Posted on 10/24/2017 6:57:37 AM PDT by Simon Green
The convicted terrorist known as the “underwear bomber” — who tried to blow up a Detroit-bound jet on Christmas in 2009 — says his constitutional rights are being violated at a federal prison in Colorado, where he’s allegedly being forced to eat food forbidden by his Muslim faith.
In a lawsuit filed last week in Colorado federal court, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab claims he’s being housed in long-term solitary confinement at the 425-inmate supermax prison in Florence, and has been harassed by white supremacists who target Muslims, as well as being blocked from communicating with his relatives.
“Prison walls do not form a barrier separating prison inmate from the protections of the United States Constitution,” according to the 73-page lawsuit filed by Abdulmutallab, a Nigerian native who was sentenced to four life terms in prison in 2012 after pleading guilty to trying detonate a bomb hidden in his underwear on Northwest Airlines Flight 253 from Amsterdam to Detroit with nearly 300 people on board.
The lawsuit names US Attorney General Jeff Sessions and the Federal Bureau of Prisons, as well as 20 unidentified defendants. Spokespeople for the named defendants could not be reached for comment on Sunday, the Detroit Free Press reports.
Abdulmutallab, according to the lawsuit, has gone on a hunger strike to protest the alleged conditions, but says he has been repeatedly force-fed non-halal food. He also claims he’s enduring special administrative measures that block him from communicating with “more than 7.5 billion people, the vast majority of people on the planet,” according to the lawsuit.
The wannabe terrorist claims the constraints have restricted him from practicing his religion, a violation of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, according to the lawsuit...
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“They will only let me wear thong underwear so I cannot hide another improvised explosive device!”
The Constitution doesn't directly protect or benefit anyone. It's a restriction on the power of government and it doesn't grant the government any outs when dealing with non-citizens. Well... except for Indians not taxed 8-).
Oh noooooossss, ya don’t say......? What would those rights be-he should be executed by firing squad...ahhh I guess that is justice denied....
Well this is the price you pay for VIOLATING MY RIGHTS ... I have to take off my damned shoes to fly on an airplane, and bottled water is a threat to most TSA agents. Thank you for this Mr Underwear Bomber ... you have no rights!
“I agree with him. It’s wrong to keep him in solitary. Dump him into the general population.”
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I don’t think there is a general population there. The documentary I saw on Supermax showed everyone in solitary for something like 22 hours a days. Even when they went out to exercise, they were under constant guard and in cage-like structures by themselves. Different sections of the prison are designated by offender type.
His whole story doesn’t hold water.
Providing special food would be a violation of the sacred separation of church and state. Providing religious food would be the same as supporting a religion.
Is he an American citizen? I thought he was a citizen of Cameldungstan, so I know I’m a teen, but unless President Al-Obama the Muslim gave him citizenship, he doesn’t have rights...he have the right to die!!
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