Two suspects killed, officer injured after shooting occurs outside Muhammad cartoon c

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"Two armed men were killed after opening fire on a security guard outside an exhibit of artistic depictions of the Muslim prophet Muhammad in suburban Dallas Sunday evening.

The city of Garland said in a statement posted on its Facebook page that the men drove up to the Curtis Culwell Center and began shooting at the security officer. Garland Police Department officers engaged the gunmen who were both shot and killed.

The city said the security officer's injuries were not life-threatening. KDFW reported late Sunday that the officer, an 8-year veteran of the Garland Independent School District security force, was released from a local hospital.

The statement did not say whether the shooting was related to the event.

Authorities said they were worried that the suspects' car could contain an incendiary device. Several nearby businesses were evacuated as a precaution and a bomb squad was on the scene late Sunday night. Police had cordoned off a large area and at least three helicopters circled overhead.

The Associated Press reported that an officer dressed in SWAT gear took the stage toward the end of the event and told attendees that a shooting had occurred.

About 75 attendees were taken to another room. Later, a group of 48 people were escorted to a school bus. Authorities told attendees they would be taken to a nearby high school. A second group was set to be moved shortly after.

The New York-based American Freedom Defense Initiative had been hosting a contest at the center that would award $10,000 for the best cartoon depicting Muhammad.

Such drawings are deemed insulting to many followers of Islam and have sparked violence around the world. According to mainstream Islamic tradition, any physical depiction of Muhammad -- even a respectful one -- is considered blasphemous.

Johnny Roby of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, was attending the conference. He told the AP he was outside the building when he heard around about 20 shots that appeared to be coming from the direction of a passing car.

Roby said he then heard two single shots. He said he heard officers yell that they had the car before he was sent inside the building.

Pamela Geller, president of the AFDI, told the AP before Sunday's event that she planned the contest to make a stand for free speech in response to outcries and violence over drawings of Muhammad.

In January, 12 people were killed by gunmen in an attack against the Paris office of the satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo, which had lampooned Islam and other religions and used depictions of Muhammad.

Though it remained unclear several hours after the shooting whether it was related to event, she said Sunday night that the shooting showed how "needed our event really was."

Geller's group is known for mounting a campaign against the building of an Islamic center blocks from the World Trade Center site and for buying advertising space in cities across the U.S. criticizing Islam."


Wonder if this was an attack on the police or an attempted attack on the event. Either way the good guys won!

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2015/05/03/police-shooting-at-muhammad-cartoon-contest-in-texas/
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Garland Ags..check in here
Ag for Life
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Dead terrorists!

Don't **** with Texas
bigblackag12
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Inb4lolreligionofpeace
GarlandAg2012
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G what!
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RyanSmith1988
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This isn't a matter of religion, or freedom of speech.


Lone wolf attacks by 2 idiotic gunmen.

There is a fine line between freedom of speech, and hateful speech. Pamela Geller: The "American Freedom Defense Initiative" is one of the most hateful Anti-Muslim groups out there.

Live and Let Live. Fringe groups vs. Independent gun-toting terrorists. Carry on, this isn't Islam, nor Freedom of Speech.
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Ala ocbar
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We can always count on some jackass telling us this kind of thing isn't islam right after some muslim has killed (or try to kill) in the name of islam. When can we start admitting that it is islam?


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This isn't a matter of religion, or freedom of speech.


Lone wolf attacks by 2 idiotic gunmen.

There is a fine line between freedom of speech, and hateful speech. Pamela Geller, and the "American Freedom Defense Initiative" are one of the most hateful Anti-Muslim groups out there.

Live and Let Live. Fringe groups vs. Independent gun-toting terrorists. Carry on, this isn't Islam, nor Freedom of Speech.
Im okay with this
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many muslims have worked very, very hard to earn every ounce of anti-muslim hate.
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We can always count on some jackass telling us this kind of thing isn't islam right after some muslim has killed (or try to kill) in the name of islam. When can we start admitting that it is islam?





I could probably find similar statements made by Christian extremists on the topic of planned parenthood and abortion clinics, not to mention those Christians that would prefer gays be murdered than allowed to live freely.
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We can always count on some jackass telling us this kind of thing isn't islam right after some muslim has killed (or try to kill) in the name of islam. When can we start admitting that it is islam?





I could probably find similar statements made by Christian extremists on the topic of planned parenthood and abortion clinics, not to mention those Christians that would prefer gays be murdered than allowed to live freely.
Thanks for volunteering to find those statements
RyanSmith1988
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Go open a book. You need to educate yourself before you start calling others "jackasses"
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There are 2 sides to every story y'all. It's very easy to be close-minded, give in to what media pundits and fringe group loons have to say. Much better as educated Ags to form our opinions based on our own research and judgments. Very important not to write off an entire religion of 1.3 billion by the actions of a few.

How would we feel if all Ags were generalized to be the TAC?

Islam isn't the problem. Religion isn't the problem. People are the problem.
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Go open a book.


Preferably one that uses small words and pretty pictures to explain the concept of "moral equivalence."
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This isn't a matter of religion, or freedom of speech.


Lone wolf attacks by 2 idiotic gunmen.

There is a fine line between freedom of speech, and hateful speech. Pamela Geller: The "American Freedom Defense Initiative" is one of the most hateful Anti-Muslim groups out there.

Live and Let Live. Fringe groups vs. Independent gun-toting terrorists. Carry on, this isn't Islam, nor Freedom of Speech.
this is the free speech version of "they were begging to get raped because they dressed like that." Pathetic.
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There are 2 sides to every story y'all. It's very easy to be close-minded, give in to what media pundits and fringe group loons have to say. Much better as educated Ags to form our opinions based on our own research and judgments. Very important not to write off an entire religion of 1.3 billion by the actions of a few.

How would we feel if all Ags were generalized to be the TAC?

Islam isn't the problem. Religion isn't the problem. People are the problem.


Wow are you really this blind? Islam isn't the problem???
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Easy now, he's read books.
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America, **** yeah!!!
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This isn't a matter of religion, or freedom of speech.


Lone wolf attacks by 2 idiotic gunmen.

There is a fine line between freedom of speech, and hateful speech. Pamela Geller: The "American Freedom Defense Initiative" is one of the most hateful Anti-Muslim groups out there.

Live and Let Live. Fringe groups vs. Independent gun-toting terrorists. Carry on, this isn't Islam, nor Freedom of Speech.

There's really not. Absent slander/libel, direct threats and other very narrow limitations, hate speech is protected under the First Amendment. Per the Supreme Court in Brandenburg v. Ohio, "The constitutional guarantees of free speech and free press do not permit a state to forbid or proscribe advocacy of the use of force, or of law violation except where such advocacy is directed to inciting imminent lawless action and is likely to incite or produce such action."

Unpopular speech, whether it's hate speech or not, should be protected just as zealously as non-controversial speech, if not more so. All speech should be subject only to the marketplace of ideas--no heckler's veto, no veto by violence, and definitely no government veto. The best way to quell bad speech is with more and better speech.
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I could probably find similar statements made by Christian extremists on the topic of planned parenthood and abortion clinics, not to mention those Christians that would prefer gays be murdered than allowed to live freely.


When Muslims do it, they are following the quran...When a "Christian" does something like this,(please post an example) they are NOT following the teachings of Christ. Also, the ratio (Muslim/christian), is about 1000/1.
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Hola Snackbar!
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Who is the genius at the Garland ISD who decided it would be a good idea to paint a bullseye on the back of all their schoolchildren by allowing this event to take place on school property?
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Pamela Geller: The "American Freedom Defense Initiative" is one of the most hateful Anti-Muslim groups out there.


I love Pamela Geller.
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I guess I'm just not that familiar with all of the abortion clinics being bombed or doctors murdered. That sure comes up as a counter argument an awful lot.
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I could probably find similar statements made by Christian extremists on the topic of planned parenthood and abortion clinics, not to mention those Christians that would prefer gays be murdered than allowed to live freely.


When Muslims do it, they are following the quran...When a "Christian" does something like this,(please post an example) they are NOT following the teachings of Christ. Also, the ratio (Muslim/christian), is about 1000/1.


Yes. Even the things in the Bible in the Old Testament that seem extreme were, according to Christians, made irrelevant by Jesus (stoning the adulteress for example). And as for Jewish people, it is clear they evolved beyond that sort of thing. The problem with Islam is there was no correction to the old punishments like stoning and, whether you like it or not, there is a larger portion of Muslims who refuse to change than any other major religion. It is just a fact.
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This isn't a matter of religion, or freedom of speech.


Lone wolf attacks by 2 idiotic gunmen.

There is a fine line between freedom of speech, and hateful speech. Pamela Geller: The "American Freedom Defense Initiative" is one of the most hateful Anti-Muslim groups out there.

Live and Let Live. Fringe groups vs. Independent gun-toting terrorists. Carry on, this isn't Islam, nor Freedom of Speech.
Completely disagree. You have a right to say whatever hateful thing you want to say without getting shot. And this is totally about the religion. Maybe in 500 years Islam will evolve to the point where they look at their book and say "well, it doesn't really mean that. It was written for a different time, blah blah." But until it does that, Islam is objectively worse than the other major religions of our time.
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Its not on the location of an actual school and it was on a Sunday.
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While you are finding us the Christian hate, make sure you also find some videos of Christians beheading people and lighting people on fire in the name of Jesus.
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While you are finding us the Christian hate, make sure you also find some videos of Christians beheading people and lighting people on fire in the name of Jesus.


Also, videos of the thousands of Christians dancing in the street after these events.
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It is technically owned by the ISD, but it's basically a community convention center. I don't live in Garland, but I've been to the center a number of times for athletic related events (not school related), same as I've been to the Frisco Dallas Stars Center, Allen Event Center, Dallas Convention center, etc for similar activities.
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Two more dip****s liquidated. I'm happy no one was seriously injured in the attack.
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