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S.F. Housing Authority sued over failure to protect Muslim tenants
San Francisco Chronicle ^ | 12/10/7 | Marisa Lagos

Posted on 12/10/2007 7:38:55 AM PST by SmithL

A family of Pakistani immigrants living in San Francisco public housing was improperly denied an emergency transfer to another apartment after someone broke into their home, desecrated their Quran, defaced their passports and shredded their traditional clothing, according to a federal court lawsuit.

After the August 2005 incident - which took place during a time of intensified anti-Muslim sentiment in the country and while the San Francisco Housing Authority was under court order to better protect tenants from hate-motivated crimes - agency officials ruled that the break-in at Ashan Khan's apartment was a simple burglary and didn't qualify the family for an emergency apartment transfer, the family says.

According to the suit, which was filed Friday in U.S. District Court in San Francisco, Housing Authority officials also were slow to secure their apartment in the Potrero Terrace/Annex project after the incident to protect the Khans against future break-ins.

"I was really upset," said Khan, explaining - with the help of a translator - that he and his family were harassed from the time they moved in to the Potrero Hill housing development, first by neighbors who accused the Khans of being terrorists, then by threatening graffiti painted next to their front door depicting a man dressed like Khan with a gun to his head.

"We were afraid somebody was going to come back and hurt us," he said of the days and weeks after the Aug. 28, 2005, break-in and vandalism.

Gregg Fortner, the Housing Authority executive director, said he couldn't comment on the specific allegations, saying he had not seen the lawsuit and wasn't familiar with the incident or the Khan family's dealings with the agency in its aftermath.

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


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; US: California
KEYWORDS: attacklawyer; ropma; sanfranciscovalues; selfattack; yourtaxdollarsatwork
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Ashan Khan (right) poses with some of his children, (from left) Asif, Irfan, Bilal and Kaynat, in Santa Clara where they now live.
1 posted on 12/10/2007 7:38:58 AM PST by SmithL
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To: SmithL
How about getting a job and living where you want (or can afford)? When you take from the (infidel) man - it means he calls the shots on where you live.
2 posted on 12/10/2007 7:41:29 AM PST by 2banana (My common ground with terrorists - they want to die for islam and we want to kill them)
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To: SmithL

A couple of weeks from now, it will be discovered that they did it themselves, and the whole story will quietly drop off the radar.


3 posted on 12/10/2007 7:42:15 AM PST by RegulatorCountry
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A family of Pakistani immigrants living in San Francisco public housing was improperly denied an emergency transfer to another apartment

Sooooo, someone breaks into your apartment, you get to move into ANOTHER apartment? Is it a burgler free apartment?

4 posted on 12/10/2007 7:43:06 AM PST by Puppage (You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to say it)
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To: SmithL

He should let it be known that he is an incestual, pedophilic, crossdressing gay.

The Poofters in Sanfran would leave them alone then


5 posted on 12/10/2007 7:47:14 AM PST by digger48
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Immigrants are not supposed become public charges. Why are they living in public housing? Here is a reason why they shouldn't be:

What is an Affidavit of Support? If you are bringing a relative to live permanently in the U.S., you must accept legal responsibility for financially supporting this family member. You accept this responsibility and become your relative's sponsor by completing and signing a document called an Affidavit of Support. This legally enforceable responsibility lasts until your relative becomes a U.S. citizen or can be credited with 40 quarters of work (usually ten years.)

For whom is an Affidavit of Support required? You must complete and submit Form I-864 Affidavit of Support, if you are bringing a relative to the U.S. An Affidavit of Support is required for all immediate relatives of U.S. citizens, which include parents, spouses, and unmarried children under the age of 21, including orphans and relatives who qualify for immigration to the U.S. under one of the family-based preferences...

6 posted on 12/10/2007 7:50:29 AM PST by 3AngelaD (They screwed up their own countries so bad they had to leave, and now they're here screwing up ours)
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To: digger48
The Poofters in Sanfran would leave them alone then

The Potrero Hill projects are not filled with poofters. They are filled with, among some others, ignorant, violent racist thugs. That said, these immigrants are almost certainly committing jihad.

7 posted on 12/10/2007 7:52:23 AM PST by rogue yam
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To: SmithL

Ok, sooo.....a book was messed up, some papers were torn & some clothes got destroyed. Most men have a crazy “ex” story that tops that.


8 posted on 12/10/2007 7:52:24 AM PST by Sue Perkick (And I hope that what I’ve done here today doesn’t force you to have a negative opinion of me….)
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To: SmithL

Just why *are* immigrants in public housing? Under what status were they allowed in?


9 posted on 12/10/2007 8:00:45 AM PST by VeniVidiVici (No buy China!!)
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To: RegulatorCountry

That’s pretty much what happened last year when a mosque near my house was vandalized. The media dropped the story when it became obvious that it was an inside job.


10 posted on 12/10/2007 8:01:47 AM PST by Squawk 8888 (Is human activity causing the warming trend on Mars?)
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To: SmithL

Gee whiz, he might feel safer in, say....Pakistan...


11 posted on 12/10/2007 8:06:06 AM PST by shorty_harris
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To: SmithL

Public housing is an improvement to the usual SF circumstance of living in civic center park. Now if we can just remove inentives so that they will go to work.


12 posted on 12/10/2007 8:08:12 AM PST by purpleraine
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To: RegulatorCountry

That was my very first thought.

I know anything’s possible but to go to all that trouble...trashing the Koran, tearing up their special clothing....it just don’t ring true.

A burglar, or evil-doer in this case, breaks in and spends time finding all this stuff then wrecking it? Like I concur, your analysis that they did it themselves is likely correct or hey, maybe they hired someone to do it.


13 posted on 12/10/2007 8:08:47 AM PST by Fishtalk (If you liked the above post, remember I've got a Blog you might like to visit.)
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To: SmithL

They’ve got a big TV. Poor immigrants.


14 posted on 12/10/2007 8:38:54 AM PST by Theo (Global warming "scientists." Pro-evolution "scientists." They're both wrong.)
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To: SmithL

If things are going bad for you...just sue!


15 posted on 12/10/2007 8:47:43 AM PST by AngelesCrestHighway
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To: SmithL
which took place during a time of intensified anti-Muslim sentiment in the country

When was this? Did I miss it? Am I a bad conservative for not finding a mosque to desecrate? Are my credentials getting a black mark? Oh, dearie me!!!

16 posted on 12/10/2007 8:58:01 AM PST by Teacher317 (Eta kuram na smekh)
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To: Theo

They have got a big TV because taxpayers are picking up a portion of their housing costs.


17 posted on 12/10/2007 9:04:02 AM PST by 3AngelaD (They screwed up their own countries so bad they had to leave, and now they're here screwing up ours)
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To: RegulatorCountry

How did the invader find their passports and koran? I doubt they were next to each other or even in the same room.

How do you even establish where all of the damage occurred? Don’t you only check your passport when you get ready to travel internationally?


18 posted on 12/10/2007 9:05:43 AM PST by weegee (If Bill Clinton can sit in on Hillary's Cabinet Meetings then GWBush should ask to get to sit in too)
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To: Teacher317

There was intensified anti-Christian sentiment on 06-06-06, when churches across the country were desecrated but we aren’t supposed to point it out.


19 posted on 12/10/2007 9:08:04 AM PST by weegee (If Bill Clinton can sit in on Hillary's Cabinet Meetings then GWBush should ask to get to sit in too)
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To: weegee

Do I smell a hoax in here?


20 posted on 12/10/2007 9:22:05 AM PST by Wally_Kalbacken (Seldom right but never in doubt)
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