 7:04:44 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

Can a Mulsim fanatic who wanted to join ISIS be "de-radicalized" so that he's no longer a threat to society?

A Minnesota judge thinks so. He ordered Abdullahi Yusuf, who pleaded guilty to giving material support to terrorism, to leave jail and report to a halfway house where a counselor would presumably deprogram him.

Oh - the half way house has absolutely no experience in "deradicalizing" Muslim terrorists.

Daily Beast:

Abdullahi Yusuf of Minnesota was allowed to depart from jail and stay at a halfway home after he pleaded guilty to conspiring to provide material support to the so-called Islamic State widely known as ISIS in January. (Yusuf was stopped at the airport trying to fly to Turkey in May 2014, at age 18.) Once inside the halfway home, Yusuf was to be “de-radicalized” through regular meetings with a counselor whose curriculum looked more like a high-school civics course than religious deprogramming.

His attorney proposed de-radicalization program and Judge Michael Davis approved it over prosecutors’ objections. In a memorandum, the assistant U.S. attorneys trying Yusuf’s case reiterated their concerns about this program for Yusuf, because they said he had evaded his parents’ supervision and lied to authorities. Nevertheless, Judge Davis released him with an electronic monitoring device around his ankle.

Yusuf was assigned a bed at a halfway house in St. Paul where he could only leave for approved activities—like meetings with his mentors from a civics group called Heartland Democracy.

Heartland director Mary McKinley said she was not exactly sure why Yusuf’s proposal was granted, other than maybe it “just made sense.”

“On the other hand, it was also a surprise that any kind of access was given,” she said. “But I think it says a lot about what the U.S. attorney and the community were trying to do.”

(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Minnesota; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: isis; minnesota; terrorism
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1 posted on 08/25/2015 7:04:44 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind
Yeah, this sounds like a good idea...


2 posted on 08/25/2015 7:07:23 AM PDT by econjack (I'm not bossy...I just know what you should be doing.)
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To: SeekAndFind

he will recruit the tight sphintered do gooder left wing wacko girls


3 posted on 08/25/2015 7:09:14 AM PDT by bert ((K.E.; N.P.; GOPc.;+12, 73, .. Iran deal & holocaust: Obama's batting clean up for Adolph Hitler)
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To: SeekAndFind

More insanity.....should have lottery on how long it takes this POS to kill folks


4 posted on 08/25/2015 7:09:50 AM PDT by CGASMIA68
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To: SeekAndFind

This judge is a prime example as to why the West is very susceptible to these lunatics. Too many people, who have achieved positions of authority and power, lack the moral certitude and will to defend the culture and enforce the borders. They are crypto Marxists who like their leader Obama believe in one world/no borders.


5 posted on 08/25/2015 7:10:06 AM PDT by allendale
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To: SeekAndFind

Liberals are so stupid it must continuously hurt their brains to be them.


6 posted on 08/25/2015 7:13:38 AM PDT by Don Corleone ("Oil the gun..eat the cannoli. Take it to the Mattress.")
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To: SeekAndFind

When Abdullahi finally carries out his jihad the judge should receive the punishment the terrorist would receive if caught.


7 posted on 08/25/2015 7:15:44 AM PDT by subterfuge (Minneseeota: the laughingstock of the nation - for lots of reasons!)
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To: SeekAndFind

He was cured alright.

8 posted on 08/25/2015 7:15:50 AM PDT by Opinionated Blowhard ("When the people find they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.")
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To: SeekAndFind

You can’t change a peso either. Maybe start off with women teachers and lots of pork in the diet.
They would have to have no right to practice their religion.


9 posted on 08/25/2015 7:18:38 AM PDT by A CA Guy ( God Bless America, God Bless and keep safe our fighting men and women.)
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10 posted on 08/25/2015 7:19:13 AM PDT by SWAMPSNIPER (The Second Amendment, a Matter of Fact, Not A Matter of Opinion)
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To: SeekAndFind

Another liberal judge about to get people killed.


11 posted on 08/25/2015 7:19:33 AM PDT by headstamp 2
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To: SeekAndFind

Good idea, Judge. Send a psychopath to the very people who create psychopaths... shrinks.


12 posted on 08/25/2015 7:20:34 AM PDT by Seruzawa (All those memories will be lost,in time, like tears in rain.)
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To: A CA Guy

Can’t change a pedo.


13 posted on 08/25/2015 7:21:17 AM PDT by A CA Guy ( God Bless America, God Bless and keep safe our fighting men and women.)
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To: econjack

Another Somali monster, loose in Minnesota.


14 posted on 08/25/2015 7:22:28 AM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks ("If he were working for the other side, what would he be doing differently ?")
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To: SeekAndFind
Could give new meaning to the term “half-way” when he decides to go all Bugs Bunny Hassan Chop on his fellow bunkies.

....snorkel...snorkel..

15 posted on 08/25/2015 7:24:19 AM PDT by JEDI4S (I don't mean to cause trouble...it just happens naturally through the Force!)
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To: SeekAndFind

Dear Judge, Next time make it actually mean something, maybe order a Gender Reassignment Surgery for the Terrorist’s instead.


16 posted on 08/25/2015 7:26:11 AM PDT by eyeamok
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To: SeekAndFind

Abdullahi Yusuf should move into the house next door to the judge, or next door to the judge’s children or grandchildren.


17 posted on 08/25/2015 7:26:14 AM PDT by From The Deer Stand
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To: allendale

IF this Islamist goes on to murder and mayhem Some folks MIGHT consider it justice if the same murder and mayhem were visited on him and his family. Some MIGHT feel that way.


18 posted on 08/25/2015 7:46:39 AM PDT by LeonardFMason (LanceyHoward would AGREE)
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To: SeekAndFind

Deport


19 posted on 08/25/2015 7:59:18 AM PDT by Insigne123 (It is the soldier, not the community organizer, who gives us freedom of the press)
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To: SeekAndFind

Hope this doesn’t stand. It’s a horrible precedent.

You won’t make a cake for a gay wedding. No more fines. Reahb instead.

Complaint against you for protesting at an abortion clinic. It would have been thrown out before (or maybe you violated a noise ordinance or no-speech-zone so a small fine). Not any more - now it’s rehab for you.

Carry a legal gun into a city where they don’t like guns and have an unconstitutional law against them. Rehab.

Just think of all the cases where a judge can decide you “think wrong” and need to be deprogrammed.


20 posted on 08/25/2015 7:59:20 AM PDT by LostPassword
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