As the days go by we learn more about the story of the Chelsea and Seaside Park bombings last Saturday. Focus is now turning to the shooting and taking into custody of a suspect as well as what we’re learning about that suspect.
Ahmad Rahami is in custody after a man-hunt that culminated in a shoot-out with police. He will survive the injuries he suffered in his gun battle with the police and is being held on a $5.2 million bond.
Turns out that Rahami has a history of confrontations with the police, and had in 2011 filed a lawsuit against the NYPD claiming that he and his chicken restaurant had been discriminated against and persecuted by the police for his being a Muslim.
And he had made a recent trip to — you guessed it — Afghanistan.
If it turns out that he is guilty of setting off those explosions, his legal problems just got a whole lot worse than a discrimination case. And getting into a gun battle with officers as he resisted arrest isn’t going to help his cause either.
But there are some other interesting facts about this story that are now coming to light.
Jake, I’m not always sure about lifting photos for the featured image unless it’s already in our media library. So I’ll just alert you so you can be sure there are no copyright infringements. I recall Bill instructing me to avoid all Getty and AP photos.
i think what you chose is from a police file should be fine.
And from this point on don’t worry about collecting photos. I’ll take care of that.
nice work on this article
This idiot is the Forest Gump of muslims. Thank God he screwed up everything he tried to unload on us. I believe justice would be to slash his throat and let him bleed out.
Hey, let’s not be so hard on Forrest Gump…I like Gomer Pyle better.
Gitmo bound.
What is sad is what america has turned into and will probably let him sue instead of hanging him from nearest tree