“Police have uncovered no evidence to suggest Cummings was either directed by ISIS to carry out the killing or may have been inspired by the group, Denver Police Commander Barb Archer said Friday.”
He said he was inspired by the Islamic State, and the Islamic State has repeatedly called on Muslims in the U.S. to attack police and security personnel, but who cares about such details? Cummings himself must be so frustrated: what does a guy have to do to get recognized as a warrior for Allah in this politically correct age?
“AP: Man Accused Of Shooting Security Officer Pledges ISIS Support,” Associated Press, February 17, 2017 (thanks to The Religion of Peace):
DENVER (AP) — A former U.S. soldier accused of shooting and killing a transit guard in downtown Denver last month says he is a supporter of the Islamic State group, but investigators say they have not found evidence the terror group had anything to do with the killing.
He said he did so to purge himself of an oath he took to uphold the U.S. Constitution when he joined the Army in 1996.
Speaking calmly and addressing a reporter as “ma’am”, the Islamic convert from Pampa, Texas, declined to discuss the crime or whether his support for ISIS led him, as police allege, to walk behind Scott Von Lanken while he was speaking to two women around 11 p.m. on Jan. 31 and put a gun to his neck.
One of the women told investigators Cummings said something like, “Do what you are told,” just before he opened fire and ran away, police have said….
Police have uncovered no evidence to suggest Cummings was either directed by ISIS to carry out the killing or may have been inspired by the group, Denver Police Commander Barb Archer said Friday….
Archer said federal authorities who also have investigated Cummings have not told her about a possible Islamic State connection, as she would expect them to if there was one.
“I think he’s looking for attention,” she said of Cummings’ comments about pledging loyalty to the Islamic State.
Cummings served in the Army more than a decade ago but never saw combat.
Investigators interviewed him in December after members of a Denver-area mosque reported concerns about him to federal authorities. The FBI has declined comment on what if any action agents took after Cummings was interviewed or about any involvement they may have in the shooting investigation….
Denver-area Muslim leaders have repudiated Cummings’ self-professed practice of Islam. They stressed in a December email to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security their perception that Cummings’ statements and rants about Islam at one area mosque led them to fear he had become radicalized.
On Dec. 24, a mosque leader emailed the Department of Homeland Security to say a man identifying himself as a Muslim convert named Joshua, from Pampa, Texas, made worrisome statements that day about fighting to establish “the rule of Islam.” The email also said Joshua had rebuked a speaker “as being soft” on Shariah law earlier in December.
Ismael Akbulut, a leader in the Denver-area Muslim community, said he knew nothing about Cummings professing allegiance to the Islamic State.
“It’s his own interpretation” of the purpose of fasting, Akbulut said. “If he had been affiliated with ISIS they would post that on social media. They haven’t. I think it’s his desire to be affiliated with that now.”
Islamic State supporters often proclaim their allegiance in social media before attacks. It is less common for them to declare it after the fact.
Cummings had been vocal on Twitter about his views about Islam as well as both critical and supportive of law enforcement.
He told the AP said he had wanted to declare his allegiance ISIS and its leader, Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi, earlier but an infection had prevented him from fasting….
Since his arrest, he said he received medical care in jail that gave him the ability to fast and “expiate” his prior oath.
He used the Arabic word for allegiance in making his declaration and then explained in English what he meant.
Akbulut said Islam does call for atonement through three days of fasting, but he said that would not apply in the context Cummings described.
“In this case it’s totally nonsense,” Akbulut said. “It’s his own interpretation.”
Terry says
This piece of shit is given medical treatment and care- while Americans ( under Obamacare, and others) cannot get it. At government expense..
The government, rather than treating his infection, should have given him some nitroglycerin pills.
Cheaper than a trial
somehistory says
They know that he did what he did for islam and isis, but they don’t want the public to know it.
Just like the other one in Denver with the pipe bomb material is a mental case.
They have to try to maintain the image of the beast as long as they can. the beast demands it.
A Harris USA says
some history, You nailed it.. If I rob a bank for money for a new car, would the FBI say I robed a bank for money to buy food?? NO they would not.. This is where the fake new is taking away the importance of even watching the news.. I have given up.. This scum bag filth did it for, and with, the Islamic State. Islam, the big MO , and whomever you want to put on the page. It spells out Islam..PERIOD.
Allan says
“We protect everyone.”
-A Chicago cop to me about 10 minutes ago in front of the Trump International Hotel &Tower in response to my remark, “you’re protecting the Democrats”. His companions were moving barricades into place to restrict the movement of hateful leftists who are still gathering just across the river.
mortimer says
Prisoner: “I confess I did it, and I confess my Islamic motive was to promote the Islamic State.”
Police: “Nonsense! ISIS has nothing to do with Islam.”
Apparently, the US police think they know more about Islam than Caliph al-Baghdadi (PhD Islamic Studies).
Caliph Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi, who is the ISIS chief and the caliph of the Islamic State, is apparently the first Islamic Studies PhD from a Muslim background who has no idea about Islam.
Al-Baghdadi, who has obtained BA, MA and PhD degrees in Islamic studies from the Islamic University in Baghdad, has been condemned as a person who knows nothing about Islam, and as the head of an organization that has nothing to do with Islam.
The professors from the Islamic University of Baghdad, however, do not agree. They taught the caliph and believe his credentials and doctrines are sound.
“If a person who has a PhD in Islamic studies and does nothing but study the Islamic scriptures knows nothing about Islam, then who does?” questioned al-Baghdadi’s main teacher from the Islamic University, preferring to remain anonymous since the fatwa against ISIS and its chief puts his reputation into jeopardy.
“The wine-sipping Muslims, those hedonistic adulterers will tell the world what true Islam is? Obama and Cameron know more about Islam than the faculty of Islamic studies at the Islamic University in Baghdad?” the professor bellowed with rage, while talking to a journalist.
Another professor, who had taught al-Baghdadi for his BA, said off the record that the ISIS caliph was an ardent student.
“He had this obsession with Islamic studies. I used to tell him to go out and have some fun sometimes. But his idea of fun wasn’t too human friendly,” the professor said. “In any case he was a top student. One of the best I’ve ever had. Had the entire syllabus on his finger tips – to be honest, he knew more about Islamic studies than most of the professors.”
“While you can question whether they are humans or not, there is no doubt that ISIS, including Abu Bakr (al Baghdadi), are indeed bona fide Muslims,” concluded the ISIS caliph’s PhD professor.
Somebody says
ISIS was established by US and allies (Saudi, Qatar, Turkey and WE countries) so this is normal news …
John A. Marre says
New converts are the most dangerous. They lose their ability to think rationally, and out of hate for themselves and this country, they believe they must carry out in full the tenets of the radical death cult that they have just joined.
Angemon says
Other than calling for muslims in Western nations to kill non-muslims. What, are authorities expecting to see a direct line of contact tracing back to ISIS every time a muslim claims to act in the name of ISIS? Remind me again what the official reaction was when Major Hasan’s ties to islamic terrorists were denounced to his superiors…
Bezelel says
Ismael Akbulut, a leader in the Denver-area Muslim community, said he knew nothing about Cummings professing allegiance to the Islamic State.
“In this case it’s totally nonsense,” Akbulut said. “It’s his own interpretation.”
A clear case of a mis-understander of islam. So says Ismael Akbulut. And of course he should know, and probably does know exactly what cummings was saying was pure islam and doesn’t actually require an isis connection to do what he did.
Stan Lee says
In sanctuary city Denver, “up” is “down” and terrorism is a fallacy. I think Denver would rather disguise Jihadi activities than have the federal government investigating what really took place.
As it is, Denver, plus all of the other Sanctuary cities will face loss of federal dollars if they decide to resist the federal government’s advice to abandon Sanctuary to illegals of all types, which includes Muslims following the advisements in their koran, against non-Muslims or law enforcement.
It’s going to become a battle of wits, cities vs. federal government. Something’s got to give, and I doubt that President Trump will drop the matter. National security is at stake and the idea of sanctuary cities protecting illegals of all stripes conflicts with homeland security.
Terry says
Stan–i think ( just my view) that the local politicians in the sanctuary cities and states -unless they are TOTALLY brain dead (San Francisco probably yes, L. A. the same, ditto New York City) they will look at the election results –state and federal.
Dems are being decimated on the state level-the number that i saw- the Dems have lost in the neighborhood of 1,000 seats between state legislatures and the US House of Reps. On the local level, not much better.
And in the pres. race ( using google numbers- and they are a liberal site) Trump got a plurality or majority in 3,084 of 3,144 counties ( a shade over 98%).
Any (intelligent) politician should look carefully before deciding to go against the people.
Further, according to a WSJ political writer or editor- if JUST FIVE COUNTIES-IN THE NEW YORK CITY AND L.A. AREA ARE REMOVED, TRUMP WON THE POPULAR VOTE.
I think more a game of CHICKEN than a game of wits. I think the states/cities will blink first.
if Ruth Bader Ginsberg dies or retires, (she would probably die before retiring with Trump and Pence- and she has or had two types of cancer, and is in her 80’s; and Obama tried to get her to retire- I think it wa sin his first term, not sure.
Bubba says
I think it is time to get these demonic createries out of here once and for all
Jack says
Bastard is winking at us, or maybe he ran into a fist.