Pathology Report Raises More Questions About FBI Fatal Shooting of a Detroit Imam
The controversy over the FBI’s fatal shooting of a Detroit imam last October may not go away any time soon.
The Detroit Free Press reports that a noted pathologist Dr. Cyril Wecht, who did a pathology report at the request of the Michigan Chapter of the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR), has raised many questions, but did not conclude whether the shooting was justified.
For one, Wecht found the Imam Luqman Ameen Abdullah was shot twice in the back, not once as the Wayne County Medical Examiner reported, the Free Press wrote. The FBI shot the imam 21 times after he shot and killed an FBI dog during a raid on a Dearborn warehouse where the imam was suspected of being involved in a stolen goods ring.
The pathologist also found that the imam had bites and claw marks from the FBI dog and that the dog fractured his jaw.
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Posted: June 3rd, 2010 under FBI, News Story.
Tags: Cyril Wecht, imam, Luqman Ameen Abdullah, Wayne County Medical Examiner
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