This is one of the many, many jihad attacks in the U.S. that received hardly any media attention at all. One might almost get the idea that the establishment media doesn’t want the public to be aware of the nature and magnitude of the jihad threat. If Amor Ftouhi had been a white supremacist screaming some racial epithet as he went about his stabbing, he would have received screaming international front page coverage for weeks. But no one took any particular notice of what he actually did.
“Flint Airport Stabbing Trial Won’t Be Moved,” WWJ, September 7, 2018:
FLINT (WWJ/AP) – A judge has rejected a request to move the trial of a man who is accused of stabbing a police officer at Flint’s Bishop International Airport.
Judge Linda Parker said Thursday the jury pool in Flint federal court is drawn from 750,000 people — plenty of whom can give Amor Ftouhi a fair trial.
Ftouhi’s lawyers had asked to move the Nov. 5 trial to Detroit where the jury pool is even larger and where people might not have heard about the dramatic attack in June 2017.
Ftouhi, a native of Tunisia who lives in Montreal, is accused of stabbing Lt. Jeff Neville while yelling “Allahu Akbar,” the Arabic phrase for “God is great.” Neville survived.
The government alleges that Ftouhi entered the U.S. legally via New York on June 16, 2017 — five days before the attack. He then traveled to Michigan where authorities said he tried to buy a gun, but failed. Instead, the FBI said he purchased a 12-inch knife with an 8-inch serrated blade and made his way to the Flint airport.
Ftouhi left his baggage in the restroom, then allegedly stabbed Lt. Neville in the neck. As the attack went on, the FBI says Ftouhi continued to exclaim “Allah” and referenced killings in Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan — adding something to the effect of “you are all going to die.” He was taken down by police and arrested at the scene.
After his arrest, Ftouhi allegedly told law enforcement that he was a “soldier of Allah” and subscribed to the ideology of al-Qaeda and Osama bin Laden….
Karm says
So if the news does have anything to say about this stabbing it will probably be along the lines. ” the motive is still unknown.”
Bonnie Loranger says
It is the ideology of Islam and nothing else
Mary says
Or he is mentally ill ( a euphemism for Muslim)
Larry O'Neil says
He was just another muslim suffering from mental illness nothing to see here..
Michael Copeland says
A “soldier of Allah”?
“I am a soldier and we are at war’ – London 7/7 bomber
Do Flint police think there might be a connection?
Indiana Tom says
Actually, it probably was the Flint water supply that put him over the edge.
Dan says
Indiana Tom: Your comment is despicable. I’m from the community and have seen the suffering and problems caused by the bureaucrats and politicians of both parties.
Children of all races and creeds have suffered health problems due to high levels of lead. Is that funny, too?
HugoHackenbush says
Mr. Dan,
while agreeing with your criticism of politicians and bureaucrats, the facts regarding lead levels in children were overblown and demagogued.
The rise in the average lead level was part of normal (random) variation in an overall downward trend and had also occurred prior to the switch in water source. (see the graph of the levels in the original article).
From “The Journal of Pediatrics” :
(Editorial): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpeds.2018.03.008
(Main Article): : https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpeds.2017.12.063
From the editorial: “The mean blood lead level did not double. It increased by 0.11 µg/dL. No children underwent chelation therapy in this time.”
Dan says
Mr. Hugo: My point is that there was and are ongoing health issues that apparently some people find funny.
Perhaps you should have read deeper into some of the things you cited.
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/beyond-lead-flint-water-strongly-tied-to-legionnaire-s-disease/
People died due to the contaminated water while officials on every level ignored the pleas of residents for months and months. There is currently a bureaucrat facing involuntary manslaughter charges.
My adult daughter is one of those who has suffered and had to move out of the city.
Because you know of no one who had chelation therapy doesn’t mean there have not been serious developmental problems among young children. There has been and continues to be.
Indiana Tom says
Elections have consequences. Keep voting Democratic.
https://www.nationalreview.com/2016/01/flint-water-scandal-democratic-pattern/
Dan says
Indiana Tom, WTF does a political party have to do with people suffering? I didn’t vote Democratic so does that mean that me and my friends and family shouldn’t have to suffer?
This is one of the many things wrong with partisanship in this country. You actually think it’s funny that people suffer because of government incompetence.
Fuck you!
Mark Berlinger says
“Fuck you!” is how the indiscriminate modern liberal ends the debate.
Older Canadian says
I wonder if Trudeau knows about this, and if so wonder if he cares, as I am not aware of any comment or apology for one of his imports once again causing such stress and pain upon America.
Indiana Tom says
If Amor Ftouhi had been a white supremacist screaming some racial epithet as he went about his stabbing, he would have received screaming international front page coverage for weeks.
Actually, Islam is a white supremacist organization.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZxH4QYLRQY
Mark Berlinger says
Touché.
Robert Carrillo says
“Soldier of Allah”, huh?
Coward is more like it..
Joe says
Same thing.
DHazard says
If you are going to kill infidels, but not become a martyr in the process, then you should take your dog and camel show to San Francisco. The jury pool there is full of morally challenged, upper middle class bores who love people who hate America.
Guy Forester says
I agree. Please move his trial:
1. AQ and IS declared war on the US by calling for attacks on us
2. He is an enemy combatant out of uniform, levying war upon the USA. And he admits it.
3. Move him to Gitmo and put him into the military justice system.
4. Problem solved.