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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsOf Course! FBI agent cleared in Florida shooting of suspect questioned about Boston bombing
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/fbi-agent-cleared-in-florida-shooting-of-suspect-questioned-about-boston-bombing/2014/03/21/86495e94-b101-11e3-9627-c65021d6d572_story.htmlA Florida prosecutor has ruled that an FBI agent was justified in using deadly force when he shot and killed a Chechen man connected to two brothers accused of carrying out the Boston Marathon bombing.
Law enforcement officials said that Ibragim Todashev, 27, a mixed-martial-arts fighter, attacked the agent with a metal pole during an interview at his Orlando apartment on May 22.
FBI officials have said the male agent, who has not been identified, was acting in self-defense when he shot Todashev multiple times. The agent suffered a wound to the back of the head that required stitches. Its not clear what first sparked the confrontation.
The investigations conclusion seemingly brings to an end a 10-month push by Todashevs family and several civil rights organizations for more information about the shooting.
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Of Course! FBI agent cleared in Florida shooting of suspect questioned about Boston bombing (Original Post)
deminks
Mar 2014
OP
It's gettin so you can't even attack somebody with a metal pole anymore
struggle4progress
Mar 2014
#5
randome
(34,845 posts)1. Of course it couldn't have happened the way the agents reported, could it?
[hr][font color="blue"][center]Birds are territorial creatures.
The lyrics to the songbird's melodious trill go something like this:
"Stay out of my territory or I'll PECK YOUR GODDAMNED EYES OUT!"[/center][/font][hr]
atreides1
(16,093 posts)2. FBI agents are capable of lying, too!
randome
(34,845 posts)3. Of course they are. I would never say they aren't.
The OP seems to reflexively believe the dead man, though. Without any of us actually being there, how are we to know the truth?
Sure, the FBI sometimes lies. Sometimes non-FBI people lie.
[hr][font color="blue"][center]There is nothing you can't do if you put your mind to it.
Nothing.[/center][/font][hr]
jsr
(7,712 posts)4. The outcome was preordained
and couldn't have been otherwise, as usual.
struggle4progress
(118,356 posts)5. It's gettin so you can't even attack somebody with a metal pole anymore
I predict the country will go to hell in a handbasket