Ohio town officials apologize to man from United Arab Emirates after Islamic State 911 call - Polidicks

[video]https://youtube.com/watch?v=m0AnvrIOu8Q[/video] [QUOTE] Officials in a Cleveland suburb apologized to a businessman from the United Arab Emirates after police detained the Emirati businessman on suspicion he was an Islamic State militant. The detention also prompted the United Arab Emirates to urge its male citizens to avoid wearing the white robes, headscarves, and headbands of the national dress when traveling abroad. The incident began when a receptionist at the Fairfield Inn in Avon, Ohio told her sister to call 911 to report what she had described as a man affiliated to Islamic State in the lobby. "There is a man in full head dress with multiple disposable phones pledging his allegiance... or something... to ISIS," the receptionist's sister told police on the 911 call. The man was actually 41-year-old Emirati businessman Ahmed al-Menhali, a husband and father of three children who has been in Cleveland receiving medical treatment since April. He was trying to book a room at the Avon hotel after having been forced to give up the Cleveland apartment he'd been staying in, due to reservations for the upcoming Republican National Convention. Police body camera footage shows officers arrive at the suburban chain hotel, draw their assault rifles, and take cover behind their vehicles. As Menhali walks out of the hotel entrance, one of the officers yells "there he is!" The police order him to get on the ground, and then run over and stick their knees into his back as they search and handcuff him. "Why this? This very bad," says Menhali in broken English. They stand him up and search him next to a police car, finding nothing suspicious. They then remove the handcuffs, and a few minutes later Menhali collapses to the ground, suffering from what he later described as a panic attack. EMTs transported him to a local hospital in an ambulance.[/QUOTE] [url]https://news.vice.com/article/ohio-town-officials-apologize-to-guy-from-united-arab-emirates-after-islamic-state-911-call[/url] Didn't see this getting posted. I hope they arrest the receptionist

Oh ya this was in the papers, the guy can't speak right now because the trauma either gave him a stroke or triggered something. The receptionist better get some jail time, this was flat out xenophobia and attempting to create hysteria

America doesn't have a Muslim or immigration problem or whatever. It has bigotry, intolerance, xenophobia and plain idiocy problems. Even if an ISIS operative were on American soil, why would they want to be so conspicuous by wearing the UAE national dress?

Fucking disgusting, hope the receptionist gets fired.

Oh man that poor guy. I hope he gets better and doesn't take it personally.

"This is not good" is probably the best description for what happened.

Wow, when he says to the police "This is not good", the cop replies "Yeah, you're right, it's not good". What a dick. Probably felt like a big man saving the world from a terrorist and had to get his snarky comment in on the body cam vid, huh? The most tragically hilarious part of this story is hidden in the text, though: [quote]The man was actually 41-year-old Emirati businessman Ahmed al-Menhali, a husband and father of three children who has been in Cleveland receiving medical treatment since April. He was trying to book a room at the Avon hotel after having been forced to give up the Cleveland apartment he'd been staying in, [B]due to reservations for the upcoming Republican National Convention[/B].[/quote] In a very roundabout way, all of this is still the Republicans' fault :v:

Shit, I live pretty close to Avon...

[QUOTE]"There is a man in full head dress with multiple disposable phones pledging his allegiance... or something... to ISIS," the receptionist's sister told police on the 911 call.[/QUOTE] Someone must have licked a lot of windows as a kid.

Going by every one I know from Avon this is not surprising.

[QUOTE=BioWaster;50642062]Oh man that poor guy. I hope he gets better and doesn't take it personally.[/QUOTE] "Sorry this frightening experience caused a stroke that will probably affect your quality of life for years to come, hope you don't take it personally."

Fucking disgusting. We need to educated or people better and stop with the smearing of races/religions in media.

What the fuck made the receptionist so islamophobic?

These stories should have the offender's name plastered all over, not only the victims. Why the fuck can't we ridicule the retarded sisters?

[QUOTE=MaximLaHaxim;50642454]What the fuck made the receptionist so islamophobic?[/QUOTE] If i had to guess, all the ISIS fear-mongering in the media. The general thought process because of it is now, "His skin is brown, his wife is wearing a hajib (or whatever theyre called) I'm going to get as far away from him as possible in case he blows up"

I mean, if you guys are that desperate for justice, you could always go complain about their business on yelp.

So many people being psychotic in here, RELEASE THEIR NAMES (so someone can beat them up or ruin their lives? Fuck off) it's a shifty situation, don't make it worse with INTERNETZ JUSTICEZ HUEHUE

And people wonder why Obama chooses not to employ the term "radical Islamic terror"

[QUOTE=niiiiiiiiok;50643926]So many people being psychotic in here, RELEASE THEIR NAMES (so someone can beat them up or ruin their lives? Fuck off) it's a shifty situation, don't make it worse with INTERNETZ JUSTICEZ HUEHUE[/QUOTE] Uh I saw only one post demanding publication of names

so a singular [del]999[/del] 911 call and an arab dressed as an arab warrants an assault rifle being pointed at you - 9/10 quality policing sad state of affairs usa 2016 -

[QUOTE=angelangel;50644289]so a singular [del]999[/del] 911 call and an arab dressed as an arab warrants an assault rifle being pointed at you - 9/10 quality policing sad state of affairs usa 2016 -[/QUOTE] I mean, it isn't like the 911 caller stated the person was "pledging his allegiance... or something... to ISIS" could possibly have anything to do with it. Not like that's a well known brutal terrorist organization or anything. Also, not that it matters, but it was 2 911 calls. [quote]While on the phone with the sister, police received a second call from the clerk's father also requesting that officers be sent to the hotel.[/quote]

[quote]He was trying to book a room at the Avon hotel after having been forced to give up the Cleveland apartment he'd been staying in, due to reservations for the upcoming Republican National Convention. [/quote] It's almost as if this whole event is a pure manifestation of America's problems.

Remember, people. If you are afraid of a terrorist attack, the thing to look out for is bearded men wearing Arabic robes and headdresses. Additional signs of terrorism may include sticks of dynamite strapped to a person and/or (involuntary) whispering or shouting of "[i]Allah Akhbar[/i]", which means "[i]I am a terrorist[/i]" in Arabic. Also, if an FBIman is reading this: My bike got stolen last week, it has two wheels a black frame and a broken headlight. Could you put a couple guys on finding it? Thanks.

[QUOTE=DaMastez;50644330]I mean, it isn't like the 911 caller stated the person was "pledging his allegiance... or something... to ISIS" could possibly have anything to do with it. Not like that's a well known brutal terrorist organization or anything. Also, not that it matters, but it was 2 911 calls.[/QUOTE] neither of the callers were at the scene of the incident. was any effort made to contact the hotel staff to verify and corroborate what was being reported? not that it matters of course

poor guy, he hit the ground pretty hard, i hope he's ok that receptionist should be fired

Lets just be happy he's not dead or shot, but what happened is still complete bullshit either way.

[QUOTE=angelangel;50644289]so a singular [del]999[/del] 911 call and an arab dressed as an arab warrants an assault rifle being pointed at you - 9/10 quality policing sad state of affairs usa 2016 -[/QUOTE] Well, someone did call it in as a terrorist threat. Considering ISIS's MO in their attacks, I'd want to go in with full battle rattle and a rifle too.

[QUOTE=Psychokitten;50644884]Well, someone did call it in as a terrorist threat. Considering ISIS's MO in their attacks, I'd want to go in with full battle rattle and a rifle too.[/QUOTE] And you'd be wrong .

[QUOTE=zakedodead;50647617]And you'd be wrong .[/QUOTE] And apparently it's better to have a pistol when being called in to what is being reported as a terrorist threat.

[QUOTE=zakedodead;50647617]And you'd be wrong .[/QUOTE] I.. don't think so? I think if you get a 9-11 call of this nature your only instinct is to respond appropriate to the reported threat. The police did nothing wrong. It was the retard who called 9-11 because an Arab guy was in the hotel lobby and made some bullshit up. [editline]4th July 2016[/editline] Like I watched the entire video. It's unfortunate what happened but everyone acted professionally and responsibly. It's the caller who should be held responsible. It's like that one incident where they called the PD to the Wal-Mart because they saw a black guy with a BB gun and called it in as an Active Shooter and got the guy killed.