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US harassing friends of Ibragim Todashev

jeudi 17 octobre 2013 à 14:00

The US is harassing the friends of Ibragim Todashev, who was shot dead by an FBI agent while several agents were interrogating him in his home.

The false accusation that he tried to attack them (he'd have to have been crazy to try, under the circumstances, unless he had super powers) is standard practice for thugs.

We have no way of knowing whether Todashev really confessed to involvement in murder. It might be true, or it might be another lie. If it's true, he deserved a trial, not summary execution.

The US had no obligation to extend his girlfriend's visa; deporting her straightaway for overstaying would have been legitimate. However, to extend the visa, then cancel it because she gave an interview to a magazine, is dangerous injustice. Never mind whether it is fair to her: it attacks journalism, and that threatens all Americans,

Perhaps Todashev revealed, when interrogated, some sort of knowledge that the US government did not want us to find out, and killing him was a way to suppress it. Perhaps an FBI agent felt insulted, lost his head, and shot Todashev in the heat of anger. Perhaps the agents wanted to pin a murder on him and did not want him around to deny it. We have no way of knowing, but it's clear that that agent must be prosecuted.

The FBI has a "time-tested" procedure for investigating shootings by its agents, which always concludes they were justified.