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This was a clear and outrageous attempt to intimidate the witnesses and frighten people in the future who might be willing to give testimony about a jihad attack they witnessed. It is a good thing that a sensible judge, Linda V. Parker, denied the motion. But there are plenty of leftist activist judges out there. Watch for this demand to be made again in the future — and granted.
“Flint airport stabbing suspect won’t get access to addresses of witnesses,” by Oona Goodin-Smith, mlive.com, September 6, 2017:
FLINT, MI – A judge has denied a request from the man accused of stabbing an on-duty Flint Bishop Airport police officer in the neck to see the addresses of those who may testify against him.
Story continues below advertisementStating that she felt the decision to bar Amor M. Ftouhi, 49, from seeing witness contact information was “most prudent in the interest of public safety,” Flint U.S. District Judge Linda V. Parker denied a motion from Ftouhi’s government-appointed attorney, Joan Morgan, in court on Wednesday, Sept. 6.
“Those were very disturbing statements that were made after his arrest,” Parker said, referring to a filing from the U.S. Attorney’s Office stating Ftouhi told officials detaining him that he came to the country with the “sole purpose of killing armed U.S. government employees.”
“There was no ramping down,” Parker said. “He targets a group of people by profession. Those statements need to be taken with some degree of seriousness.”
Ftouhi – who has previously appeared in court for each of the hearings in the case, repeatedly declaring “Allahu Akbar” as he walked to his seat at the counsel table – waived his appearance at Wednesday’s hearing.
“(Ftouhi) told the interviewing agents that he had planned to kill the victim police officer and then take the officer’s gun to kill more police officers.”
The motion filed in June by Morgan claimed that Ftouhi was being denied the right to a fair trial by not being allowed to view the addresses and contact information for witnesses in his upcoming trial, currently scheduled for January 2018.
According to court records, prosecutors have proposed a protective order agreement in the case that stipulates information prosecutors share with the defense would remain within Ftouhi’s legal counsel and not shared with Ftouhi nor used for anything but trial purposes.
The agreement also said that government will redact any identifying information other than witnesses’ names in their statements — a stipulation Morgan said prevents her from “adequately preparing for trial.”
Arguing that Ftouhi – a Canadian and Tunisian dual-citizen currently incarcerated in Michigan – cannot act against witnesses from jail and that witness addresses would remain with legal counsel only, Morgan stressed that the safety of witnesses in the case “is a non-issue.”
The attorney for the man accused of stabbing an on-duty Bishop Airport police officer in the neck says her client is being denied the right to a fair trial by not being allowed to see the addresses of those who may testify against him.
However, in court, Assistant U.S. Attorney Jules DePorre emphasized the potential “chilling effect” he believed allowing Ftouhi addresses could have in the matter.
“He had a mission and that mission was not accomplished,” DePorre said, explaining that it is plausible that Ftouhi could make a call from jail to reveal witness information to an “associate” in his home of Canada, and that the FBI could not investigate calls made to other countries in the same manner as in the U.S.
Parker said that while she would deny Ftouhi’s request for witness information, she “will remain open” to other arguments his attorney may have.
In an interview with government officials after he was arrested, Ftouhi allegedly told authorities he was a “soldier of Allah,” that his “mission” was not over and that he would continue to kill police officers until he was killed, according to the government’s filing.
“(Ftouhi) told the interviewing agents that he had planned to kill the victim police officer and then take the officer’s gun to kill more police officers,” the government’s response to the motion stated. “(Ftouhi) also told agents that he hoped the officer was going to die.”
In July, Ftouhi was indicted on one count of violence at an international airport and a charge of interference with airport security and faces the potential of a life sentence in prison.
He is accused of stabbing Flint Bishop Airport Police Lt. Jeff Neville in the neck with a large, serrated “Amazon Jungle Survival” knife on Wednesday, June 21.
Ftouhi shouted “Allahu Akbar” — “Allah is the greatest” — before making the attack, according to an affidavit filed by federal investigators.
After stabbing the officer in the neck, Ftouhi continued to yell, “Allah,” several times, the complaint said.
After stabbing Neville, the complaint said Ftouhi further exclaimed something similar to “You have killed people in Syria, Iraq, and Afghanistan, and we are all going to die.”…
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34 Comments
6 years ago
There are plenty of Obama appointed judges that would give him the addresses of his potential victims and buy him a new knife.
6 years ago
Reply to
Bill Rowland
Not only the Obama appointed judges, 99% of the Dutch judges would grant this scumbag and those of his filthy, repugnant ilk his wishes without him asking for the names, addresses and phone numbers! And the privacy of the criminals has the utmost priority in the Netherlands, specially if they are muslims!
6 years ago
Reply to
Bill Rowland
If/when this actually happens, the offending judge should be charged with obstruction of justice.
6 years ago
That this man asked such a question is proof of low intelligence. The question that should be asked is; “Are this man’s parents first cousins”? 1500 years of incest by the followers of Islam leads to a very stupid man asking a very stupid question!
6 years ago
Reply to
RayG1
I think he suspects that there are some judges who would give him the information. He’s right. He just didn’t get one of them.
6 years ago
Why would a defense attorney even honor their client’s request and ask a judge for the addresses of prosecution witnesses. It’s unbelievable. But, good news. The judge will “remain open to arguments” in the case. The judged may have denied one request but, the trial isn’t over and she has plenty of time to screw that up. Stay tuned.
6 years ago
Reply to
santashandler
I would not be surprised if the impetus for this request came from the public defender herself. Her version of serving the public interest.
6 years ago
Reply to
santashandler
She is a “defense attorney”, meaning she wants to win at all cost. That’s why so many of them are despicable people. She knows that it’s all over once the witnesses are exposed to this guy’s friends. The jury will be next.
6 years ago
Reply to
ac287149
Just what I was thinking. He’s pretty much accomplished his goal: jihad by fear.”
D
6 years ago
Q: What happened to the witnesses?
A: They sleeps with the fishes 🙂
6 years ago
Reply to
AlgorithmicAnalyst
It really makes you wonder how the “justice” system works in Dearbornistan, Michigan these days.
BTW, has anyone noticed whatever happened to the muslum police officer from Minneapolistan who gunned down an unarmed Australian woman who wasn’t a suspect in any crime? That news story seems to have disappeared for good — ditto for the church mysteriously burned down in Canada.
6 years ago
Reply to
IzlamIsTyranny
I had been following the news releases, but the releases ended very abruptly. Since no information is being released, it is reasonable to assume the victim and her family will not receive justice.
6 years ago
Reply to
IzlamIsTyranny
That is what always happens. Then we (the regular folks) forget about it so nothing is done.
6 years ago
Say, does anyone happen to have Ms. Joan Morgan’s home address?
6 years ago
Ok, give him the addresses, then make it perfectly clear that any witness who does not appear at the trial, or is contacted by his lawyers or anyone else, will result in him getting an automatic conviction of attempted murder with the absolute maximum sentence on all his charges, to be served consecutively.
6 years ago
Reply to
Mahou Shoujo
MoHOGmad demons don’t give a crap, just killing the people will make him smile and collect his 72 HOG rear ends.
6 years ago
You know, I was actually surprised when I read that that the judge didn’t give him the addresses of the witnesses and cab fare to each home.
6 years ago
let’s have this man’s address!!! let’s stalk this pos!
6 years ago
As a lawyer you have a duty to represent your client, but you have no duty to line up his victims
6 years ago
Give him my address. Please.
6 years ago
Give him my address, I know how to deal with his type! Semper Fi
6 years ago
Then it is only proper that their meeting with alice be arranged at the earliest convenience
6 years ago
Reply to
Harrie Mossel
She made mine too! Her sharp sense of humor is priceless, I simply love it!
6 years ago
So the muslum’s defense attorney will have the witnesses’ addresses? Well that just sounds dandy — especially if his counsel is a member of CAIR.
6 years ago
I’m quite sure he just wanted to send them flowers and candy. Yes, I’m quite sure…..
6 years ago
The flint Police should have saved the tax payer with one piece of lead.
I do hope if a judge approves giving the addresses of wittness’s to the perpetrator that the judge is first to be eliminated.
6 years ago
Add an extension to the courthouse phone system. All witnesses have the same phone number at the courthouse. All witnesses have the same address at the courthouse…
6 years ago
This is so wrong on so many levels: judicial: equity; society; safety; the typical self-righteousness of the typical entitled muslin…deliberalitely mis-spelled in order to avoid forced capitalization, a form of respect which is my choice only. Even the judge was just a bit too compromising in her agreement to ” remain open.”. This is textbook intimidation. What legitimate reason could there possibly be, given this terrorist’s stated intentions and normal masking of witnesses? WHY is this even an issue! THIS is exactly how these savages ( let”s just be frank), get a toe-hold in communities. He will hopefully be convicted…by a judge…for attempted murder, upon a law enforcement officer, with malice, a hate crime, and obstruction of justice. I am astounded that this is even an issue. He succeeded at what he intended: the witnesses and potential jurors know he has his ” brothers” to carry out his evil, filthy intentions. I hope they can deport him, to a filthy, overcrowded prison in a third-world country. If not, SUPERMAX is the only way to minimize contact AND a growing concern: infiltration of our penal system ( as with all our systems). My guess is this guy will receive a slap on the wrist. ( It IS a Michigan case). May the Lord Protect Us All from these heathens. It’s all about jihad. It’s just the method that they choose. WHERE are people’s self-preservation instincts? My prayers to the wounded officer and all the innocents involved.
6 years ago
One thing ( else!) I gotta’ say. As serious as this is, the posts are some of the wittiest, non-PC, what-you-really-want-to-say I’ve seen. What a laugh, and what a relief!
6 years ago
They will answer to a bullet in the head!!
6 years ago
this psychopath needs but one address. that of the nearest psych prison in which he will spend the rest of his drooling in antipsychotic meds life..as a dangerous offender
