Former Boston City Hall staffer Nasiru Ibrahim was held without bail following his arraignment at Suffolk Superior Court on Friday on felony gun charges.Ibrahim, 25, was arrested on July 30 in South Boston after a violent confrontation with a Massachusetts State Police trooper during a traffic stop.Troopers say they found an illegally modified fully automatic gun in his car during the stop.Dashcam and body lens video allegedly show Ibrahim trying to drive away, causing the trooper to dive into the car in an attempt to stop him.According to a police report, the arresting trooper shocked Ibrahim with a Taser, and then Ibrahim pulled out a Taser of his own and shocked the trooper.Prosecutors say he has a seven-page criminal record, including convictions for assault to murder.Outside of court, Ibrahim’s lawyer, Peter Marano, says this was a case of racial profiling and the stop was unconstitutional.”It’s a young, Black man in a car in South Boston, and I think it is 100% a case of racial profiling,” Marano said. ” smells marijuana, sees a young, Black man driving a car — an expensive, newer Jeep — and that is the basis for being pulled over.”Marano said he plans to file a motion to suppress and the stop itself was unconstitutional.”You need a reasonable suspicion,” he said. “And you need probable cause to search. Neither of those two things were there.”Ibrahim worked for the city’s property management department at the time but was quickly fired.His next court date is Nov. 14.
Former Boston City Hall staffer Nasiru Ibrahim was held without bail following his arraignment at Suffolk Superior Court on Friday on felony gun charges.
Ibrahim, 25, was arrested on July 30 in South Boston after a violent confrontation with a Massachusetts State Police trooper during a traffic stop.
Troopers say they found an illegally modified fully automatic gun in his car during the stop.
Dashcam and body lens video allegedly show Ibrahim trying to drive away, causing the trooper to dive into the car in an attempt to stop him.
According to a police report, the arresting trooper shocked Ibrahim with a Taser, and then Ibrahim pulled out a Taser of his own and shocked the trooper.
Prosecutors say he has a seven-page criminal record, including convictions for assault to murder.
Outside of court, Ibrahim’s lawyer, Peter Marano, says this was a case of racial profiling and the stop was unconstitutional.
“It’s a young, Black man in a car in South Boston, and I think it is 100% a case of racial profiling,” Marano said. “[The trooper] smells marijuana, sees a young, Black man driving a car — an expensive, newer Jeep — and that is the basis for being pulled over.”
Marano said he plans to file a motion to suppress and the stop itself was unconstitutional.
“You need a reasonable suspicion,” he said. “And you need probable cause to search. Neither of those two things were there.”
Ibrahim worked for the city’s property management department at the time but was quickly fired.
His next court date is Nov. 14.
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