Former Presidents George Bush Sr. & Bill Clinton decide to go to a football game.
The end result - Five Muslims Detained at Giants Stadium
Today's Real Deal is plain and simple.
The FBI told CNN that they weren't profiling them.
Really?
Well if that was the case, then why were they detained?
This is yet yet another way our government is spying on us. The Right Wing will be quick to remind us of the war against terror. But it's quite obvious that some people need to be reminded that there are some GOOD HONEST HARD WORKING WORKING MUSLIMS WHO HAVE JOBS & NO INTEREST OR DESIRE TO BRING HARM TO AMERICANS.
That is what these muslims are. THEY MEAN NO HARM
In the article, it says that "Some of the Muslims said they did not know they were in a sensitive area, and they complained that they were subjected to racial profiling while they were praying, as their faith requires five times a day."
Does the FBI not respect religion?
Here are some other interesting points (paraquoted from the CNN article)
At a news conference Wednesday, Sami Shaban, a 27-year-old Seton Hall Law School student who lives in Piscataway, said he and four friends had just gotten to the September 19 New York Giants-New Orleans Saints game when they left their seats to pray. Around halftime, 10 security officers and three state troopers approached the men and told them to come with them, Shaban said.
He also said that they were questioned and not allowed to return to their seats, but were assigned seats in another section.
Gee....If they posed such a security threat, WHY LET THEM BACK IN AT ALL???
The FBI told CNN that they aroused suspicion because "they were congregating near the main air intake duct" and that Bush Sr. was in the stadium that night as part of the Hurricane Katrina fundraising campaign along with former President Bill Clinton.
"You had 80,000 people there, Bush 41 was there, and you had a group of gentlemen gathering in an area not normally used by the public right near the main air intake duct for the stadium, and a food preparation facility," Siegel said. "It was where they were, not what they were doing."
Okay....Lemme get this straight. If I were to be seen hovering near an air intake duct at Invesco Field here in Denver, I can expect to be detained for questioning. Am I right? Look at my picture to the left. Do I look Muslim to you? Is that what they're telling us? If so, I don't buy it.
Racial profiling is a part of law enforcement regardless of geographical location or level of government . It is second nature to them. This may sound "ultra-liberal" (if not downright paranoid), but I believe there are less-intrusinve methods of enforcing the law and ensuring Homeland Security than violating someone's CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT to FREEDOM OF RELIGION (or any other rights for that matter).
The objective now is to find terrorists via those methods. And the sooner the better.
And that's Today's Real Deal.
