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New York Police Officers Shown Anti-Muslim Film The Third Jihad As Part Of Terrorism Training
WHY did anyone think a film called The Third Jihad was suitable viewing for police on anti-terrorism course? Richard Bartholomew notes:
THE Village Voice has the latest on politically-skewed “anti-terror” law enforcement training:
This month, when a group of New York City police officers showed up for their required counter-terrorism training, they got to watch a movie.
…The film is called The Third Jihad. It is 72 minutes of gruesome footage of bombing carnage, frenzied crowds, burning American flags, flaming churches, and seething mullahs.
…”After it was over, I was thinking, ‘What was that?’ ” said a cop who saw the movie at a training facility used by the department in Coney Island. “It was so ridiculously one-sided. It just made Muslims look like the enemy. It was straight propaganda.”
As it happens, police officials agree that this is a “wacky movie,” as deputy commissioner Paul Browne said, that never should have been shown to officers. Browne initially insisted that cops had never seen the flick. “It was reviewed and found to be inappropriate,” he said. Further checking revealed that the movie had been aired for officers. It was a mistake, Browne said. “It was not approved for the curriculum. It’s not shown for any purpose now.”
The report notes tells us that the film includes punditry from Glenn Beck – presumably footage, since he’s not listed as an interviewee.
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