Alleged Assault of News Photographer Outside Detroit Mosque
October 28, 2009 by Homeland Security NTARC News
Filed under Incident Reports
The Detroit News is reporting that police are investigating the assault of a Detroit News photographer outside a mosque whose leader was killed during a shootout with FBI agents Wednesday.
A group of men attacked photographer Ricardo Thomas about 6:30 p.m. outside the mosque on Clairmont at Holmur acccording to the report.
The attack lasted about 30 seconds and damaged camera equipment worth $8,000 to $10,000. The men returned to the mosque, but had left by the time police arrived.
"They told him to stop taking pictures, he said 'I'm just doing my job,' and then they set upon him," said reporter Charlie LeDuff, who witnessed the assault.
Detroit is known for reduced police services and responces. Which has enabled crime to increase and to the extent that it goes unreported. Why? Not enough police. So what happens? Increse in vigilante groups, private security, individual generated justice – in response to crime. Are losing the ability and belief to goverance?