1973 New York City hostage incident
The 1973 New York City hostage incident was a 47 hour[1] incident at John and Al's Sporting Goods after a botched robbery and murder of a New York City Police Department officer, lasting from January 19 to January 21, 1973. Eleven people were held hostage by four men in Bushwick, Brooklyn.
Incident[]
Police responded to an attempted robbery by four Sunni Muslims looking for guns, rifles, pistols and ammunition for "a holy crusade". There was a three-hour shootout.[1]
The gunmen were Shulab Abdur Raheem, 24 years old; Dawd A. Rahman, 22; Yusef Abdallah Almussadig, 23, and Salih Ali Abdullah, 26.[1][2]
In 1974, their court case went to the New York Supreme Court in Brooklyn.[1] The defense contended that the four men held up the store in January because they feared attacks by their rivals, the Black Muslims,[3] because the day before the robbery, seven Sunni Muslims were killed in a house in Washington.[4]
A jury found them guilty of 41 counts, including murder, kidnapping, and robbery.
Legacy[]
The hostage crisis was a turning point in the New York City Police Department's approach to hostage situations.[5]
Instead of brute force, the police used psychology, firearm discipline and patience to end the siege.[5] These were techniques that were then codified in the department's hostage-negotiating training program.[5]
Parole[]
In 1998, the New York State Board of Parole released Abdulah Almussudug. The public was not yet aware he had been released when he died in 2003.[6]
The convicted killer, Shuaib A. Raheem, was released on parole from the Eastern Correctional Facility in Napanoch, N.Y., in 2010 after serving 35 years in prison.[7] He was 60 years old at the time of his release.[8]
In October 2020, Salih Abdullah died of a stroke he suffered at his 14th parole hearing. He was 71 years old and had served more than forty years in prison.[9]
See also[]
- 1977 Hanafi Siege
- Black Mafia
- Hamaas Abdul Khaalis
- Wallace Fard Muhammad
- Zebra murders
References[]
- ^ a b c d Reub, Emily (September 10, 2012). "A 1973 Hostage Situation, Revisited". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved March 11, 2017.
- ^ "4 Muslims in Store Siege Are Convicted of Murder". The New York Times. June 22, 1974. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved March 12, 2017.
- ^ "Muslim Aim Called 'To Maim and Kill' At Brooklyn Store". The New York Times. June 19, 1974. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved March 12, 2017.
- ^ Lichtenstein, Grace (June 20, 1974). "TRIAL OF MUSLIMS GOES TO THE JURY". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved March 12, 2017.
- ^ a b c Rueb, Emily (September 11, 2012). "CITY ROOM; Revisiting 47 Hours of Fear in 1973". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved March 12, 2017.
- ^ Daly, Michael (June 5, 2010). "'What the hell WERE they thinking?': Parole idiots suck up to '73 cop killer Shuaib Raheem". nydailynews. Retrieved March 12, 2017.
- ^ Baker, Al (June 4, 2010). "Parole for Police Officer's Killer". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved March 12, 2017.
- ^ Wheaton, Sarah (July 3, 2010). "Police Officer's Killer Is Freed After 35 Years". City Room. Retrieved March 12, 2017.
- ^ Goldberg, Noah (13 October 2020). chain~top-version1~flex feature~curated~bk-hostage-612p~DI3RRBVW2VBZZAHZTPFJCUDGVM~1~1~2~7~art yes "Brooklyn man who served 47 years in notorious 1973 hostage siege and cop killing suffers fatal stroke during parole hearing". New York Daily News. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
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