CAIR-MI Alleges the FBI Engaged in a Cover-Up in Imam Abdullah Luqman’s Death
Back in February, I suggested that the killing of Imam Abdullah Luqman by members of FBI’s Hostage Rescue Team is what a targeted killing in the US would look like. I was not asserting it was a targeted killing, just that a targeted killing would be a raid with a seemingly unplanned death, and we would likely never know if it were a targeted killing.
At the time, I described how the FBI had basically blown off Luqman’s survivors’ wrongful death suit, which was supported by CAIR-MI.
Today, CAIR-MI and the survivors have filed an amended complaint.
The complaint gets around the FBI’s previous strategy of refusing to name the four FBI Agents most directly responsible for killing Luqman by also naming the former SAC for Detroit, Andrew Arena, who said on a video that “I made the final decision to use that dog [sicced on Luqman]. That was the last decision I made” and the FBI’s local SWAT team member.
And it gets around the expiration of statute of limitations by accusing the FBI of fraudulently concealing the cause of action. In addition to putting out a false story claiming Luqman was armed, the complaint alleges, Arena made sure the killers and the weapon allegedly used by Luqman were removed from the scene before local law enforcement arrived. In addition, all video surveillance was removed from the site, and Abdullah’s body was moved.
62. Upon information and belief, during the time that the FBI had complete control of the interior warehouse crime scene, Defendant Arena arranged for the evacuation of the Unidentified FBI Agents and their transport to FBI Headquarters.
63. Accordingly, the Unidentified FBI Agents were unavailable to provide witness statements to local police crime scene investigators.
64. Upon information and belief, during the time that the FBI had complete control of the interior warehouse crime scene, and pursuant to instructions by Defendant Arena, an alleged semi‐automatic handgun was allegedly removed from the crime scene and taken to FBI Headquarters.
65. Accordingly, the alleged semi‐automatic handgun was unavailable for forensic analysis by local crime scene investigators.
66. Upon information and belief, during the time that the FBI had complete control of the interior warehouse crime scene, and pursuant to instructions by Defendant Arena, FBI Agents removed all hard drives and video surveillance equipment from the warehouse before local crime scene investigators were allowed to gain access to the hard drives or view the video footage.
67. Upon information and belief, during the time that the FBI had complete control of the interior warehouse crime scene, and pursuant to instructions by Defendant Arena, the body of Abdullah was already moved to a different location inside the warehouse before local crime scene investigators and the medical examiner were allowed to gain access to the crime scene.
As a result, it was not until one of Luqman’s alleged accomplices, Muhammad Abdul Salaam, was released from prison until Luqman’s estate learned what really happened at the site.
Here’s where things get interesting. Read more →