Posted on 09/22/2007 11:13:40 PM PDT by JeepInMazar
According to a report from Orlando news station, Local 6 WKMG, 4 police officers are under investigation after a man accused them using a Taser gun on him after he refused to let go of a Quran.
Well, as it turns out, the man was holding the Quran under his shirt. The cops knew he was holding something and ordered him to take his hand out of his shirt and hold them up. The man, Jeffrey Shields, said that he was holding a Quran and didn't want to let it go for fear of it falling to the ground. After he refused to put up his hands the police officers used the Taser.
Police spokesman, Lou Biondi said, "The officers didn't have a clue what he had under there, regardless of what he was saying."
Muslims are always careful to treat the Quran with great symbolic honor. For example, they never put it on the floor and always put it on the top of the book shelf.
I'm not sure if this guy, Jeffrey Shields, is a Muslim or not. His overwhelming loyalty to demonstrate respect for the Quran seems to indicate he is a Muslim. His name doesn't sound very Muslim. A lot of people who convert to Islam change their name to a Muslim name, so who knows.
The Police spokesman Biondi said, "It is odd that he waited so long to file a complaint, 19 days or so. Normally when people feel they've been wronged, it's something that happens almost immediately."
Anyway, this sounds like some Muslim organization might be behind the complaint against the officer. They may have heard about the case and are pushing Jeffrey Shields to make a case out of it. It's another opportunity to try to promote the cause of Islam.
I quess they will try to promote an attitude, even if a law can't be passed, that makes law enforecment authorities give Muslims deferential treatment when they are holding a Quran.
Stay tuned.
This sounds like another Muslim legal trap like the “flying imams.” Islamists are learning that the ballot box and the courts may be better weapons in conquering the West than hijacked planes or car bombs.
This would have been front page of the NY Times if that Koran had fell into a toilet.....
Why was he holding it under his shirt in the first place? Seems like an odd place to carry a book.
You never ever ever taze a muslim.
You shoot em!
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