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

References
  1. Reub, Emily (September 10, 2012). "A 1973 Hostage Situation, Revisited". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved March 11, 2017.
  2. "4 Muslims in Store Siege Are Convicted of Murder". The New York Times. June 22, 1974. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved March 12, 2017.
  3. "Muslim Aim Called 'To Maim and Kill' At Brooklyn Store". The New York Times. June 19, 1974. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved March 12, 2017.
  4. Lichtenstein, Grace (June 20, 1974). "TRIAL OF MUSLIMS GOES TO THE JURY". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved March 12, 2017.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. Baker, Al (June 4, 2010). "Parole for Police Officer's Killer". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved March 12, 2017.
  8. Wheaton, Sarah (July 3, 2010). "Police Officer's Killer Is Freed After 35 Years". City Room. Retrieved March 12, 2017.
  9. 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" Check |url= value (help). New York Daily News. Retrieved 14 October 2020.

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