Officers' actions allowing violence under review in appeals court
The full U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit has decided to review a First Amendment complaint brought by Christians who were assaulted by a rock-throwing Muslim mob at an Arab festival in Dearborn, Michigan.
The case arose from the annual Arab International Festival in June 2012 when Wayne County sheriff’s deputies stood by while a Muslim mob threw rocks at Christians, bloodying them.
The officers then threatened the Christians with arrest if they didn’t leave the event.
The Christians brought a lawsuit against Wayne County over its officers’ actions, and a three-judge panel dismissed it.
The case, shepherded by the American Freedom Law Center, isn’t the first time that Muslim mob violence has erupted at the Arab festival. Earlier, a group of Christians was awarded more than $100,000 in damages because of attacks there.
Read more at http://www.wnd.com/2014/10/christians-bloodied-by-stone-throwing-muslims-in-michigan/#Q40G4QZxmTuYk0sw.99