"Dahlberg was charged with misdemeanor assault"

[Bucky]

http://videocafe.crooksandliars.com/david/man-angry-over-boston-bombings-breaks-jaw-fc

39-year-old Muslim cab driver who served in the Iraq war says that an executive from an aviation company accused him of being a jihadist and broke his jaw in what activists are calling a hate crime.

Mohamed A. Salim told The Washington Post that Emerald Aviation President Ed Dahlberg attacked him after he picked him up at Country Club of Fairfax in Northern Virginia at around 2 a.m. on Friday. Dahlberg had been drinking and was told that he would have to finish his open beer before getting into the cab.

Salim recorded audio of the encounter on his cell phone.

Dahlberg can be heard asking Salim, who emigrated from Somalia, to define "jihad" and then lumping him in with "radical fucking Muslims blowing people up all over the world."

"Denounce those motherfuckers now!" Dahlberg demands. "If you're a fucking Muslim flying jets into the fucking World Trade Center then fuck you. I will slice your fucking throat right now."

After Salim threatens to call 911, Dahlberg can be seen grabbing for the cell phone.

Salim said that Dahlberg left the cab, but then returned and broke his jaw before running into the woods.

Dahlberg was charged with misdemeanor assault and police are determining if charges should be elevated to a felony hate crime. The Washington-based Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) on Monday said that medical records and the 11-minute cell phone recording were being used as evidence in the case.

In a statement, Dahlberg's attorney, Demetry Pikrallidas, admitted that his client "became rather emotional as the discussion turned to jihad and 9/11, and especially heated on the subject of jihadists who want to harm America."

[Laurian]

1. Damn, I hope they upgrade the charges from misdemeanor to felony.

Otherwise, it's just another example of the special treatment of the privileged.

[Blue_Tires]

7. It's Virginia -- Crimes committed against black folks don't really count

unless it's black-on-black, of course....

[11 Bravo]

9. Horseshit. I live a couple of miles from where the alleged crime took place ...

and have for many years. Fairfax County ain't whatever the fuck you pretend to know it is.

[Blue_Tires]

11. Perhaps I've been letting too much cynicism color my words...

For the record, I'm down in Va. Beach...My dad's people live in Albemarle...I'll admit my words were over-the-top, but I'm *not* completely ignorant in how the legal system in our beloved Commonwealth has historically dealt with it's african-american residents...

[loli phabay]

2. knowing the Fairfax commonwealth attorney I see felony charges

[kelliekat44]

3. Yeah, but we won't hear about the civil suit. I hope it's huge. nt

[Bigmack]

4. I think the guy now OWNS that business! Hope so... nt

[baldguy]

5. I wonder which "news" network is Dahlberg's favorite?

[Bucky]

8. He was going "Bill 0'Reilly" on his cabbie

[SwissTony]

6. "...became rather emotional as the discussion turned to jihad and 9/11..."

Somehow, I don't think Mr Salim turned the conversation. Sounds like Dahlberg grabbed the conversation and basically twisted its neck.

"I will slice your fucking throat right now" is not discussion.

[randome]

10. "...and broke his jaw before running into the woods." Another Conservative coward.

Or a severely mentally unbalanced individual. Come to think of it, there is very little difference between the two.

[frylock]

12. the discussion turned?!

no, your shitlump client drove the discussion. your drunk ass client became emotional because he's a lousy drunk.