The Boston police department (BPD) and the FBI are under fire after they shot and killed a 26-year old black Muslim man,Usaamah Abdullah Rahim, after they stopped him at a bus stop at 7:00 a.m. in front of a CVS drug store in order to question him. The media and the FBI had claimed that Rahim was wielding a machete when he was approached by the agents. But the claim soon changed after photos emerged and the machete was changed to a military-style knife, a black military-style knife.
Usaamah Abdullah Rahim
After the killing, the FBI had decided to assassinate the character of Rahim by using the media and linking the young man to ISIS. The media had written wholly uncorroborated accusations, some of the agents were even given anonymity by the media to smear the person of Rahim. The man was quickly labelled as a man that is linked to ISIS to help carry out attacks on US soil.
How The Media Was Used To Smear The Character Of Usaamah Abdullah Rahim
After hours of killing, the police have contacted the investigative reporter for channel 7 news, Cheryl Fiandaca. Fiandanca is the spokesperson of the BPD and also the ex-wife of the former Boston police commissioner, Bill Branton. So immediately the accident happened, Fiandaca was one of the first "investigative reporter" that took to social media to say Rahim had linked to ISIS.
See her Tweet:
Followed by the "almighty CNN" who went ahead and put the headline "Source: Man Fatally Shot By Officers In Boston part of terror network"
The question a lot of the media outlets never asked is the evidence of the young man that was fatally shot. The media just went ahead to assassinate his person while he is gone. And in just few hours after killing the name Usaamah Abdullah Rahim is synonymous with terrorist and ISIS, all thanks to the media and "Investigative journalism".
The police claimed that the man is a terrorist and had been placed under 24hours surveillance before he was approached, but when they police approached him, they had no search/arrest warrant. But he was approached 7:00am on his way to work, and when he was approached, the police claimed he was wielding a knife and was not going to approach the police, so they shot and kill him.
The killing seems unjustified and have become rampant with the police and media. The police have killed the man in what people have termed "FBI profiling", the man is black and a Muslim. Though Boston community is still grieving over the Boston Marathon bombing, but that should not justify the killing of someone the police have little or no evidence.
The Evidence Provided By Boston Police Department and FBI
After some journalists had claimed to see the video of the shooting, the FBI who had promised that the video would soon be released to clear any doubts, did not release the video until 2 weeks after the incident.
The knife Rahim was said to wield at policeman and FBI
The camera that was 5o yards away and blurred with rain drops, and the human figures in the video are barely seen. It shows Rahim walking peacefully, and was approached by multiple individuals who had no uniforms, threatening and in a military style formation. No weapons were visible in the video released by the police and therefore spurs dispute.
Media outlets who had seen the video later said that the video needs more explanation, CNN said even though officials had said the video footage speaks for itself, still it required narration.
Read the statement released by Rahim's family
Video Surveillance Tape Release Response.
Watch the video :
The video contains a lot of unanswered questions. This is what Rahim wrote on his social media account on November 27, 2012 :
Damn FBI calling my phone! They just want any opportunity to drag a Muslim into some DRAMA … He wanted to meet up with me and “Talk.” HA! I said about WHAT? He said “Sir, we have some allegations regarding you …” I said “REALLY?” What ALLEGATIONS? He said “Well sir, thats what I wanted to meet up with you about. I came by your house a few times, but kept missing you.” I said, “If you want to summon me, you summon that COURT ORDER if your allegations you claiming are true, otherwise, BEAT IT” and then I hung up … funny, I was just telling my brother I heard some clicking noises on my phone. Every Muslim needs to treat these government cronies the same way I did, because if you let them get close, trust me, they’ll have you making statements about things that could get you jail-time, that in fact, you were preaching AGAINST i.e. violence and terrorism. Try again, monkey-boys …
Rahim is being known to condemn the killing of innocent people by ISIS and have preached against violence and terrorism, never posted any bloody pictures or make violent call to arm many supporters of armed extremist groups.
We will keep updating this news as we get more information on the killing.