I hear
there is a video. The Boston authorities are being transparent with
those involved. And I also believe this is a very difficult time in the
USA. I don't approve of Pamela Geller She propagates real problems for
this country and this is probably one of them.
The title to the CNN article is "What we know and don't know." So it is very important the public, especially the neighborhood, stay involved until we know more.
The thing is this. Our problems in the USA is to end violence. There is a lot violence in the USA. When an American, in this case a woman and in other cases a late preacher, are overtly bigoted it causes a reaction. The reaction isn't normally good.
We have a problem with racism. So, Mr. Rahim could easily have been afraid of police, especially with Ms. Geller carry on the way she does, and decided to carry a knife. Was he so frightened within his own person to brandish a knife and carry out attacks on police?
It is realistic the Boston authorities were concerned about Mr. Rahim as similar attacks have occurred.
Now, we have a very difficult, but, more a very dangerous paradigm of minorities and Muslims living in the USA.
If you want to make a parallel to Ms. Geller, bring in Daesh. Now we have anger in the Middle East out of control because the problems are real. I was reading there is a movement to continue the anti-Ba'athist movement in Iraq. Does anyone actually expect the Ba'athists to disappear? Now, there is an entire political movement that is discriminating against people that were once considered part of the Saddam government. Okay, so under Saddam the Ba'athists were horrid and feared.
It has been a long time since Saddam Hussein was found, tried and executed. Every Ba'athist between here and hell are now galvanized to destroy every other nation. Where are we all going with this?
So in this short essay if you will, I covered Boston, Geller, a religiously bigoted preacher, Iraq and the Ba'athists. Wow. But, in the age of the internet and considering the USA still has a racist problem those are the dynamics at play here.
What then do we do as Americans? First we stand by allies. I believe there has to be non-violent solutions sought as well as any that might require otherwise. Domestically, we need to stand with CIVILITY and a resolve to end violence. We have to come to understand and BELIEVE the police are not perfect and sometimes the stuff they pull is not only a manipulation of the law, but, down right illegal with a dead victim at the end of their actions.
But, we also have to understand the police are human beings and are very important. I don't know Boston to have problematic police and this is a major USA city where these authorities are paid well and have good benefits. Cities like Boston are going to have the cream of the crop in their police department.
Boston has had some terrible and horrific deaths within the understanding of terrorism and how it manifests in the USA. The police are correct is worrying about a man that was reported to be planning an attack. They were correct in having a presence to discourage any violence against them or the public.
I am very confident as this unfolds and the authorities come forward with information we will not only know more but will have an understanding of the entire circumstance and how all this resulted. I am also sure if the circumstances prove to carry brevity to significant mistakes and Boston doesn't believe there were wrongful events, the federal authorities will review it.
This is the way it is in the USA. We live, at least I do, to end violence within the borders of the USA and find peace globally. It is not naive. The more people living on Earth, the more and more important peace becomes as war will kill many multiples of people and the greatest tragedy is the death of the innocent, especially children who haven't lived long enough to defend their own generation and shape their world.
June 4, 2015
By Ben Brumfeld
CNN
Soon after Usaamah Rahim (click here) was killed by officers earlier this week, questions arose about his shooting death and his alleged terror plot.
The title to the CNN article is "What we know and don't know." So it is very important the public, especially the neighborhood, stay involved until we know more.
The thing is this. Our problems in the USA is to end violence. There is a lot violence in the USA. When an American, in this case a woman and in other cases a late preacher, are overtly bigoted it causes a reaction. The reaction isn't normally good.
We have a problem with racism. So, Mr. Rahim could easily have been afraid of police, especially with Ms. Geller carry on the way she does, and decided to carry a knife. Was he so frightened within his own person to brandish a knife and carry out attacks on police?
It is realistic the Boston authorities were concerned about Mr. Rahim as similar attacks have occurred.
Now, we have a very difficult, but, more a very dangerous paradigm of minorities and Muslims living in the USA.
If you want to make a parallel to Ms. Geller, bring in Daesh. Now we have anger in the Middle East out of control because the problems are real. I was reading there is a movement to continue the anti-Ba'athist movement in Iraq. Does anyone actually expect the Ba'athists to disappear? Now, there is an entire political movement that is discriminating against people that were once considered part of the Saddam government. Okay, so under Saddam the Ba'athists were horrid and feared.
It has been a long time since Saddam Hussein was found, tried and executed. Every Ba'athist between here and hell are now galvanized to destroy every other nation. Where are we all going with this?
So in this short essay if you will, I covered Boston, Geller, a religiously bigoted preacher, Iraq and the Ba'athists. Wow. But, in the age of the internet and considering the USA still has a racist problem those are the dynamics at play here.
What then do we do as Americans? First we stand by allies. I believe there has to be non-violent solutions sought as well as any that might require otherwise. Domestically, we need to stand with CIVILITY and a resolve to end violence. We have to come to understand and BELIEVE the police are not perfect and sometimes the stuff they pull is not only a manipulation of the law, but, down right illegal with a dead victim at the end of their actions.
But, we also have to understand the police are human beings and are very important. I don't know Boston to have problematic police and this is a major USA city where these authorities are paid well and have good benefits. Cities like Boston are going to have the cream of the crop in their police department.
Boston has had some terrible and horrific deaths within the understanding of terrorism and how it manifests in the USA. The police are correct is worrying about a man that was reported to be planning an attack. They were correct in having a presence to discourage any violence against them or the public.
I am very confident as this unfolds and the authorities come forward with information we will not only know more but will have an understanding of the entire circumstance and how all this resulted. I am also sure if the circumstances prove to carry brevity to significant mistakes and Boston doesn't believe there were wrongful events, the federal authorities will review it.
This is the way it is in the USA. We live, at least I do, to end violence within the borders of the USA and find peace globally. It is not naive. The more people living on Earth, the more and more important peace becomes as war will kill many multiples of people and the greatest tragedy is the death of the innocent, especially children who haven't lived long enough to defend their own generation and shape their world.
June 4, 2015
By Ben Brumfeld
CNN
Soon after Usaamah Rahim (click here) was killed by officers earlier this week, questions arose about his shooting death and his alleged terror plot.
Was
the 26-year-old security guard simply the latest man to be shot dead by
police? Authorities quickly showed a video to community leaders to
counter the social media claim.
Was Rahim a radicalized religious extremist? The FBI said his social media posts point in that direction.
Rahim initially wanted to behead Islam critic Pamela Geller,
who had organized a Prophet Mohammed cartoon drawing contest, law
enforcement officials told CNN. But then he switched targets to police
officers, because he found them easier to access.
Rahim was fatally shot Tuesday after waving a military knife at law enforcement officers in Boston....
