Michael Enright in court Wednesday on charges he slashed cabbie Ahmed Sharif.
Posted on 08/26/2010 3:32:01 AM PDT by Scanian
A crazed film student who recently embedded with Marines in Afghanistan is accused of a drunken, hate-fueled attack on a Muslim cabby in Midtown -- further heightening tensions in a city already gripped by the Ground Zero mosque controversy.
Michael Enright, 21, of upstate Brewster, asked his victim if he was a Muslim and exchanged pleasantries in Arabic before going berserk and slashing the driver's neck and face through the taxi's partition, police said.
He has been charged with attempted murder as a hate crime for the attack, in which he allegedly shouted, "This is a checkpoint, motherf- - -ker! I have to put you down!"
Cabby Ahmed Sharif, a Bangladeshi immigrant, said anger over the proposed Park Place mosque may have played a role in the horrifying attack.
"I know many people are upset. I didn't support the mosque at Ground Zero, either," the Jamaica, Queens, resident said.
"I've lived in this country for 35 years. I've worked hard. This country has helped me a lot. But before yesterday, I never felt like I didn't belong here.
"I feel very sad," Sharif, 43, continued. "I have been driving a taxi more than 15 years. All my four kids were born here. I never feel this hopeless and insecure before.
"Right now, the public sentiment is very serious. All drivers should be more careful."
Enright -- whose alcoholism has lead to several minor brushes with the NYPD -- returned to the United States in May after five weeks in Helmand Province filming the Marines.
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The stabber is a Liberal. MSM will put a quick Kibosh on the story.
YES! “Enright — whose alcoholism has lead to several minor brushes with the NYPD — returned to the United States in May after five weeks in Helmand Province filming the Marines.
He shot film projects for Intersections International, a nonprofit group that supports the mosque and “promotes interfaith dialogue and cross-cultural cooperation, specifically with our Muslim brothers and sisters.”
Michael Enright in court Wednesday on charges he slashed cabbie Ahmed Sharif.
The moral of this story is - don’t pick up intoxicated fares.
Yes, film students are almost always right-wing tea baggers.
Hmm, he’s a film student who did volunteer work for a lefty intercultural organization. But he embedded with the Marines, then comes back and stabs a Muslim cabbie saying “consider this a checkpoint, MF’er”. That’s an odd combination.
His appearance reminds me of the Kennedy clan. His drinking sure does, too.
Yeah, but how many lefties embed with the Marines, then come back and use military-inspired language about checkpoints before stabbing a Muslim? This guy is a nut but I think the odds are at least 50/50 that he turns out to be some kind of right-winger.
Sharif don’t like it...
Having been a cabbie about a million years ago- that translates to 'starve'. That's where a lot of your business is.
I'm just having a question nagging at me while reading this...
Did the Ft. Hood Shooter's charges rank hate crime status?
To quote another Lefty
“What’s the frequency Kenneth?”
ML/NJ
Then Cabbies would have no fares after 10:00 pm.
I'm seres. When I used to drink and over imbibe at the 'local watering hole', it was SOP to go back to the office and sleep on my couch. I always called a cab, even though it was less than a mile away.
Though I was such a 'good customer ($$$$$)' many times the Owner would give me a ride back in his Benz. Or his partner would have his chauffeur take me in his limo [I only drank in classy joints ;-)]
does anyone remember the movie...
Heavy Metal
?
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