New York, NY – A Manhattan federal judge refused to ease harsh, post-9/11 prison conditions for terror suspect Syed Hashmi after the feds say the Brooklyn College grad was caught shadowboxing in his cell.
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“I’m practicing for you guys,” Hashmi told a prison guard after a surveillance video caught him throwing punches in the air and practicing martial arts, according to federal prosecutors.
Judge Loretta Preska cited the incident in rejecting Hashmi’s request to be spared 24-hour lockdown at a Manhattan federal lockup with just an hour of solitary recreation time every day.
He also wanted a Muslim roommate and a chance to pray with other inmates.
Hashmi lawyer Sean Maher told Preska that if the conditions continue, the Flushing resident, who has been held since June 2007, will be emotionally and psychologically impaired.
“We are on the road to Mr. Hashmi being damaged,” Maher said. “This type of confinement right now, I believe, is abominable,” Maher told Preska.
Hashmi, 28, is accused of providing Al Qaeda terrorists with cash and military supplies to wage jihad against U.S. troops in Afghanistan.
At a prison hearing, Hashmi denied the prison guard’s shadowboxing claims and called his accuser “two-faced.”
“I don’t recognize your legitimacy to judge me,” he wrote.
This would all be so funny if it weren’t so sad. Prisoners such as these demanding Muslim roommates and prayer time and other benefits, as if they were in a luxury suite and had a say in anything. And then outright telling the guards they’re practicing to hurt them, and expect gentle treatment. Can you imagine what the guards in a Muslim or Arab prison would say or do to such prisoners? Maybe Obama would like to send him some apology flowers and a case of chocolates along with a personal jet home.
Put him in a concrete sealed box & drop him in the ocean.
lets try some of the military supplys that he gave to hamas on him. Lets see how well they work.!