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Nation Of Islam Furious With Police
ABC7-Oakland ^
| November 26, 2005
| Erin McCallister
Posted on 11/27/2005 8:07:51 AM PST by zaxxon
The members of the Muslim Group Nation of Islam are furious at the Oakland police department for what they say is racial profiling. They spoke out Saturday after hearing the way police describe a dozen men who vandalized two liquor stores in Oakland.
Minister Tony Muhammad, Nation of Islam: "That is racial, as well as religious profiling at its' worst."
Members of leader Louis Farrakhan's Nation of Islam are outraged. They say Oakland police jumped to conclusions when watching surveillance video showing 12 men in suits and ties walking into a liquor store in West Oakland and trashing it. It is one of two stores hit just minutes apart, the men smashing refrigerators and liquor bottles, telling store employees they shouldn't be selling alcohol to African-Americans.
Police confirmed the men who vandalized the stores are black Muslims and say it's a matter of time before they're identified.
Minister Tony Muhammad, Nation of Islam: "Well, if you know who they are, arrest them and bring them to justice. But don't cast a wide net of suspicion over those of us who try to live a righteous life. Just because men dress in suits and ties don't mean all the black men in suits and ties are gang members or thugs, nor do we go and vandalize store merchants."
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government; US: California; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: borderlanguage; ca; culture; domesticterror; enemywithin; islam; jihad; muslimterrorists; mylawyerwillnowspeak; noi; oakland; sanfrancisco; terrorism; time2fightback; zebra; zebrakillings
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posted on
11/27/2005 8:07:52 AM PST
by
zaxxon
To: zaxxon
It's way past time for the RICO Statutes to be used against the NOI.
L
2
posted on
11/27/2005 8:09:01 AM PST
by
Lurker
("Son, there's only two things you need in this world; love and a .45.")
To: zaxxon
Naw...it was the local chapter of the Pee Wee Herman Fan Club....
Idiots.
3
posted on
11/27/2005 8:09:22 AM PST
by
Brian Mosely
(A government is a body of people -- usually notably ungoverned)
To: zaxxon
They are going to keep going with this 'profiling' V.S. until it reaches the point where they can only use "stick men" drawings on 'Wanted' posters.
Descriptions of perps are getting way too generic to be of any use.
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posted on
11/27/2005 8:11:20 AM PST
by
capt. norm
(Beware of the "White-Flag Democrats"...we all know who they are.)
To: zaxxon
Hey Farrakan...go screw yourself, you wierd little toad...
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posted on
11/27/2005 8:11:28 AM PST
by
nevergore
(“It could be that the purpose of my life is simply to serve as a warning to others.”)
To: zaxxon
Yawn. More muslim outrage.
6
posted on
11/27/2005 8:11:56 AM PST
by
doodad
To: zaxxon
Members of leader Louis Farrakhan's Nation of Islam are outraged. Gosh, and they're normally so happy go lucky!
7
posted on
11/27/2005 8:11:59 AM PST
by
Coop
(FR = a lotta talk, but little action)
To: zaxxon
Smoke...Fire...get the pic, "Minister"??
8
posted on
11/27/2005 8:12:20 AM PST
by
JRios1968
("Cogito, ergo FReep": I think, therefore I FReep.)
To: zaxxon
That earlier SFChronic article left open the possibility that this was the work of a rival NOI sect in Oakland. If you do any reading about the history of the Nation and it's many splinters you'll find that internecine violence has been par for the course with them since their earliest days.
9
posted on
11/27/2005 8:12:41 AM PST
by
sinanju
To: Brian Mosely
Minister Tony Muhammad, Nation of Islam: "Well, if you know who they are, arrest them and bring them to justice. But don't cast a wide net of suspicion over those of us who try to live a righteous life. Just because men dress in suits and ties don't mean all the black men in suits and ties are gang members or thugs, nor do we go and vandalize store merchants."
Methinks though doest protest too much...Or something like that...
To: capt. norm
They are going to keep going with this 'profiling' V.S. until it reaches the point where they can only use "stick men" drawings on 'Wanted' posters.Yeah, and even then those stick figures better not be printed in black ink!
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posted on
11/27/2005 8:12:55 AM PST
by
yankeedame
("Oh, I can take it but I'd much rather dish it out.")
To: zaxxon
"That is racial, as well as religious profiling at its' worst."Describing black men as black men is so darn racist. I see his point.
12
posted on
11/27/2005 8:13:05 AM PST
by
Dog Gone
To: zaxxon
why is this in breaking news?
13
posted on
11/27/2005 8:13:07 AM PST
by
CzarNicky
(The problem with bad ideas is that they seemed like good ideas at the time.)
To: nevergore
Yes, racism is a horrible thing. By the way how many non-black members are there in the Nation of Islam?
To: zaxxon
wide net of suspicion
The police for some reason thought that the twelve NOI adherents might be hanging out with other NOI adherents.
I can't imagine why they would have come to that conclusion.
Surely they would have had better luck searching white people's homes up in the hills. ;-)
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posted on
11/27/2005 8:15:01 AM PST
by
cgbg
(MSM and Democratic treason--fifty years and counting...)
To: Brian Mosely
More likely it was Jooooos in black face out to slander the Farrakaniacs.
16
posted on
11/27/2005 8:15:47 AM PST
by
trek
To: CzarNicky
why is this in breaking news?
Because they broke stuff,duh.
17
posted on
11/27/2005 8:16:15 AM PST
by
keat
(Who the f___ is I. Lewis Libby?)
To: zaxxon
Show me a black person who thinks he has any business being a muslim and I'll show you somebody who's never come within 100 yards of a history book.
18
posted on
11/27/2005 8:16:18 AM PST
by
gungafox
To: zaxxon
Nation Of Islam Furious With Police
And this is news???
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posted on
11/27/2005 8:16:19 AM PST
by
COBOL2Java
(The Katrina Media never gets anything right, so why should I believe them?)
To: trek
It wasn't perhaps these guys...
20
posted on
11/27/2005 8:16:38 AM PST
by
Dark Skies
("The sleeper must awaken!")
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