Two USF students to be in a Tampa courtroom some time this week

tampabays10.com ^ | 09/09/07 | tampabays10

[TornadoAlley3]

Tampa, Fl -- The lawyer from South Carolina that has represented the pair flew in to help the suspects find new council.

He met with the family to come up with a strategy for the release of Youssef Megahed and Ahmed Mohamed.

They were arrested in August for carrying explosives in their car. He predicts the government will fight hard to keep the men detained. He says had the men been of any other ethnicity they would have been ticket for speeding and continued on.

Andy Savage, Attorney “The Justice Department now in these types of cases, no matter how minor the charges is to detain them, as long as you can. To keep them under diress. To investigate, investigate, and investigate to find anything you can negative about these fellows. It's an uphill battle but it is one that can be won.”

Savage says he thinks the government has held the evidence too long, and it's causing fear in the communities instead of yielding answers.

[rawcatslyentist]

>"He says had the men been of any other ethnicity they would have been ticket for speeding and continued on."

And if any of the 19 911 mohamicidalmurderers had been profiled thusly, how many more American Citizens would be alive today? !!!!! Huh muuuuhHamhed?

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Not exactly on-topic, but this is another example of how so-called "journalists" are torturing and abusing the English language. Don't these outfits have editors? Or did the editors graduate from the same j-schools?

"...find new council." -- Maybe they are looking for a new venue with a different City Council?

"Andy Savage, Attorney -- To keep them under diress." -- Let's hope his advice is better than his spelling.

[peeps36]

I guess the lawyer doesn’t think we should arrest moslums who have explosives in their car. Why would any sane person be worried about a couple of moslum men driving around with a few pipe bombs? Maybe the police should stop arresting masked men dressed in black,carrying tools and sneaking around the back of a business at 2 in the morning. Or the paroled child molester who has a rope,knife and Xanax laced candy in a car that is parked at a local playground.

[Rome2000]

I bet Heather has something to do with the copy on this one.

[DBrow]

“He says had the men been of any other ethnicity they would have been ticket for speeding and continued on.”

The government went to considerable lengths to find Eric Rudolph, who was not a Muslim.

Rudolph had detonated his pipe bombs, though, which may have made a critical difference.

But since the non-Muslim Rudolph had pipe bombs in his possession, that makes everyone with bombs in their possession of interest.

A nice try, that will work on the masses in New York, Boston, and LA, but sounds a little silly elsewhere.