Muslim group files more suits in slain imam probe
Associated Press - August 9, 2010 3:44 PM ET
DETROIT (AP) - A Muslim civil rights group has sued more police agencies for failing to release information about the killing of a Detroit mosque leader during a shootout with the FBI.
The Council on American-Islamic Relations' Michigan chapter said it filed lawsuits Monday in Wayne County Circuit Court against Detroit and Dearborn police departments.
The organization last week sued the Michigan State Police. A task force conducted raids leading to the October death of Imam Luqman Ameen Abdullah at a Dearborn warehouse.
Dearborn spokeswoman Mary Laundroche declined immediate comment, while Detroit police spokeswoman Sgt. Eren Stephens says she can't comment.
The FBI says Abdullah was killed after he fired a gun and resisted arrest in a stolen-goods sting operation.