Update: The unarmed mentally-ill Somali man who was shot by Peel police has been officially charged

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Family of mentally-ill Mississauga man question police shooting

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Hamza Abdi

The family of Hamza Abdi is upset about how police handled the situation.

They believe the 26-year-old, who suffers from bipolar disorder, schizophrenia and anxiety, left the house because he was anxiously looking for cigarettes.

Abdi's family said he was wearing a winter jacket when he left the house and the only thing they know he had with him was an electric shaver.


They claim Peel police knew about Abdi's mental health issues because of previous calls. And they believe tensions following the Paris attacks may have played a role in how police responded.

http://www.cbc.ca/beta/news/canada/toronto/mentally-ill-man-shooting-1.3323658
 

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‘My brother has never harmed anyone,’ says family of man shot by Peel police

Abdi, a 26-year-old originally from Somalia, is now out of hospital and in jail, facing charges that include a weapons offence for carrying an imitation explosive vest and uttering threats.

His family, however, says he is far from a suicide bomber — he is a mentally ill man diagnosed with bipolar disorder, schizophrenia and anxiety. They also maintain that he was not wearing anything that looked like an explosive vest.

On the night of the shooting, they say Abdi wandered out from the family’s townhouse around midnight, likely to find cigarettes. He was wearing a black coat and — for some unknown reason — he was carrying an electric shaver.

His family, who moved to Canada in 1995, fears he was off his medication, and is concerned the incident unfairly paints Abdi as a terrorist when he is simply sick.

“My brother is mentally ill. He has never harmed anyone,” Rana Abdi, Hamza’s sister, said in an interview at the family’s home Tuesday, about 500 metres from the site of the shooting.

“My brother does not have any sympathies with any terror group, not at all,” said Abdi’s older brother, Mohamoud.

It’s not clear who called police or what alerted officers to Abdi’s presence in the neighbourhood.

The force’s bomb squad was also called to the scene, said Peel police Const. George Tudos.

Sometime after police arrived, Abdi was shot. According to the family, officers fired four times, striking Abdi twice.

Mohamoud Abdi said he left the house not long after his younger brother walked out the door and saw police. Mohamoud claims police told him he could not go any closer because they were investigating an active crime scene.

Mohamoud Abdi says the bomb squad was on scene for nearly two hours. After that, his brother was taken to hospital.

“When I saw him at the hospital at 4 a.m. he was shaking, jerking. He was conscious. He knew that when he was on the ground that he was bleeding. He said he was scared that he was going to bleed to death. He said he was cold. It was like he had hypothermia at the hospital,” Mohamoud Abdi said.

Abdi was discharged from hospital Sunday and is being held in the Maplehurst Correctional Complex, his family says.

Abdi’s siblings said they wanted to speak out about the incident in an attempt to explain their brother’s illness. They are afraid the representation of him as a terrorist could cause major problems for him and the family.

“I’m telling you this story because it’s the truth,” said Mohamoud Abdi. “This has really torn up my whole family because of what has already been reported about my brother. What are people going to think about us?”

http://m.thestar.com/#/article/news...e-says-family-of-man-shot-by-peel-police.html
 

TekNiKo

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Another false flag to ostracize Muslims. The plot thickens and im lovin it :chrisfreshhah:
 

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Bump. The Globe & Mail interview went well. I appeared in the print addition. :denzelnigga:

Anyway, expect a segment on this from Hodan Nalayeh and a follow-up in The Globe and Mail. :coolphone:
 

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Pamela Geller and Robert Spencer(Jihad Watch) work together. They run the Islamophobic organization American Freedom Defense Initiative.
 

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Update: Hamza's family has set up a gofundme to help cover his legal fees.

 
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