Discussion: Police Handcuff Man Mistakenly Believed To Be Member Of Islamic State

Welcome to 21st century police state, when ignorant frightened people dictate police responses. I hope both the hotel chain and the employee are sued straight into bankruptcy.

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Yeah, if anything, ISIS is going to arrive in Cleveland in full traditional garb to throw off any hint they might be with ISIS.

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Did Trump tweet self-congratulations yet?

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Welcome to Trumpfuckistan.

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Yes, I wonder why police are so gullible as to attack a man in traditional garb before asking him questions.

Then again, I wonder why so many Americans voted for Trump in the primaries. I see a correlation there somewhere.

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Actually, he was disguising his ISIS membership: ISIS wears black. /snark

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I couldn’t agree with you more. Someone needs to be made an object lesson of the consequences of when stupidity, fear and bigotry are allowed to run rampant.

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A little preview of America under President Trump.

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Screw the lawsuit. The hotel clerk’s father and sister should go to jail for making a false police report.

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WTF!!?? I don’t believe I can convey how scary this is to me. So, the police show up and just handcuff him with not even ascertaining the situation? And, gee, that damned desk clerk – what a cracked up bitch she must be, she shits in her pants when she sees someone who isn’t wearing a god-damned cross around their neck? I want to say "sue the fuck out of these people – the PD and the people who phoned 911 – but it won’t teach anyone a lesson. Donald J. Trump, you own the current uptick in hate crimes against everyone who isn’t white male Xtian – you slimy, fucking Son-of-a-Bitch!

Edited for spelling

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I. Am. So. Embarrassed. Thanks, Trump.

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Come on, at least the Police didn’t kill him !

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I hope he sues them all - the hotel, the hotel employee, the police department - into non-existence.

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Well, that’s because he’s not black! [not snark – right, (the few bad apples in the) Police?]

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Trump-style “selective profiling” in action.

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Clerk: “He was pledging his loyalty to ISIS.”
Rational person: “Oh, you speak fluent Arabic?”
Clerk: “No.”
Rational person: “Then how do you know he was pledging his loyalty to ISIS?”
Clerk: “He’s an Ay-rab, ain’t he?”

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In response the United Arab Emirates has issued a travel advisory to its citizens:

UAE warns against wearing national dress abroad

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It won’t do them a bit of good. The fools will just assume they’re trying to conceal something & proceed as above.

I imagine he was going to the Cleveland Clinic for medical care. A lot of foreigners go there for their world-class treatment.

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