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Urooj Rahman and Colinford Mattis are the two lawyers from New York who made Molotov cocktails and drove around in a minivan looking to hand them out to protesters. At one point, Rahman got out of the van and threw one at the dashboard of an NYPD vehicle. No one was inside and no one was injured but the car was destroyed. The whole thing was caught on video making it pretty much an open and shut case. For several weeks Rahman and Mattis, through their attorney, have been arguing to be released on bail and yesterday they succeeded:...

On Friday the two Brooklyn-based lawyers facing federal charges for allegedly throwing Molotov cocktails into a NYPD cruiser during the riots are back in federal custody after an appeals court reversed the bail decision. According to Legal Insurrection the two domestic terrorists were ordered back to jail. They are a danger to the public.

DENVER -- A 23-year-old Pakistani citizen who has been detained by immigration authorities since shortly after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks was sentenced Friday to time served. Armoghan Absar Rizvi pleaded guilty to falsely claiming U.S. citizenship on a job application. His attorney said he is likely to be deported next week. Rizvi was a senior at Regis University before he was arrested and detained. Rizvi's brother, Arsalan Absar Rizvi, 27, pleaded guilty earlier this month to a federal charge of illegal ownership of a rifle. He also was sentenced to time served and ordered deported. In addition, the elder ...