After a gunman in Nairobi shot and killed a popular Muslim
cleric Sheikh Ibrahim Amor and three of his associates as they were traveling
home after delivering a sermon at Musa Mosque. Riots began to erupt from this
incident causing four deaths and at least seven individuals to be hospitalized.
The rioters have burned tires and also set fires churches to show their anger
and remorse to what has happened to them. Police have been guarding churches in the area
that have been hit by rioters. A year ago Aboud Rogo Mohammed was fatally shot
and killed on the same road that Amor was killed on by Kenyan security forces. Police
have accused Amor of radicalizing young people into terrorism. Muslim human
rights believe Kenyan security forces are behind the attack, just as they
thought for Mohammed’s death. The suspect for the shooting is still unknown and
the investigation is ongoing. As for right now everything is calm on the
ground.
As we talked about in class there are different types of
crimes. Based off the two articles I read this seems to be a white collar
crime. White-collar crimes are crimes
that are committed by a person of high social status who commits their crime in
the context of their occupations. In the article the Muslim human rights strongly
believed the Kenyan security forces killed the cleric being that just over a
year ago Mohammed was targeted and killed by Kenyan security forces. Looks like
a pattern. Person of high social status
would be both the Kenyan security forces and Amor. Across the world people commit many crimes,
petty or extreme. Each crime should have consequences regardless of social
status, gender, race or ethnicity. Individuals who riot are usually rioting to
get a point across or to showcase that they would like a change. For example
the Trayvon Martin case many would say the verdict of the case was based off
race and social class. Though they say the constitution doesn’t see color, is
that true? There were many riots after and during Martin’s case because people
wanted to see change. Though no one was injured like in Nairobi police still
had control of the situation. In both cases an “innocent” individual was killed
for what many would say no reason. When
will the laws or legal code of crime see no color, gender or ethnicity?
http://www.voanews.com/content/riots-erupt-in-kenyan-city-after-muslim-cleric-slain/1762881.html
http://www.latimes.com/world/worldnow/la-fg-wn-kenya-riots-20131004,0,3126299.story
Jasmine Lea
10/4/2013
2:36pm
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