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hrmjustin

(71,265 posts)
Wed Jun 21, 2017, 02:00 PM Jun 2017

Michigan Airport Stabbing: Officer Attacked in Possible Terror Incident

Source: NBC

by Tom Winter, Andrew Blankstein and Kalhan Rosenblatt

An officer for Bishop International Airport was stabbed Wednesday in a possible terror-related incident in Flint, Michigan, sources told NBC News.

The attacker allegedly shouted "Allahu akbar" before stabbing Lieutenant Jeff Neville, who was bleeding from the neck, sources and witnesses at Bishop International Airport said.

Neville is a member of the airport's Department of Public Safety and a retired Genesee County Sheriff’s Department lieutenant.

Law enforcement officials said the suspect is from Quebec and has a Canadian passport.

Read more: http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/officer-stabbed-possible-terror-incident-michigan-airport-n775131

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Michigan Airport Stabbing: Officer Attacked in Possible Terror Incident (Original Post) hrmjustin Jun 2017 OP
More info? Shell_Seas Jun 2017 #1
Oh My Gosh... Leith Jun 2017 #2
can't they come up with something more original than "Allahu akbar" snooper2 Jun 2017 #3
Indeed MosheFeingold Jun 2017 #7
Probably in the near future, christx30 Jun 2017 #11
Particularly if you're getting ready to stab or shoot someone, B2G Jun 2017 #12
In serious, I hope not MosheFeingold Jun 2017 #14
UPDATE: Flint Officer in critical condition brooklynite Jun 2017 #4
Now stable (from 13 minutes ago) muriel_volestrangler Jun 2017 #9
Oh sure... Rustyeye77 Jun 2017 #5
I thought he was being blamed for stabbing someone...or are you questioning that point? brooklynite Jun 2017 #6
Obvious false flag event. ileus Jun 2017 #8
The terrorist is Canadian? NobodyHere Jun 2017 #10
No, he was pissed off at the weak watery American beer IronLionZion Jun 2017 #17
FBI: Too early to say knife attack at Flint Bishop Airport is terrorism brooklynite Jun 2017 #13
FBI now saying act of terror. christx30 Jun 2017 #21
So that's the bar for 'terrorism' now, yelling "Allahu Akbar" ck4829 Jun 2017 #23
It all depends on the intent and motive. christx30 Jun 2017 #24
And a travel ban or a wall on the Mexican border would have prevented this...how? Aristus Jun 2017 #15
Well, if he was from one of the countries in the ban, christx30 Jun 2017 #16
One guy gets stabbed tazkcmo Jun 2017 #18
yep luvMIdog Jun 2017 #19
Link to DW nitpicker Jun 2017 #20
WELL.... Rustyeye77 Jun 2017 #22

Shell_Seas

(3,333 posts)
1. More info?
Wed Jun 21, 2017, 02:06 PM
Jun 2017

The attacker randomly walked up to officer shouted "Allahu akbar" and then stabbed him? Or was there some type of altercation previous to that?

Leith

(7,809 posts)
2. Oh My Gosh...
Wed Jun 21, 2017, 02:08 PM
Jun 2017

I'm so tired of hearing bad news from my hometown. I sincerely hope that Lt. Neville recovers quickly and completely.

MosheFeingold

(3,051 posts)
7. Indeed
Wed Jun 21, 2017, 02:28 PM
Jun 2017

"Alla FUBAR" seems more apropos.

Or so I would describe any deity who likes this kind of thing in his or her name.

christx30

(6,241 posts)
11. Probably in the near future,
Wed Jun 21, 2017, 03:08 PM
Jun 2017

yelling "Allahu akbar" in public is going to be interpreted as "it's ok to shoot me now. Center mass, please. Thank you."

 

B2G

(9,766 posts)
12. Particularly if you're getting ready to stab or shoot someone,
Wed Jun 21, 2017, 03:10 PM
Jun 2017

run them over with a truck or blow yourself up.

MosheFeingold

(3,051 posts)
14. In serious, I hope not
Wed Jun 21, 2017, 03:26 PM
Jun 2017

But this is getting F---g old, fast.

Yesterday, Paris and Brussels? Or was that the day before? Today, Flint.

The way to make normal Muslims (and everyone else) safe is to aggressively target the radicals.

And step one is understanding that Wahhabi Sharia is not a religion. It's a violent political organization that falsely cloaks itself as Muslim.

It's no different than being a member of the Nazi Party.

brooklynite

(94,571 posts)
4. UPDATE: Flint Officer in critical condition
Wed Jun 21, 2017, 02:11 PM
Jun 2017

Flint airport police officer in critical condition after stabbing
Allison Gross and Robert Allen , Detroit Free Press Published 11:05 a.m. ET June 21, 2017 | Updated 0 minutes ago

An airport police officer is in critical condition and Bishop International Airport in Flint has been evacuated after a reported stabbing Wednesday morning.

The FBI is investigating, and Michigan State Police posted a tweet saying, "Please keep the officer in your prayers."

According to the airport's Facebook page: "An airport police officer has been injured. All passengers are safe and are being evacuated at this time."

Ken Brown told The Flint Journal he was dropping off his daughter at the airport and saw the officer bleeding from his neck. He says he saw a man detained by police and a knife on the ground.

http://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2017/06/21/flint-airport-bishop-police-stabbed-neck/415607001/

brooklynite

(94,571 posts)
6. I thought he was being blamed for stabbing someone...or are you questioning that point?
Wed Jun 21, 2017, 02:25 PM
Jun 2017

If he'd shouted "praise jesus", I'd consider that equally relevant.

brooklynite

(94,571 posts)
13. FBI: Too early to say knife attack at Flint Bishop Airport is terrorism
Wed Jun 21, 2017, 03:12 PM
Jun 2017

FLINT, MI -- The Federal Bureau of Investigation says it is too soon to call the knife attack on a police officer at Bishop Airport today an act of terrorism.

"We are aware of reports that the attacker made statements immediately prior to or while attacking the officer, but it is too early to determine the nature of these alleged statements or whether or not this was an act of terrorism," the FBI said in a statement.

http://www.mlive.com/news/flint/index.ssf/2017/06/fbi_too_early_to_say_knife_att.html

christx30

(6,241 posts)
21. FBI now saying act of terror.
Thu Jun 22, 2017, 11:13 AM
Jun 2017
The FBI is investigating as an "act of terrorism" a knife attack on a Michigan airport police officer Wednesday by a man yelling "Allahu Akbar."

US officials identified the suspected assailant, who is in custody and cooperating with investigators, as a 49-year-old Canadian resident from Quebec named Amor Ftouhi.


Sauce: http://m.france24.com/en/20170622-michigan-airport-stabbing-act-terrorism-says-fbi

ck4829

(35,077 posts)
23. So that's the bar for 'terrorism' now, yelling "Allahu Akbar"
Thu Jun 22, 2017, 12:11 PM
Jun 2017

Dylann Roof was so worried he would have been labeled mentally ill, I guess he didn't realize all he needed to do was shout that when he was shooting people up.

christx30

(6,241 posts)
24. It all depends on the intent and motive.
Thu Jun 22, 2017, 03:44 PM
Jun 2017

If he had stabbed the officer while yelling "I told you to stay away from my wife", then it's just an attempted murder, and not terrorism. The idiot thinks he's a soldier for Allah or something. He should be put into a cage until he dies of natural causes.

And there are tons of articles of why Dylann Roof wasn't charged under terrorism laws.

christx30

(6,241 posts)
16. Well, if he was from one of the countries in the ban,
Wed Jun 21, 2017, 03:44 PM
Jun 2017

traveled to Mexico to get to the west, and had never heard of a ladder, then the ban and wall would have worked.
If any of those aren't the case, then the ban and the wall would have been hopelessly unable to stop this attack.

tazkcmo

(7,300 posts)
18. One guy gets stabbed
Wed Jun 21, 2017, 04:06 PM
Jun 2017

If the attacker is a Muslim, it's terrorism. If the attacker is an African American, it's a race war. If the attacker is a white guy, it's just another day in America.

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