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Lazaro Yoshioka's blog ::The Virtues of Law School Pro Bono






Lazaro Yoshioka's blog ::The Virtues of Law School Pro Bono










First               they               came               for               the               Samaritans               who               save               lives,               but               in               the               process               accidentally               offend               or               injure               victims.

Then               they               came               for               the               police               officers               and               firefighters               who               try               to               do               their               jobs,               but               often               must               use               physical               force.

Now               they're               coming               for               John               and               Jane               Doe,               who               try               to               fight               terrorists               and               others               who               would               harm               us               by               making               phone               calls               and               reporting               suspicious               behavior               -               just               as               we've               all               been               asked               to               do.

The               Story:               Six               Imams               Get               On               A               Plane               .

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               It               happened               in               Minneapolis,               a               city               becoming               infamous               for               Islamic               controversy,               on               November               20,               2006.

In               the               lobby               waiting               for               a               U.S.

Airways               flight,               six               imams,               dressed               like               ordinary               Americans,               drew               attention               from               passengers               when               they               continually               talked               to               one               another               and               on               the               phone               in               Arabic.

Several               passengers               stated               that               the               imams               were               "pacing               nervously."               Passengers               keep               hearing               the               words               "bin               Laden"               and               "terrorism,"               either               in               English               or               Arabic               (several               other               passengers               were               Muslim               as               well).
               As               they               were               boarding               the               plane,               they               paused               at               the               gate               to               recite               an               Arabic               prayer,               probably               the               traditional               evening               prayer               as               it               was               sunset.

A               gate               attendant               told               the               captain               of               the               plane               after               passengers               boarded               that               she               did               not               want               to               fly               with               these               passengers.

However,               at               this               point,               though               passengers               were               nervous,               no               one               refused               to               fly.

They               did               watch.
               Upon               boarding               the               plane,               the               imams               prayed               loudly               once               again.

Afterward,               they               did               not               sit               in               their               assigned               seats.

Instead,               they               split               up,               moving               to               six               different               parts               of               the               plane               and               choosing               seats               that               flight               attendants               reported               (and               later               FBI               reports               corroborated)               were               consistent               with               the               seat               choice               of               the               original               9/11               terrorists               --               two               in               first               class,               two               in               the               middle               of               the               plane,               two               in               the               back,               all               on               opposite               sides               of               the               plane.

This               did               raise               alarms.

So               did               their               actions               immediately               afterward,               when               they               continued               getting               up               and               moving               around,               according               to               at               least               one               passenger,               fifteen               minutes               after               everyone               else               had               their               belts               fastened,               ready               for               takeoff.
               Some               imams               (including               the               two               in               or               near               first               class),               reasonably               normal-sized               men,               requested               seat               belt               extensions.

These               are               two-foot-long               (or               a               little               more)               seat               belts               with               a               male               and               a               female               attachment               on               either               end,               designed               to               attach               to               the               corresponding               ends               of               the               airplane               seat               belt.

Instead               of               attaching               the               belts               (where               they               would               have               fit               the               imams               like               Pavarotti's               pants),               the               imams               placed               the               attachments               on               the               floor               beneath               their               feet.
               Now               you               have               to               think               about               that.

Why               would               they               request               extensions               and               then               set               them               aside?

The               conclusion               passengers               and               attendants               came               to:               With               the               heavy               buckles               on               either               end               of               a               heavy               nylon               strip,               one               can               easily               imagine               the               belts               being               used               as               impromptu               weapons               or               restraints.

When               this               happened,               the               plane               erupted               in               whispers.

Passengers               from               all               corners               started               protesting               that               they               didn't               want               to               take               off               if               the               imams               were               still               on               the               plane.

The               flight               attendants               concurred.
               The               captain               understood.

Laconically,               he               came               over               the               intercom               to               tell               the               passengers               that               there               was               a               "mix-up               in               our               paperwork,"               and               thus               the               flight               would               be               delayed.

It               was,               of               course,               a               way               to               give               the               police               and               FBI               time               to               arrive.
               But               during               the               two-hour               wait               for               law               enforcement,               other               things               were               happening.

One               passenger               had               slipped               a               note               to               a               flight               attendant               warning               about               the               imams'               behavior               back               in               the               airport               lobby.

Another,               who               spoke               Arabic,               pulled               a               flight               attendant               aside               and               translated               what               the               imams               had               been               saying:               things               about               bin               Laden               and               angry               words               because               America               had               killed               Saddam.

When               one               married               couple               just               behind               first               class               tried               to               speak               to               the               imam               who               sat               next               to               them,               he               refused               to               meet               their               eyes               and               instead               moved               to               a               different               part               of               the               plane.
               Faced               with               numerous               complaints               from               air               crew,               ground               crew,               and               passengers,               the               captain               consulted               a               federal               air               marshal,               a               U.S.

Airways               ground               security               coordinator,               and               even               the               Phoenix               U.S.

Airways               security               office.

All               concurred               that               the               imams               were               behaving               in               a               suspicious               manner.
               Ultimately,               bomb-sniffing               dogs               were               brought               onboard               the               plane.

The               six               imams               were               removed               (but               not               in               handcuffs,               as               some               media               reports               claimed).

More               information               came               out               at               this               point.

Half               the               imams               had               one-way               tickets,               a               pattern               noted               in               the               9/11               terrorists.

Only               one               had               checked               a               bag.

And               the               imams               had               prayed               twice,               once               at               the               gate               and               again               on               the               planes;               it               is               very               irregular               for               a               Muslim               to               pray               twice               at               sunset,               but               not               if               he               is               going               into               a               life-threatening               situation.
               After               the               imams               were               removed,               the               dogs               did               their               job,               all               the               belongings               of               the               imams               were               removed,               and               all               passengers               were               rescreened,               the               plane               took               off               at               last,               three               and               a               half               hours               late.

On               takeoff,               the               passengers               applauded               and               cheered               for               the               flight               crew.
               The               Imams:               Suing               Concerned               Citizens
               The               imams               were               prepared.

Almost               immediately               upon               their               release               from               a               short               detainment,               they               were               on               television               talking               about               the               ordeal               they'd               gone               through.

One               flight               attendant               said               she               had               just               gotten               into               her               hotel               room               that               night               after               the               flight               when               she               turned               on               the               television               and               saw               the               imams               on               television               --               almost,               she               said,               as               if               they'd               been               ready               with               a               press               statement.
               Only               a               day               or               two               after               this               incident,               Omar               Shahin,               one               of               the               imams,               threatened               a               lawsuit               against               U.S.

Airways,               and               filed               it               in               federal               court               in               March               with               the               support               of               the               Council               on               American-Islamic               Relations               (CAIR).

They               demand               unspecified               damages               from               U.S.

Airways               and               the               Metropolitan               Airports               Commission               (MAC)               in               Minneapolis.

But               the               most               alarming               portion               of               their               lawsuit               deals               with               a               pair               of               John               Does.
               These               people,               passengers               on               U.S.

Airways,               are               described               as               an               older               couple               who               contacted               the               airline               to               report               the               suspicious               behavior               of               the               imams.

According               to               the               complaint,               they               turned               around               to               watch               as               the               imams               prayed               in               the               airport               lobby.

The               gentleman               John               Doe               made               a               call               on               his               cell               phone               while               watching               the               imams               pray,               then               he               moved               to               a               corner               of               the               lobby               while               he               continued               talking.

U.S.

Airways               and               MAC               have               been               asked               to               identify               this               couple.

The               response               to               this               request               has               been               outrage.
               As               it               should               be.

Suppose               you               thought               the               neighbors               upstairs               were               abusing               their               small               child.

You               heard               thumps               and               screams,               the               child               was               often               bruised.

You               had               no               direct               evidence               that               the               child               was               abused.

If               you               called               the               police               and               it               turned               out               that               the               parents               were               completely               innocent,               would               they               then               have               the               right               to               sue               you               because               you               reported               your               suspicions?

Or               if               the               child               were               ultimately               killed               by               abusive               parents               and               you               never               did               call,               should               you               feel               guilty?
               This               case               is               even               worse.

The               accused               John               Does               are               not               listed               in               the               police               report               (linked               in               Resources               below               this               article).

They               are               described               as               behaving               in               a               manner               that               could               simply               be               someone               annoyed               at               the               noise               of               the               imams               praying               while               he               was               making               a               last-minute               phone               call.

And               yet               they               are               expected               to               defend               themselves               against               -               what?

Reporting               a               reasonable               suspicion               of               an               impending               crime               that               put               them               and               potentially               thousands               of               other               people               at               risk?
               At               any               rate,               the               seventeen               counts               cited               by               the               imams'               lawsuit               allege               religious               and               ethnic               discrimination,               not               a               fear               of               terrorist               attack,               motivated               the               airlines               to               remove               them               from               the               plane               (despite               the               fact               that               several               Muslims               who               also               spoke               out               against               the               imams               that               day               were               allowed               to               fly.)               They               complain               of               fear,               depression,               mental               pain,               and               financial               harm;               they               state               that               they               endured               exhaustion,               humiliation,               and               ridicule,               loss               of               sleep,               and               now               are               anxious               about               flying.
               CAIR,               their               financiers               and               legal               backers,               are               also               calling               for               congressional               hearings               and               asking               that               federal               legislation               be               passed               to               eliminate               racial               profiling               in               air               travel.
               On               March               27,               the               United               States               House               of               Representatives               sent               the               Rail               and               Public               Transportation               Security               Act               of               2007               back               to               committee               with               a               new               clause               intended               to               protect               similar               John               Does               from               prosecution               in               the               future.

The               current               John               Does               are               receiving               offers               from               all               over,               including               the               moderate               Muslim               group               American               Islamic               Forum               for               Democracy,               from               pro-bono               lawyers               and               fundraisers               wishing               to               ensure               they               do               not               incur               any               expenses               from               this               lawsuit.
               The               Head               Imam's               Interesting               Past
               Omar               Shahin,               the               apparent               spokesperson               for               the               six               imams,               is               a               lawyer               specializing               in               Islamic               law               and               was               a               representative               of               a               charity               called               KindHearts               for               Charitable               Humanitarian               Donation,               an               organization               linked               to               funding               for               HAMAS.

Additionally,               Shahin               was               until               2003               the               Imam               at               the               Islamic               Center               of               Tucson,               which               originated               as               a               satellite               of               the               Mektab               al               Khidmat               (MAK),               which               was               the               precursor               of               al               Qaeda.

The               ICT               hosted               conferences               for               the               Islamic               Association               for               Palestine               (IAP),               which               has               also               been               linked               closely               to               HAMAS.
               The               FBI               shut               down               KindHearts               in               2004               after               an               investigation               led               to               the               arrests               of               some               Toledo-area               terrorists               who               were               threatening               the               President,               planning               to               attack               our               soldiers,               and               building               suicide               bomb               belts               (the               apparati               were               found               in               their               apartments).

A               spokesperson               of               the               FBI               stated               that               the               two               investigations               were               separate,               but               related.
               But               there's               more.

In               November               1999,               Hamdan               al-Shalawi               and               his               friend               Muhammed               al               Qudhaieen,               both               Arizona               college               students,               were               detained               and               removed               from               an               American               West               flight.

The               students,               both               of               whom               had               flown               on               international               flights               more               than               once,               claimed               they               were               looking               for               the               bathroom.

Like               the               six               imams,               they               both               sued               American               West               for               racial               profiling               (again,               what               race               is               this?);               their               lawyer               was               their               teacher               and               imam,               Omar               Shahin.

Later,               Shalawi               was               questioned               secondary               to               the               9/11               attacks               about               his               visit               to               Afghanistan               in               the               1980s,               when               he               attended               a               "training               camp."               Though               he               denies               it,               the               FBI               think               he               was               trained               to               carry               out               truck               bombings               such               as               the               one               at               Khobar               Towers               in               Saudi               Arabia.

Muhammed               al               Qudhaieen               was               later               linked               to               9/11,               arrested,               held               and               questioned,               and               ultimately               deported               to               his               home               country,               Saudi               Arabia.
               Now               Shahin               is               removed               from               a               plane               with               five               companions               for               their               suspicious               behavior,               and               proceeds               to               sue               the               airlines               and               passengers               who               reported               his               suspicious               behavior.

Interesting.
               What               We               Can               Do
               Clearly,               we               cannot               allow               these               things               to               continue               happening.

But               most               Americans               feel               relatively               powerless.

How               can               we               keep               these               things               from               happening?

How               can               we               protect               ourselves               and               those               we               love               from               these               dangers?



               Learn               as               much               as               we               can.

Muslim               extremists               are               calling               for               an               all-out               war,               not               just               a               blood               war,               but               a               war               on               our               computer               systems,               a               war               on               our               legal               system,               and               a               war               on               our               will               to               resist.

This               is               all               documented               in               their               own               words,               on               their               own               videotapes,               in               their               own               newspapers               and               television               stations.

By               learning               what               is               really               being               said,               not               what               we're               told               is               being               said,               we               can               uncover               the               lies               that               loosely               cover               this               horror.


               Don't               take               anything               at               face               value.

I               learned               a               while               back               to               research               everything               I               hear,               whether               it's               from               Fox               News,               a               blog,               or               the               New               York               Times.

No               one               has               the               whole               truth,               but               you               can               find               the               whole               truth               if               you're               willing               to               work               at               it.

I               challenge               you               to               research               the               people               and               organizations               referenced               in               this               article               and               come               to               your               own               conclusions.

The               information               is               all               there,               if               you'll               just               look               it               up.


               Most               importantly,               don't               be               frightened               into               not               speaking               out               or               trusting               your               own               judgment.

When               we               turn               into               a               nation               of               frightened               or               apathetic               sheep,               the               bad               guys               have               won.

Recent               Happenings
               The               Rail               and               Public               Transportation               Security               Act               of               2007,               above               referenced               as               the               legislation               that               would               contain               protection               in               the               future               for               John               Does,               passed               on               March               27th,               2007,               with               a               margin               of               304-121.

One               party               (I               won't               name               it)               voted               to               include               the               protection               in               a               block.

All               those               opposed               were               in               the               other               party.

The               full               act,               including               the               John               Doe               addendum,               passed               the               House               on               April               4               and               went               on               to               the               Senate.
               The               imams               have               rhetorically               tried               to               distance               themselves               from               the               inclusion               of               John               Does,               but               refuse               to               drop               those               specified               in               their               lawsuit.

The               John               Does               as               of               today               remain               anonymous.

Some               passengers               not               named               in               the               suit               have               expressed               concern               that               their               lives               and               the               lives               of               their               families               may               be               in               danger.




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