Clothing
Met police concedes forcing woman to remove hijab at airport was wrong (LINK ONLY)
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Law Enforcement
Clothing
Wife, burqa-wearing husband busted in $1M Hudson Yards jewelry heist
(NY Post) A married couple was busted in Brooklyn for a $1 million Hudson Yards jewelry heist in which the male suspect donned a burqa, police said Friday. Patrick and Ernestine Preville, both 29, were arrested on Thursday at their Canarsie, Brooklyn, […]
Government & Politics
Migrants, police in fresh clashes at Turkey-Greece border
(AFP) Brief clashes broke out at Turkey’s border with Greece on Friday, where thousands of refugees have been encouraged by Ankara to leave for the European Union. Greek police fired tear gas at migrants trying to break through the fence, who responded […]
Government & Politics
Turkey: Elite police going to stop Greece’s migrant pushback
(AP) Turkey is sending elite special operations police to the border to stop Greek officers from driving back people who try to cross over to Europe, Turkish authorities said Thursday. Thousands of refugees and other asylum-seekers have tried to enter Greece from […]
Law Enforcement
Man gets 5 1/2 years for lying to FBI in probe of Texas attack
(AP) A witness in the investigation of a 2015 attack on a Prophet Muhammad cartoon contest in suburban Dallas was sentenced Tuesday to 5 1/2 years in prison for making a false statement to FBI agents and tampering with a witness. Authorities […]
Law Enforcement
Two men arrested in connection with attack on prison officer (LINK ONLY)
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Immigration
Police fire tear gas at migrants in Greece
(AFP) Police fired tear gas at protesting [migrants] on Monday on Lesbos, a Greek island on the frontline of the migrant crisis, an AFP photographer said. Sordid conditions in the camp of Moria, one of the most overpopulated in Europe, triggered the […]
Academics & Education
University of Maryland student arrested after hate bias incident
(WMAR) A University of Maryland student was arrested and charged after a hate bias incident occurred. On December 12, 2019, around 11:30 a.m., UMPD was notified of a hate bias incident that occurred on December 10, 2019, around 8:18 p.m. A female […]
Discrimination & “Islamophobia”
NJ Muslims blast Mike Bloomberg as he defends NYPD surveillance in their communities
(Bergen Record) Muslim Americans and civil rights organizations are condemning comments Michael Bloomberg made defending a years-long mass surveillance program when he was New York City mayor. Bloomberg said the surveillance in mosques, schools and Muslim-owned businesses in New York and New […]
Government & Politics
Greece pushes back migrants after Turkish border ‘onslaught’
(Reuters) Greek police fired teargas to push back hundreds of stone-throwing migrants trying to cross the border from Turkey on Saturday, as a crisis over Syria shifted onto the European Union’s doorstep. Greece, which has tense relations with Turkey, accused Ankara of […]
Government & Politics
Muslim group denounces Bloomberg’s ‘lies’ over NYC surveillance programme police were forced to stop (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
Bloomberg defends Muslim surveillance policy post-9/11
(Hill) Former New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg (D) on Thursday defended surveillance of U.S. Muslims conducted by authorities after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, calling it a necessary response. In an interview with PBS Newshour‘s Judy Woodruff, the 2020 presidential candidate explained […]
Demonstrations
Greek islanders stage new protests over migrant camps
(AFP) More than 1,000 people rallied on the Greek island of Lesbos on Thursday to protest against new migrant camps, a day after violent clashes left more than 60 injured, mostly police officers. Lesbos businesses and unions called for a general strike […]
Demonstrations
Dozens injured in fresh Greek protests over migrant camps
(AFP) Hundreds of protesters on the Greek island of Lesbos on Wednesday threw stones at police who responded with tear gas, stun grenades and rubber bullets, an AFP photographer said, on a second day of demonstrations against the construction of new migrant […]
Internet
Paris police attacker ran web search on killing ‘infidels’ before rampage: source
(Reuters) A police employee who fatally stabbed four colleagues in the force’s Paris headquarters ran an online search for “how to kill infidels” an hour before he rampaged through the building, a judicial source said on Wednesday. Data on the cell phone […]
Law Enforcement
Man arrested in Toronto hammer attack now facing terrorism-related charge Saad Akhtar, 30, charged with 1st-degree murder in death of Scarborough woman
(CBC) A man who was arrested in connection with the death of a 64-year-old woman in Toronto on Friday is now facing a terrorism-related charge. Police said Tuesday that Saad Akhtar, 30, of Toronto had his charges updated to first-degree murder including terrorist activity. […]
Law Enforcement
Man, 20, arrested in Worthing on suspicion of terrorism offences (LINK ONLY)
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Children & Teens
France: Muslim on trial for beating wife, daughters for not wearing hijab
(Breitbart) A 35-year-old Muslim man in the commune of Cavaillon is facing trial after being accused of domestically abusing his wife and daughters who refused to wear an Islamic veil. The man, who defines himself as a traditionalist Muslim, is said to […]
Discrimination & “Islamophobia”
Muslim advocates demand Bloomberg apologize for NYPD spying program
(Religion News) Calls are growing for Mayor Mike Bloomberg to apologize for his role in the New York Police Department’s long-running warrantless surveillance of area Muslims, which has seen renewed scrutiny since Bloomberg announced his candidacy for Democratic presidential nominee. A coalition […]
Academics & Education
NJ Muslims on presidential candidate Bloomberg: ‘He doesn’t know the hurt he caused’
(Bergen Record) Even before he arrived at his job at Fort Dix one recent morning, Army Sgt. Syed Farhaj Hassan had already been bombarded by a Michael Bloomberg ad about gun control on television, and a radio piece about Bloomberg’s tenure as […]
Discrimination & “Islamophobia”
Mike Bloomberg’s outreach to Arab Americans, Muslims in Michigan stirs debate
(Detroit Free Press) Mike Bloomberg’s outreach to Arab American and Muslim communities in metro Detroit has sparked an intense debate, with some criticizing him over his past support of surveillance of their population in New York City when he was mayor. This […]
Children & Teens
Police raids as families of Islamic State still stuck in freezing Syrian camp
(Sydney Morning Herald) Police have raided homes in Sydney and Melbourne in an attempt to gather evidence against some of the 67 family members of Islamic State fighters living in a Syrian refugee camp. The Australian Federal Police has stepped up investigations […]
Academics & Education
Former Dem lawmaker removed from Tlaib event after asking about anti-Semitism
(Fox) Campus police removed former Democratic New York Assemblyman Dov Hikind from an event at Rutgers University Sunday afternoon, after Hikind asked guest speaker Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., about past comments he believes to be anti-Semitic. The event, titled “A Global Crisis: […]
Law Enforcement
Junior police ‘must make split-second decisions on terrorists’ (LINK ONLY)
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Law Enforcement
FBI document reveals local and state police are collecting intelligence to expand terrorism watch list
(Yahoo News) Despite a federal judge’s ruling last September that the U.S. government’s terror watch list violates constitutional rights, an FBI report obtained by Yahoo News shows local and state law enforcement agencies are being used to gather intelligence on individuals to […]
Children & Teens
Two arrested in Rotherham on suspicion of FGM offences
(Rotherham Advertiser) A man and a woman have been arrested in Rotherham on suspicion of facilitating female genital mutilation (FGM). Police said the arrests came after a woman attended a police station in Rotherham and reported she had been subjected to FGM, […]
Law Enforcement
Streatham attack: Sudesh Amman was not marked ‘man-to-man’
(BBC) Britain’s most senior police officer has said the Streatham attacker was able to stab people despite being under surveillance because such operations are not “man-to-man marking.” Met Police commissioner Cressida Dick told a committee that Sudesh Amman was under “covert” police […]
Law Enforcement
Met Police’s Assistant Commissioner Neil Basu admits: We can’t trail all terror suspects because there’s too many (LINK ONLY)
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Children & Teens
Orders made to protect Rotherham children from forced marriage
(Rotherham Advertiser) Vulnerable children at risk of forced marriage have been given the protection of full court orders. Initial proceedings began last autumn over the group of youngsters, which includes boys and girls. The orders are a safeguarding tool to help police […]
Law Enforcement
French barracks attacker was a trainee soldier
(Reuters) A man who attacked officers with a knife in a French police barracks was a trainee soldier, officials said, in the second case in four months of a violent assault by someone from within France’s security services. The assailant struck on […]
Immigration
French police clear last north Paris migrant camp ‘overrun by rats’
(AFP) French police on Tuesday cleared the last migrant tent camp in northeast Paris, moving 427 people to shelters as part of a plan to take migrants off the streets. The migrants, who included four women, were living in 266 tents and […]
Demonstrations
Greek island police fire tear gas at protesting migrants
(AFP) Police on the Greek island of Lesbos on Monday fired tear gas at hundreds of migrants protesting against tougher new asylum rules, officials said. Brandishing makeshift signs with the word “freedom,” some 2,000 men and women walked out of the overpopulated […]
Law Enforcement
French police shoot barracks intruder following attack warning
(Reuters) Police shot and wounded a man armed with a knife after he attacked officers inside a police barracks in eastern France on Monday. Shortly before the knifeman struck the police facility in Dieuze, near Metz, the local police operations center received […]
Law Enforcement
Streatham attacker was released amid fears he felt terrorism ‘justified’ (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
Questions for investigators over surveillance of attacker (LINK ONLY)
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Law Enforcement
Streatham attacker freed from jail days ago after terror conviction (LINK ONLY)
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Children & Teens
French elite branded cowards for deserting girl who insulted Islam (LINK ONLY)
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Law Enforcement
Alleged al-Qaida leader arrested in Phoenix, accused of killing two Iraqi police officers
(Arizona Republic) An Iraqi man who is alleged to have been the leader of a group of al-Qaida terrorists has been arrested in Phoenix, according to federal officials. Ali Yousif Ahmed Al-Nouri, a 42-year-old Phoenix resident, is wanted to stand trial in […]
Arts & Entertainment
A suburban filmmaker sued to find out why the FBI was watching her Muslim community ‘It’s weird to read how they wrote about us’
(Chicago Tribune) Since 2016, documentary filmmaker Assia Boundaoui has been waiting for answers from the FBI to one question: Which parts of her Arab American community in Bridgeview were surveilled after 9/11? After a court hearing last week, she learned she will […]
Immigration
French police clear hundreds from Paris migrant camp
(AFP) Police moved hundreds of migrants from a makeshift camp in northern Paris early on Tuesday, the latest attempt to discourage asylum seekers from living in the streets of the French capital. Police said 1,436 people — including 93 children and 1,187 […]
Government & Politics
FBI reviewing claims Ilhan Omar married her brother
(NY Post) The Federal Bureau of Investigation is reviewing claims Rep. Ilhan Omar married her brother, the Post has learned. Two FBI agents held an hours-long meeting in Minnesota in mid-October with a concerned party who handed over a trove of documents […]
Law Enforcement
Suspect arrested in anti-terrorist operation in Épinal
(RTL) RAID and police units have been deployed in Épinal since Thursday morning, due to the suspected presence of explosive devices. A large-scale operation was carried out on rue Victor Hugo in Épinal this Thursday morning. Territorial intelligence had raised the alarm as to […]
Law Enforcement
Convicted NYC bomber gets life term for New Jersey shootout
(AP) An Afghan-born U.S. citizen already serving life in prison for a bombing in New York City was sentenced Friday to an additional life term for a shootout with police in New Jersey as he attempted to avoid arrest in 2016. State […]
Children & Teens
French teenager in hiding after insulting Islam online (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
Terror alarm as UK drags Scotland out of EU security databases (LINK ONLY)
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Children & Teens
$160K settlement for Somali teens detained by Mpls. park police
(MPR) The families of four Somali teenagers detained by Minneapolis park police in 2018 are splitting a $160,000 settlement after lodging a human rights complaint over the officers’ handling of the incident. Bystanders recorded part of the incident, showing the boys being […]
Deradicalization
Terrorism laws to get tougher within weeks, government vows
(BBC) Terror offenders will face more time in jail and be monitored more closely as part of new laws being introduced within weeks, the government has said. Automatic early release from prison will be scrapped for terror offenders while a minimum jail […]
Law Enforcement
French police arrest seven for terror plot
(AFP) Security forces on Monday arrested seven men believed to be planning a terror attack in France and preparing to travel to conflict zones in Iraq and Syria, sources close to the case told AFP. [They] were detained by France’s DGSI domestic […]
Children & Teens
Raids without warrants: Denmark unveils tough new anti-jihadist proposals
(Local) The government is to work for tough new laws on citizens convicted of foreign militant activity, but is likely to be challenged by parties to its left. Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, along with Minister of Justice Nick Hækkerup and Minister for […]
Clothing
Columbus police may reconsider hijab ban
(Columbus Dispatch) Columbus police Chief Thomas Quinlan said this week that he is open to taking another look at the division’s ban on head coverings for religious reasons. The ban made headlines in 2015 after a female police recruit left the Columbus […]