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19th July 2013, 13:30
FBI refuses to release autopsy results of Florida man killed by agents
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Published on 18 Jul 2013
In late May, Ibragim Todashev was shot and killed by the FBI in Orlando, Florida
after it was believed that he had times with the Boston Marathon bombers and now
the agency is refusing to release the autopsy report. Todashev was being
questioned by law enforcement and according to agents, the Chechen man pulled
out a knife.
The FBI has not found a single agent culpable in 150 shooting reviews in the pasr
twenty years. So don't hold your breath.
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FBI bars Fla. from releasing Todashev autopsy
By Maria Sacchetti
| Globe Staff
July 16, 2013
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Ibragim Todashev
A Florida medical examiner’s office said Tuesday that the FBI has ordered the office
not to release its autopsy report of a Chechen man fatally shot by a Boston FBI
agent in May because of the federal agency’s active internal investigation into his
death.
The medical examiner’s office said it completed the autopsy report on Ibragim
Todashev, a friend of suspected Boston Marathon bomber, on July 8 and that the
report was “ready for release.” The agent shot and killed Todashev on May 22 in his
Orlando apartment during an interrogation related to the Boston Marathon
bombings.
“The FBI has informed this office that the case is still under active investigation and
thus not to release the document,” Tony Miranda, forensic records coordinator for
Orange and Osceola counties in Orlando, said in a letter to the media today.
Miranda said state law bars his office from releasing the report if an criminal
investigation is ongoing.
The FBI and the Justice Department are conducting an internal inquiry into the
shooting, but critics have called for an independent inquiry, questioning the blanket
of secrecy surrounding the case.
The FBI and the Massachusetts State Police sought out Todashev after the
Marathon bombings, but have refused to release details of the shooting. Media
reports have provided conflicting accounts: Some said Todashev attacked the agent
with a blade during an interrogation, while others said Todashev was unarmed.
Another said he lunged at the agent with a metal pole or a broomstick.
The medical examiner's office said it would check with the FBI every month for
permission to release the autopsy report, and that such delays most frequently
happen with homicide cases.
According to media reports, Todashev was about to sign a confession implicating
himself and Tamerlan Tsarnaev, who is now dead, in the 2011 slayings of three
men in Waltham. Instead, Todashev lunged at the agent, who was injured,
according to reports. The agent shot Todashev multiple times, according to family
members who released photos of Todashev’s dead body as part of their call for an
inquiry into his death.
Family members and advocacy groups have questioned the media accounts,
pointing out that Todashev had repeatedly cooperated with the FBI and had been
weakened by recent knee surgery.
The Council on American-Islamic Relations and the ACLU have called for
independent inquiries into the shooting.
The council said in a letter to the Department of Justice, which oversees the FBI
and is participating in the internal inquiry, that FBI agents had approached
Todashev in an aggressive manner. In one instance, the council said, six law
enforcement agents drew their guns and pushed Todashev to the ground.
Todashev, a 27-year-old ethnic Chechen like Tsarnaev, came to America in 2008 to
study English and won asylum that year from his native Russia. He lived in Allston
and Cambridge before moving south to Florida. A mixed martial arts fighter,
Todashev was arrested in 2010 in Boston for a road-rage incident and again in
Florida weeks before he was killed for allegedly beating a man in a fight over a
parking space.
According to CAIR in Florida, which is conducting its own investigation into
Todashev’s slaying, Todashev had spoken to the FBI at least three times at their
offices after the Marathon bombings. Family and friends have said he postponed a
trip home to Chechnya to speak with the FBI the night of May 21, staying up with
them past midnight until he was killed.
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Ay5hg5yybE8
Published on 18 Jul 2013
In late May, Ibragim Todashev was shot and killed by the FBI in Orlando, Florida
after it was believed that he had times with the Boston Marathon bombers and now
the agency is refusing to release the autopsy report. Todashev was being
questioned by law enforcement and according to agents, the Chechen man pulled
out a knife.
The FBI has not found a single agent culpable in 150 shooting reviews in the pasr
twenty years. So don't hold your breath.
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FBI bars Fla. from releasing Todashev autopsy
By Maria Sacchetti
| Globe Staff
July 16, 2013
https://fbcdn-sphotos-f-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/p480x480/1010347_552085091495663_649545206_n.jpg
Ibragim Todashev
A Florida medical examiner’s office said Tuesday that the FBI has ordered the office
not to release its autopsy report of a Chechen man fatally shot by a Boston FBI
agent in May because of the federal agency’s active internal investigation into his
death.
The medical examiner’s office said it completed the autopsy report on Ibragim
Todashev, a friend of suspected Boston Marathon bomber, on July 8 and that the
report was “ready for release.” The agent shot and killed Todashev on May 22 in his
Orlando apartment during an interrogation related to the Boston Marathon
bombings.
“The FBI has informed this office that the case is still under active investigation and
thus not to release the document,” Tony Miranda, forensic records coordinator for
Orange and Osceola counties in Orlando, said in a letter to the media today.
Miranda said state law bars his office from releasing the report if an criminal
investigation is ongoing.
The FBI and the Justice Department are conducting an internal inquiry into the
shooting, but critics have called for an independent inquiry, questioning the blanket
of secrecy surrounding the case.
The FBI and the Massachusetts State Police sought out Todashev after the
Marathon bombings, but have refused to release details of the shooting. Media
reports have provided conflicting accounts: Some said Todashev attacked the agent
with a blade during an interrogation, while others said Todashev was unarmed.
Another said he lunged at the agent with a metal pole or a broomstick.
The medical examiner's office said it would check with the FBI every month for
permission to release the autopsy report, and that such delays most frequently
happen with homicide cases.
According to media reports, Todashev was about to sign a confession implicating
himself and Tamerlan Tsarnaev, who is now dead, in the 2011 slayings of three
men in Waltham. Instead, Todashev lunged at the agent, who was injured,
according to reports. The agent shot Todashev multiple times, according to family
members who released photos of Todashev’s dead body as part of their call for an
inquiry into his death.
Family members and advocacy groups have questioned the media accounts,
pointing out that Todashev had repeatedly cooperated with the FBI and had been
weakened by recent knee surgery.
The Council on American-Islamic Relations and the ACLU have called for
independent inquiries into the shooting.
The council said in a letter to the Department of Justice, which oversees the FBI
and is participating in the internal inquiry, that FBI agents had approached
Todashev in an aggressive manner. In one instance, the council said, six law
enforcement agents drew their guns and pushed Todashev to the ground.
Todashev, a 27-year-old ethnic Chechen like Tsarnaev, came to America in 2008 to
study English and won asylum that year from his native Russia. He lived in Allston
and Cambridge before moving south to Florida. A mixed martial arts fighter,
Todashev was arrested in 2010 in Boston for a road-rage incident and again in
Florida weeks before he was killed for allegedly beating a man in a fight over a
parking space.
According to CAIR in Florida, which is conducting its own investigation into
Todashev’s slaying, Todashev had spoken to the FBI at least three times at their
offices after the Marathon bombings. Family and friends have said he postponed a
trip home to Chechnya to speak with the FBI the night of May 21, staying up with
them past midnight until he was killed.
http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2013/07/16/fbi-bars-florida-from-releasing-autopsy-report-shooting-todashev-friend-marathon-bombing-suspect/ya3iB1u4t2YQYN9wfMVseJ/story.html