Or sheer chutzpah:
One of the suspects in the pirate attack that led to the killings of four Americans says he was kicked and stomped by Navy crew members after his capture.
Mahdi Jama Mohamed said in a new court filing that his injuries were so severe that he needed stitches to close a wound on his chin. He also says he was blindfolded and kept in handcuffs for several days, and he thought he would be killed if he didn’t talk.
Mohamed’s lawyer argues that any statements his client made to Navy officials or the FBI should be thrown out of court…
Mohamed, who does not speak English, was captured along with the other co-defendants on Feb. 22 by the crew of the U.S. destroyer Sterett.
“Mohamed was pushed onto the ground, his back was stomped and the back of his head was kicked, resulting in bruises and a cut on his chin which required stitches,” Holmes told the judge in the filing. “The questioning of the defendant clearly was in violation of the Fifth Amendment and the supporting decisions of the Supreme Court. The statement must be deemed to be involuntary and deemed inadmissible because it was based upon coercion and undue influence.”
We should just take him back to the scene of the crime and release him.
It’d be the only fair and just thing to do.
can’t recall if that is rendition or repatriation but it works for me. Give him a parachute or work him at hard labor at Fukushima stacking fuel rods at a fair wage and let him buy a working parachute for his rapturous return to a very small part of the Red Sea.
Since we know that various terrorist leaders have taught ways to take advantage of the US legal system; I’d have to say this is very affective Asymmetric Warfare. Particularly when you have such a compliant DoJ. The question will be if the US Attorney’s Office actually responds to the motion, or does nothing hoping Judge Davis will have to compromise his appearance of objectivity and simply dismiss the arguments without a motion from the prosecution. Such an event would add fodder worth a few more years of appeal motions by the defense.
Yeah, I’m thinking that a Somali pirate captured on the high seas doesn’t actually have any 5th amendment rights.
But I’m not a lawyer, so, what do I know; except that he shouldn’t enjoy and US constitutional protection, in my humble opinion…
I say take him back and release him, as Lex suggests. Although the idea of letting him work for his release at Fukishima is intriguing. I mean, we might just be doing him a favor by doing so, since he wouldn’t need any battery powered lights at night afterward.
Me likey the Rad absorber bit, but the scene of the crime release works also. Kapok vest optional, of course.
Should have been treated the same as how the Brits treated German submariners who were to be rescued after their sub was sunk and would not name their boat.
Who didn’t see this tactic coming? Seriously.
Clearly not kicked and stomped enough.
A cut chin! You get that shaking hands with a friendly Marine.
Lucky Jack Aubrey (were he not fictional) would be spinning in his grave.
Captured in international waters should mean that the Constitution of the United State of America …. should not apply.
Cut chin – poor baby.
IIRC the decks of a warship are considered sovereign U.S. territory. I remember hearing that the first Papal visit to the United States is technically to be considered to have been when one of the Popes in the 19th century boarded the U.S.S. Constitution when it visited Italy.
That 5th Amendment thing? Only applies to American Citizens. Try again.
Didn’t pirates used to get hung upon capture? The good old days sometimes had it right.
Unless BHO or his puppet Holder deems otherwise (for now at least).
Don’t know about hung but a lot of them were hanged.
Hung, Hanged, as long as they’re dead at the end I’m for it. But I’ll try to remember someone “being hung” has nothing to do with a good hanging.
Fifth Amendment applies to US soil, not only for citizens. Or else my mother wouldn’t have any fifth amendment rights after living here for over thrity years.
I think the warship counts as US soil, and that’s the problem. They need to beat and kick them on the beach, or in a raft not baring US colors, or something. Sounds like a good job for private contractors.
Ah well, stick a plank over the side when and where you catch them and let them “escape”. Some of them may be Olympic class swimmers. Shark chum will fix that.
Dang! I was thinking of chum, and you beat me to it! Yes, we do give him a nice bouyant life jacket, provided we’ve chummed first. I want the action to be visible from above the surface.
Seeing as how the fucker participated in the killing of two of my personal friends, I say we stomp his ass on a daily basis for a good.long.while. Send him to Seattle and we’ll take care of it. Promise.
Bob Riggle and Phyllis Macay were two of the finest souls I’ve ever had the pleasure of spending time with. Who speaks for them?
I agree. More and more, the murdered are forgotten and the perpetrators are attempted to be shown as a victim. Cruel to the kind, kind to the cruel. I am boiling over with righteous indignation about this.
Now there’s an idea. Just think how much FedGov would save if they contracted the punishment for these twits. Or, they could be sent to one of the Basic Training/ Boot Camp installations for their daily abuse. I doubt they’d last long at Parris or San Diego. At least you’d get some use out of them.
Other than that, a long drop with a sudden stop wurks fer me.
Nah, short drop with slow stop. Give ‘em time to think a bit, and maybe repent. I’ve read that cottonwood trees are good for that.
I’ll speak for them, next chance I get. Am bookmarking this post, to have their names handy.
As I’ve mentioned here before, had my inheritance not been boiled away by some bad folks, I’d have been doing some single-handed sailing, which would have made me cold meat for a-holes like that. I would like to think my government would have avenged me in a swift and horrible and revoltingly exemplary manner had that guy done the same to me.
Smart sailors rarely get in trouble for the same thing twice…and ya can’t really beat a dead man….I think I see a potential solution here.
Agreed! I recall an incident when Marines guarding a MASH unit in the Iraqi desert in 2003, captured several Iraqi prisoners. The Marine commander’s solution: target practice!
Shaman … I’ll tell you what my English teacher told me many many years ago, and I never forgot it: Being ‘hanged’ is the ultimate punishment; being ‘hung’ is a gift of God. There now … I’ll bet you’ll never confuse the two again. I know I haven’t.
Marianne
P.S. I hope I don’t get moderated for this …
Marianne, you are much more moderate then VX, Mongo, or myself.
Didn’t take the bleeding heart liberals very long to find him a free shyster, did it? I vote for never taking another pirate alive….EVER. Cheaper and a lot less demanding on my blood pressure.
Out the plank ye go and take yer lawyer with ya. Maybe the other sharks will eat their own first.
Pirates come under the “no prisoners” rule, as far as I’m concerned.