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Defendant in UNC attack apologizes for actions
AP Wire via NC News & Observer ^ | 6/11/07 | AP Wire

Posted on 06/12/2007 12:18:20 PM PDT by jebeier

The man accused of striking nine people when he drove a vehicle on the campus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill last year has apologized in a letter sent to the court. In the letter dated May 20 and sent to Orange County Superior Court, Mohammed Taheri-azar said he is "very sorry for the crimes which I committed in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, on March 3, 2006. I sincerely regret what I did on that day. Please release me from state custody so that I may pursue my goal of living a productive life in California."

Taheri-Azar, 23, said he hopes to work for his father's general contracting company in Anaheim, Calif., and "re-establish myself as a good, caring and productive member of society."

In the letter, Taheri-Azar also apologizes for his actions March 5 of this year in the courtroom, when he said he hated all Americans and Jews and called his attorney a moron.

"I ... apologize for my distasteful conduct in your courtroom on March 5, 2007. I promise you that I will never again in my life display such poor, ignorant behavior," he wrote.

Afterward, Public Defender James Williams said his client "has a severe mental illness."

Taheri-azar pleaded not guilty in January to nine counts of attempted first-degree murder and nine counts of felonious assault. He struck nine people as he drove a rented SUV through the Pit, a campus gathering spot.


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Note the soft-pedaling language of this piece. He "struck" the people while he "drove a vehicle on campus"...

Note the reality. He took his jeep off the road and drove it at high speed through a popular pedestrian plaza with the intent of killing as many people as possible.

1 posted on 06/12/2007 12:18:21 PM PDT by jebeier
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To: jebeier

“Please release me so that I can continue to wage Jihad against you stupid Infidels!”


2 posted on 06/12/2007 12:19:55 PM PDT by pacelvi
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To: jebeier

As this was a case of SJS, I expect the courts to release him immediately.


3 posted on 06/12/2007 12:20:19 PM PDT by The Blitherer (These are not dark days; these are great days - the greatest days our country has ever lived. -WSC)
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How freaking lame! He needs to hire a speech writer.
4 posted on 06/12/2007 12:20:30 PM PDT by AmericaUnited
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To: jebeier

Thanks for the apology... but apologies aren’t enough for CRIMINAL behavior. Into the slam, buddy-boy.


5 posted on 06/12/2007 12:20:56 PM PDT by theDentist (Qwerty ergo typo : I type, therefore I misspelll.)
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Note how the article implies that Mohammed Taheri-azar actually said these things, when in fact it is quoting extensively from a letter written to the judge.

Anybody who thinks Mohammed Taheri-azar actually wrote that letter might be interested in buying a time-share of the Brooklyn Bridge.


6 posted on 06/12/2007 12:20:58 PM PDT by jebeier (Never ascribe to malice what can be adequately explained by stupidity. But is stupidity sufficient?)
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Are you trying to discredit this man’s apology? Come on, where’s your compassion? /sarc


7 posted on 06/12/2007 12:21:27 PM PDT by guido911 (Islamic terrorists are members of the "ROP", the "religion of pu*&ies")
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Lock him up in a ‘snake pit’ and throw away the key.


8 posted on 06/12/2007 12:21:49 PM PDT by Roccus (People seldom do what they believe in. They do what is convenient....then repent.)
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I sincerely regret what I did on that day. Please release me from state custody so that I may pursue my goal of living a productive life in California.

Well, he said he was sorry. What more do you people want?

9 posted on 06/12/2007 12:22:11 PM PDT by SIDENET (If global warming is such a dire threat, then why do Libs still drive cars?)
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“Please release me from state custody”

He needs to be released all right . . . from being alive.


10 posted on 06/12/2007 12:22:31 PM PDT by Old Grumpy
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California is full. Stay in North Carolina.


11 posted on 06/12/2007 12:22:47 PM PDT by windcliff
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I only have 1 question:

Was he charged with a hate crime?


12 posted on 06/12/2007 12:23:19 PM PDT by conserv8ive1 (Rudy and the Bots...blasting off to oblivion.)
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Please release me from state custody so that I may pursue my goal of living a productive life in California trying to kill more infidels."
13 posted on 06/12/2007 12:23:36 PM PDT by TexasCajun
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To: jebeier
I sincerely regret what I did on that day. Please release me from state custody so that I may pursue my goal of living a productive life in California."

...must be taking Paris notes.....yeah, release the plug and send him to Iraq where he can earn his freedom

14 posted on 06/12/2007 12:23:39 PM PDT by Doogle (USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated)
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Are you trying to discredit this man’s apology?

Not only that, I'M QUESTIONING HIS PATRIOTISM!!!

15 posted on 06/12/2007 12:24:40 PM PDT by jebeier (Never ascribe to malice what can be adequately explained by stupidity. But is stupidity sufficient?)
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Oh? He apologized to the judge? OK, that makes it all better. Release him immediately. /sarc


16 posted on 06/12/2007 12:24:42 PM PDT by El Gran Salseron (Taxation WITH representation sucks, TOO!)
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“I promise you that I will never again in my life display such poor, ignorant behavior.”

And guess what Jerry Jihadi? We have a way of insuring just that. We call it PRISON.


17 posted on 06/12/2007 12:24:47 PM PDT by Right Cal Gal (Remember Billy Dale!!!)
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his client "has a severe mental illness."

ROP

18 posted on 06/12/2007 12:24:50 PM PDT by happygrl (Dunderhead for HONOR)
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To: SIDENET

“I promise you that I will never again in my life display such poor, ignorant behavior.”

And guess what Jerry Jihadi? We have a way of insuring just that. We call it PRISON.


19 posted on 06/12/2007 12:24:53 PM PDT by Right Cal Gal (Remember Billy Dale!!!)
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“Was he charged with a hate crime?”

If any of the victims were white Christians, then it’ can’t possibly be a hate crime.


20 posted on 06/12/2007 12:26:12 PM PDT by brownsfan (It's not a war on terror... it's a war with islam.)
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