Barbella
Senator
20-30 here, a dozen there... apparently Trump didn't pull it all out of thin air. He may have exaggerated a bit, but... yeah. Muslims DID celebrate. In New Jersey. Inside the US, the country that enables them to be free and make a decent living, and treats them as their own.
Donald Trump's credibility has been called into question over comments he has made about Muslims in New Jersey celebrating on 9/11 and now a report from NJ.com suggests that an aspect of that story is true.
While the New Jersey news organization called Trump's claim of thousands of Muslims celebrating on 9/11 to be 'baseless,' reporters found evidence of 'at least two modest celebrations' that occurred.
'Some men were dancing, some held kids on their shoulders,' said retired police officer Peter Gallagher, who said he cleared a rooftop celebration of some 20 to 30 people that day.
Another celebration occurred on Jersey City's John F. Kennedy Boulevard, according to eyewitnesses, which is near the mosque where Omar Abdel-Rahman, known as 'the blind sheikh,' had preached before his terrorist ties were uncovered during the investigation into the 1993 World Trade Center bombing.
'When I saw they were happy, I was pissed,' said 56-year-old Ron Knight, who said he heard cries of 'Allahu Akbar' while making his way through a crowd of 15 to 20 people on the street.
60-year-old Carlos Ferran, who lives in the same apartment building of Knight, also remembered coming across the gathering while he was walking to a liquor store to buy beer.
'Some of them had their hands in the air,' Ferran told NJ.com. 'They were happy.'
A crowd was reportedly gathered on a rooftop from an address on the same street, 2801 John F. Kennedy Blvd., but officers dispatched were unable to enter the building because the front door was locked.
'By the time I got to the roof, no one was there,' said retired officer Bruce Dzamba.
This was the building mentioned in a local news report by journalist Pablo Guzman, which Trump had pointed to as proof.
On the air, Guzman, citing unnamed sources, said federal officials had detained eight men at this scene who were cheering.
Retired officer Arthur Teeter, who worked in the radio room on 9/11, told NJ.com that this was one of several addresses where cheering was witnessed and that bystanders called in to report.
'They said they were witnessing this,' Teeter said. 'We don't send out cars based on someone saying somebody else saw it.'
NJ Advance Media journalists found a handful of other officers who shared similar recollections but would not go on the record, in part, because they feared repercussions from Jersey City Mayor Steven Fulop, who has repeatedly said that the celebrations did not happen.
'The celebrations happened,' he said. 'All or most on rooftops. The [Jersey City Police Department] leadership put on an order to seek the cooperation of the Muslim celebrants for their own safety. By 2 p.m. there were no more celebrations and my squad was designated a roving patrol to guard about six mosques.'
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...ims-celebrated-9-11-shouted-Allahu-Akbar.html
Donald Trump's credibility has been called into question over comments he has made about Muslims in New Jersey celebrating on 9/11 and now a report from NJ.com suggests that an aspect of that story is true.
While the New Jersey news organization called Trump's claim of thousands of Muslims celebrating on 9/11 to be 'baseless,' reporters found evidence of 'at least two modest celebrations' that occurred.
'Some men were dancing, some held kids on their shoulders,' said retired police officer Peter Gallagher, who said he cleared a rooftop celebration of some 20 to 30 people that day.
Another celebration occurred on Jersey City's John F. Kennedy Boulevard, according to eyewitnesses, which is near the mosque where Omar Abdel-Rahman, known as 'the blind sheikh,' had preached before his terrorist ties were uncovered during the investigation into the 1993 World Trade Center bombing.
'When I saw they were happy, I was pissed,' said 56-year-old Ron Knight, who said he heard cries of 'Allahu Akbar' while making his way through a crowd of 15 to 20 people on the street.
60-year-old Carlos Ferran, who lives in the same apartment building of Knight, also remembered coming across the gathering while he was walking to a liquor store to buy beer.
'Some of them had their hands in the air,' Ferran told NJ.com. 'They were happy.'
A crowd was reportedly gathered on a rooftop from an address on the same street, 2801 John F. Kennedy Blvd., but officers dispatched were unable to enter the building because the front door was locked.
'By the time I got to the roof, no one was there,' said retired officer Bruce Dzamba.
This was the building mentioned in a local news report by journalist Pablo Guzman, which Trump had pointed to as proof.
On the air, Guzman, citing unnamed sources, said federal officials had detained eight men at this scene who were cheering.
Retired officer Arthur Teeter, who worked in the radio room on 9/11, told NJ.com that this was one of several addresses where cheering was witnessed and that bystanders called in to report.
'They said they were witnessing this,' Teeter said. 'We don't send out cars based on someone saying somebody else saw it.'
NJ Advance Media journalists found a handful of other officers who shared similar recollections but would not go on the record, in part, because they feared repercussions from Jersey City Mayor Steven Fulop, who has repeatedly said that the celebrations did not happen.
'The celebrations happened,' he said. 'All or most on rooftops. The [Jersey City Police Department] leadership put on an order to seek the cooperation of the Muslim celebrants for their own safety. By 2 p.m. there were no more celebrations and my squad was designated a roving patrol to guard about six mosques.'
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...ims-celebrated-9-11-shouted-Allahu-Akbar.html
