FBI threatened friends of slayed Florida Chechen Todashev [View all]
The FBI has harassed, threatened and even denied Fifth Amendment rights to friends of an Orlando man agents killed in May who was close to alleged Boston Marathon bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev, the Council on American-Islamic Relations said Wednesday.
Friends of Ibragim Todashev have told the Florida chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) that FBI agents have asked them to spy on Orlando-area mosques, threatening arrest if they failed to comply.
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“It is simply unacceptable for the FBI to continue to question our client and deny his requests to speak with his legal counsel,” CAIR-Florida Civil Rights Director Thania Diaz Clevenger said in a statement. “It fits the pattern of abuse and troubling behavior by FBI agents beginning in the days prior to the killing of the unarmed Ibragim Todashev. One can only wonder if Mr. Todashev was denied his rights to legal council (sic) during the questioning that ultimately resulted in his death."
The group said it has received several corroborating reports from friends of Todashev that FBI agents have threatened to wrongfully arrest them if they do not work with the agency to spy on local mosques, Muslim restaurants and hookah lounges.
http://rt.com/usa/todashev-friends-harassment-muslim-spying-359/
Hmm? The FBI tried to force Chechen Muslims to spy for them? Do I understand that correctly?
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