Irvine, CA – The University of California, Irvine, is investigating whether an FBI agent bumped a Muslim student with his car near the site of an anti-Israel protest.
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Yasser Ahmed, 21, said he noticed he was being followed by a car with blackened windows as he drove a 24-foot moving van on campus to pick up an exhibit sponsored by the Muslim Student Union.
The exhibit was a mock wall set up on campus to represent a barrier Israel has built in Palestine.
Ahmed said he got out of the truck, stood in front of the car and asked the driver to identify himself.
When the driver of the Ford Taurus wouldn’t speak, Ahmed said he tried to snap the car’s license number with his cell phone.
The driver then revved the engine and began pushing Ahmed back with the front bumper, he said.
The driver quickly was stopped and identified himself as an FBI agent who was “doing surveillance” in the unmarked car, campus Police Chief Paul Henisey said.
“There are potential criminal allegations, and we’re still not certain what happened,” Henisey said. “We’re trying to determine if there was an assault and if the vehicle was used.” [AP]