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Semi driver cited after rolling over graves at Abraham Lincoln VETERANS cemetery
HEARALD NEWS -Joliet ^ | Jan. 6, 2016

Posted on 01/07/2016 1:59:46 PM PST by KeyLargo

Semi driver cited after rolling over graves at Abraham Lincoln VETERANS cemetery

Updated: Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2016

ELWOOD - Elwood police have cited a truck driver after he allegedly entered the Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery and ran an 18-wheel semitrailer over the graves of three veterans.

Disobeying the "No Truck" signs posted at the entrance to the cemetery off Route 53, the driver told police he was traveling Monday afternoon to a warehouse located at the nearby intermodal facility operated by CenterPoint Properties, according to a news release from Elwood initiative Safe Roads Illinois.

Identified by Elwood Police Chief Fred Hayes as Faraz Namdari, 43, of Chicago, the driver rolled the truck over the graves, narrowly missing several headstones, the release stated. Namdari was stopped by cemetery staff who notified police.

(Excerpt) Read more at theherald-news.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; US: Illinois; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: abrahamlincoln; cemetery; chicago; desecration; faraznamdari; graves; illinois; joliet; military; veterans
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Identified by Elwood Police Chief Fred Hayes as:

FARAZ NAMDARI, 43, of Chicago

Police issued three citations to Namdari. He was cited with disobeying a 5-ton weight limit sign, operating an over-length truck and spilling debris on the roadway.

1 posted on 01/07/2016 1:59:46 PM PST by KeyLargo
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To: KeyLargo
FARAZ NAMDARI

Quelle surprise. /s

2 posted on 01/07/2016 2:03:04 PM PST by dfwgator
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To: KeyLargo

This one probably isn’t too hard to figure out.


3 posted on 01/07/2016 2:03:50 PM PST by ryderann
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To: Darksheare

But my GPS sez this is Home Depot!


4 posted on 01/07/2016 2:04:18 PM PST by null and void (Not quite parallel, more like skew...)
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To: KeyLargo

Faraz Namdari


5 posted on 01/07/2016 2:08:07 PM PST by Tennessee Nana
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To: KeyLargo

Intermodal is the PC term for container hauler.

The worst trained (if at all) drivers on the road.


6 posted on 01/07/2016 2:09:44 PM PST by datura (Proud Infidel)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...
Faraz Namdari, 43, of Chicago, ...Illinois
It's a Hate Crime and an act of Islamofascist terrorism.


7 posted on 01/07/2016 2:10:35 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Here's to the day the forensics people scrape what's left of Putin off the ceiling of his limo.)
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To: KeyLargo

Deport him. He doesn’t love our country and therefore has absolutely no business being here

Prosecute whoever employs him along with him

We are done with these people and their enablers. Trump is not putting up with this after he gets in. And that is why people flock to his rallies


8 posted on 01/07/2016 2:12:16 PM PST by stanne
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To: dfwgator

9 posted on 01/07/2016 2:13:01 PM PST by KeyLargo
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To: datura

No. Deport him. He’s not a bad driver. He hates this country.


10 posted on 01/07/2016 2:13:15 PM PST by stanne
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To: datura

The term “intermodal” goes back at least to the 1950s. I wouldn’t call it politically correct.


11 posted on 01/07/2016 2:14:47 PM PST by NorthMountain ("The time has come", the Walrus said, "to talk of many things")
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To: ryderann

The muzzie driver assumed that U.S. war dead from Iraq & Afghanistan are buried there. This of course enraged him.

But at the very last second he veered from actually smashing headstones, like the Libyans did to Italian war graves near Tripoli.

Dry run?


12 posted on 01/07/2016 2:17:02 PM PST by elcid1970 ("The Second Amendment is more important than Islam.")
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To: null and void

ex-Amish?
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3377764/posts


13 posted on 01/07/2016 2:17:39 PM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: SunkenCiv

Truck driver desecrates veterans’ graves

Jonn Lilyea January 7, 2016 33 Comments

Elwood, Illinois Police have arrested Faraz Namdari, of Chicago for driving his semi-truck over the graves of veterans at the Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery acording to the Herald News;

Disobeying the “No Truck” signs posted at the entrance to the cemetery off Route 53, the driver told police he was traveling Monday afternoon to a warehouse located at the nearby intermodal facility operated by CenterPoint Properties, according to a news release from Elwood initiative Safe Roads Illinois.

There is no motivation given in the article, but an earlier, more local source caught the police chief speculating about the driver’s motivations;

Hayes also told WJOL that he’s never seen anything like this in all his years in law enforcement, “I’ve got to tell you, this was very blatant, to the point were I felt this person was intentionally trying to degrade the grave sites of our fallen veterans and our national cemetery. If I were able prove that he’d receive more then citations.”

Your mileage may vary, but I think the Chief is on to something.

http://thisainthell.us/blog/?p=63704


14 posted on 01/07/2016 2:18:07 PM PST by KeyLargo
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To: KeyLargo

ruh roh, he gonna be disappeared for thinking logically and saying it out loud


15 posted on 01/07/2016 2:21:27 PM PST by SparkyBass
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To: elcid1970

“The muzzie driver assumed that U.S. war dead from Iraq & Afghanistan are buried there”

Yes, there is a large section there with graves of those war dead.

http://www.cem.va.gov/cems/nchp/abrahamlincoln.asp


16 posted on 01/07/2016 2:29:42 PM PST by KeyLargo
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To: SparkyBass

“This is a travesty that demonstrates a complete lack of respect to our veterans when truckers ignore signs, illegally drive through a national veterans cemetery and run over this sacred burial ground,” said Elwood Police Chief Fred Hayes. “The Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery prides itself on providing solemn, respectful burials for our beloved veterans who gave their time, effort, and, in some cases, their lives for our country. Maintaining respect for our honored veterans is of the utmost importance and in return for their sacrifices, they - at the very least - deserve an undisturbed resting place.”

http://freepressnewspapers.com/main.asp?SubSectionID=18&ArticleID=14796&SectionID=18


17 posted on 01/07/2016 2:34:43 PM PST by KeyLargo
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To: KeyLargo

“Elwood, Illinois Police”

Is that close to Jake?


18 posted on 01/07/2016 2:39:55 PM PST by Dr. Bogus Pachysandra (Don't touch that thing Don't let anybody touch that thing!I'm a Doctor and I won't touch that thing!)
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To: stanne

VIDEO NEWS REPORT:

Semi runs over veterans’ graves at Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery

Posted 5:54 PM, January 5, 2016, by Patrick Elwood, Updated at 09:29pm, January 5, 2016

http://cltv.com/2016/01/05/semi-runs-over-veterans-graves-at-abraham-lincoln-national-cemetery/

http://wgntv.com/2016/01/05/semi-runs-over-veterans-graves-at-abraham-lincoln-national-cemetery/


19 posted on 01/07/2016 2:43:22 PM PST by KeyLargo
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To: KeyLargo

I rest my case.

Nothing new about Muslims desecrating the graves of “infidels”.


20 posted on 01/07/2016 2:44:09 PM PST by elcid1970 ("The Second Amendment is more important than Islam.")
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