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'Islamophobia' Defense Used in Double Homicide

 
djdrastic 2017-03-26 07:13:02 

Why can't this poor man just be left alone ?


An ongoing domestic dispute fueled by Facebook threats from an accused killer led to an ambush by Nasser Hamad. This resulted in the shooting deaths of two victims and the wounding of three others

Now Hamad has attacked the victims in court, saying that they were a "terroristic group set firmly against Hamad because he was an Arab and a Muslim":

The killings occurred on February 25 outside Hamad's home in Warren, Ohio. He fired into the van occupied by the victims. There is no indication the victims had a weapon of any type

Earlier this month, a Trumbull County judge set bail for Hamad at $5 million, despite Hamad's claims he was being charged solely on the basis of his race. But his bond was later revoked at the request of prosecutors

During the bond hearing, he asked an assistant prosecutor if he was a "Zionist Jew":

An attorney associated with Hamad's family appeared at the March 2 hearing. Afterwards, attorney Geoffrey Oglesby told the media that the charges were based on racism

In court this week, the admitted killer justified the shootings by invoking an "Islamophobia" defense and he even called on prosecutors to charge the victims with hate crimes