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Police shoot dead 2 gunmen at Texas exhibit of Prophet Mohammad cartoons

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(Reuters) - Two gunmen opened fire on Sunday at an art exhibit in Garland, Texas, that was organized by an anti-Islamic group and featured caricatures of the Prophet Mohammad and were themselves shot dead at the scene by police officers, city officials and police said.

 

The shooting, an echo of past attacks or threats in other Western countries against art depicting the Prophet, took place shortly before 7 p.m. in a parking lot of the Curtis Culwell Center in Garland, northeast of Dallas.

 

Police said they had not immediately determined the identity of the two gunmen or whether they were linked to critics of the event who branded it anti-Islamic.

 

"I have no idea who they area, other than they’re dead and in the street," city police spokesman, officer Joe Harn, told Reuters.

 

As a precaution, police were examining the suspects' car for any explosives that might be in the vehicle, Harn added.

 

The exhibit in Garland was organized by Pamela Geller, president of the American Freedom Defense Initiative (AFDI). Her organization, which is described by the Southern Poverty Law Center as a hate group, has sponsored anti-Islamic advertising campaigns in transit systems across the country.

 

The two armed suspects drove up to the front of the building in a car as the event, called the "Muhammad Art Exhibit," was coming to an end, and began shooting at a security officer, striking him in the leg, Harn said.

 

Garland police officers who were on the scene assisting with security then exchanged fire with the gunmen, and both suspects were shot dead, Harn said.

 

The security officer was treated at a local hospital and later released, he said. No one else was injured.

 

Most of the people attending the event were still inside the arena when the violence unfolded and were unaware of what had occurred until police came into the building and advised everyone to remain indoors because of a shooting.

 

Western art depicting the Prophet has sometimes angered Muslims and provoked threats from radicals. In January, Islamist gunmen attacked the Paris offices of the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo in revenge for its cartoons of the Prophet, killing 12 people.

 

Organizers of the Garland event offered a $10,000 prize for the best artwork or cartoon depicting the Prophet, as well as a $2,500 "People's Choice Award."

 

Geller is known for her stance on Islam. In 2010, she led a march to the site of a proposed Islamic center near the site of the destroyed World Trade Center.

 

In response the shooting in Garland, the AFDI issued a statement on Facebook saying, "This is war on free speech. What are we going to do? Are we going to surrender to these monsters?"

 

(Reporting by Lisa Maria Garza in Dallas; Writing by Steve Gorman; Editing by Frances Kerry)

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hmmm conflicted....

 

Not trying to support a clunt like Pamela Geller.... at all....

 

but... clearly not trying to support some (probably) Muslim dudes who yet again feel the need to open fire on people.

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"This is war on free speech. What are we going to do? Are we going to surrender to these monsters?"

"Our message today is very simple: we will never allow barbarism, never allow Islam, to rob us of our freedom of speech," he told the audience

 

Islam hating = free speech now eh?

either you have free speech or you dont. even if your speech is negative or against an organization/religion/etc. it's your basic right to express it as long as you are not threatening anyone.

 

 

a prophet mohammad cartoon exhibit?  :imstupid:

 

um for why tho lol...and police being there to protect an event put on by a hate group....white people are so privileged   

 

do you honestly think they deserved to have no protection because they were white or "hating" 

 

it doesnt matter how bitter someone is, the law is supposed to be objective.

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do you honestly think they deserved to have no protection because they were white or "hating" 

 

it doesnt matter how bitter someone is, the law is supposed to be objective.

 

lol its only that way towards a certain demographic....have you turned on your tv in the last week...or year...or ever 

 

and why do you have hating in quotes? you honestly think this is not a hate group? read the first sentence of the article 

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What these criminals have done is a lot more defamatory to Islam than a bunch of pictures. 

 

Yup, and sponsors probably hoped for something like this to happen so they could have an excuse to keep on hating.

 

a prophet mohammad cartoon exhibit?  :imstupid:

 

um for why tho lol...and police being there to protect an event put on by a hate group....white people are so privileged   

 

Anti islamic people comes in all colours, not just white...

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lol its only that way towards a certain demographic....have you turned on your tv in the last week...or year...or ever 

 

and why do you have hating in quotes? you honestly think this is not a hate group? read the first sentence of the article 

 

the reason people are angry over incidents like freddie grey's is because in those incidents the law was not being carried out objectively like it's supposed to be :rolleyes: 

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Both sides are disgusting and bring even more hate to this world.

 

- freedom of speech? No, that people just want to make fun of a religion and play with fire

 

- who the fuck are those men to think they can kill a person regardless of what they did before that?

 

Wtf is wrong with people?

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"This is war on free speech. What are we going to do? Are we going to surrender to these monsters?"

"Our message today is very simple: we will never allow barbarism, never allow Islam, to rob us of our freedom of speech," he told the audience

 

Islam hating = free speech now eh?

 

Since when is drawing a cartoon hatred?

 

 

Both sides are disgusting and bring even more hate to this world.

 

- freedom of speech? No, that people just want to make fun of a religion and play with fire

 

- who the fuck are those men to think they can kill a person regardless of what they did before that?

 

Wtf is wrong with people?

 

That is freedom of speech. 

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That security guard certainly didn't "have it coming to him" and did not deserve to be shot. And while that groups message was hateful and incendiary, it doesn't mean that the appropriate response is storming the place and opening fire. Killing/hurting people because they are intolerant to your religion does more harm anyway, tbh before this shooting incident I had never heard of this group... Now surely they will gain more support... And that's a tragedy too.

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