'Jailhouse Islam' converts gun down U.S. cops
'This individual was very violent and was bent on killing someone'

by Chelsea Schilling
WorldNetDaily
February 17, 2009

http://www.islamist-watch.org/1399/jailhouse-islam-converts-gun-down-us-cops

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After a man promised to murder a cop in cold blood and then shot him several times, authorities have revealed he is a suspected "jailhouse Islam" convert.

Rasheed Scrugs, 33, also known as Rasheed Abdulghaffer, shot Philadelphia Police Officer John Pawlowski, 25, with a .357 Magnum he hid in his black, three-quarter length jacket Feb. 13.

"Pawlowski didn't stand a chance," Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey told Fox 29 News.

Detectives have been questioning Scrugs' prison friends to find out what motivation he had to kill the five-year veteran police officer. Scrugs reportedly planned to shoot at authorities when they responded to a report of a fight between him and a cab driver at 8:20 p.m.

"This individual was very violent and was bent on killing someone," Ramsey said.

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