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Police exploring background of Seattle man arrested in vehicle attack outside L.A. synagogue
L.A. Times ^ | NOV 26, 2018 | JAMES QUEALLY

Posted on 11/27/2018 12:32:04 PM PST by Mr. Mojo

Authorities are trying to determine the motivations and background of a 32-year-old Seattle man who allegedly tried to run down two men outside of a synagogue in Hancock Park last week in an attack that police have described as a hate crime.

Mohamed Mohamed Abdi was arrested outside of Congregation Bais Yehuda in the 300 block of La Brea Avenue Friday night and held on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon after he yelled a number of anti-Semitic insults and barreled his car toward the two men around 9 p.m., Los Angeles Police Department Deputy Chief Horace Frank said.

Abdi was driving a rental car past the synagogue when he began yelling profanity at a group of worshipers near La Brea and Oakwood Avenues, Frank said.

Concerned by Abdi’s actions, two men walked away from the larger group but kept their eyes trained on Abdi, who then made a U-turn and ran a red light while accelerating toward them, Frank said. The two men managed to evade him, and Abdi crashed into a parked car a short time later.

“That monitoring, that vigilance, saved their lives,” LAPD Chief Michel Moore said at a news conference Monday.

No one was injured at the scene, and Abdi is being held in lieu of $55,000 at Men’s Central Jail downtown, police said. A knife was found in Abdi’s car, but Frank said police do not believe he owns any firearms.

Frank expects the LAPD will ask the Los Angeles County district attorney’s office to pursue assault charges against Abdi. The department is working in conjunction with the FBI’s Los Angeles field office to investigate Abdi, and federal prosecutors may consider possible hate crime or domestic terror charges against him.

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


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; US: California; US: Washington
KEYWORDS: california; islam; israel; jerusalem; letshavejerusalem; losangeles; mohamedabdimohamed; seattle; somali; somalia; waronterror; washington
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Mohamed Mohamed Abdi, native of Mogadishu

Authorities are trying to determine the motivations and background

Hmmmm...yeah, that's a real head-scratcher there.

1 posted on 11/27/2018 12:32:04 PM PST by Mr. Mojo
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Mohamed Mohamed Abdi

Surely he’s from an Amish enclave! /S

2 posted on 11/27/2018 12:34:43 PM PST by Road Warrior ‘04 (Boycott The NFL! Molon Labe! Oathkeeper)
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“...trying to determine the motive-—”

Yeah. Uh... Have them give me a call.

I can help them out with that.


3 posted on 11/27/2018 12:37:16 PM PST by William of Barsoom (In Omnia, Paratus)
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...Mohamed Mohamed Abdi...

...tried to run down two men outside of a synagogue...

Yup, it's a mystery all right.

4 posted on 11/27/2018 12:37:36 PM PST by Yo-Yo (Is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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To: Mr. Mojo

Bad breaks.....


5 posted on 11/27/2018 12:38:33 PM PST by gathersnomoss (Grace and Dignity Will Win The Day)
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To: Mr. Mojo

Lack of rack and pinion steering....


6 posted on 11/27/2018 12:39:25 PM PST by gathersnomoss (Grace and Dignity Will Win The Day)
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Authorities are trying to determine the motivations and background of a 32-year-old...Mohamed Mohamed Abdi

If only there was SOME clue as to what motivated this Boy Scout to attack Jews. It's sooo hard!

7 posted on 11/27/2018 12:40:00 PM PST by pgkdan (The Silent Majority STILL Stands With TRUMP! WWG1WGA)
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Flies we’re covering his face and eyes...


8 posted on 11/27/2018 12:40:10 PM PST by gathersnomoss (Grace and Dignity Will Win The Day)
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Background? Well, he was Somali

That pretty much sums it up.


9 posted on 11/27/2018 12:45:29 PM PST by PGR88
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"Authorities are trying to determine the motivations and background of a 32-year-old Seattle man who allegedly tried to run down two men outside of a synagogue..."

Well, for starters his name is Mohamed Mohamed Abdi. There's your first clue Sherlock.

10 posted on 11/27/2018 12:45:50 PM PST by Desron13 (Inside every progressive is a petty tyrant straining to break free.)
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11 posted on 11/27/2018 12:46:57 PM PST by Leaning Right (I have already previewed or do not wish to preview this composition.)
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To: Leaning Right

+1


12 posted on 11/27/2018 12:48:33 PM PST by rockrr ( Everything is different now...)
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WHY is this A$$HOLE in the United States?


13 posted on 11/27/2018 12:53:36 PM PST by A strike (Import Third World become Third World)
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To: A strike

Certainly a difficult mystery. But if they didn’t want their readers to solve it, they wouldn’t have put the perp’s name up front like that. I’d give them a little credit.


14 posted on 11/27/2018 12:57:30 PM PST by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: Mr. Mojo

C’mon, he’s just another “Economic Refugee”


15 posted on 11/27/2018 12:57:52 PM PST by A_Former_Democrat ("Mods/Indies/Dems/Non-voters" JOBS or MOBS? Are CRAZY DIMS REALLY who you want BACK in POWER?)
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16 posted on 11/27/2018 12:59:42 PM PST by bagster ("Even bad men love their mamas".)
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To: Yo-Yo

Why would a guy named Mohamed Mohamed Abdi with an IQ of 70 hate Jooze? Really puzzling, that one! < / sarcasm >


17 posted on 11/27/2018 1:00:00 PM PST by Vigilanteman (The politicized state destroys all aspects of civil society, human kindness and private charity.)
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To: Mr. Mojo

We may never know his true motive


18 posted on 11/27/2018 1:00:57 PM PST by Phil DiBasquette
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Strip him of his citizenship, drop him in Mog.


19 posted on 11/27/2018 1:02:04 PM PST by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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Motive: extreme jealousy and resentment of an exceptional culture...


20 posted on 11/27/2018 1:03:35 PM PST by GOPJ (Watch for our survival: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPjzfGChGlE)
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