Family of dead Muslim recruit sues Marines for $100 million
WASHINGTON — The family of a Muslim Marine recruit from Taylor who died in a fall at boot camp last year after allegedly being hazed and abused is suing the government for $100 million for his death, claiming "negligence on multiple levels of command."
The lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Detroit claims the Marines "fostered a culture of abuse and hazing" at the training base at Parris Island, S.C., that led to the death of 20-year-old Raheel Siddiqui in a three-story fall from a barracks stairwell in March 2016.
In the lawsuit, the family's lawyer, Shiraz Khan of Southfield, wrote that "recurrent physical and verbal abuse of recruits by drill instructors, with a noted insufficiency of oversight and supervision" ultimately caused Siddiqui's death.
The Marines have maintained that Siddiqui's death, less than two weeks after he began boot camp, was a suicide, a conclusion that his family has rejected, along with suggestions that Siddiqui was somehow not prepared for the rigors of Parris Island.
Read more: http://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2017/10/14/muslim-recruit-marines-siddiqui-lawsuit/765380001/
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