Mohamed
Abbas, a disabled U.S. Army veteran working at the Department of Defense’s
Marine Department Maintenance Command Production Plant, was accused by a
co-worker of threatening to blow up the base following the San Bernardino
attack in December 9, 2015.

The
following day, he reportedly went to work and was denied entry onto the base.
He called his supervisor and discovered that he was placed on administrative
leave and banned from the base after being falsely accused of making threats.

On December
10, his desk at work was raided by the Marine Corps Police Department and Bomb
Squad.

The military’s
Criminal Investigation Department conducted an investigation and determined the
allegations were unfounded.

Statements
the alleged witness provided to the Naval Criminal Investigative Service and
(NCIS) were determined to be inconsistent. No action was taken against the
person who made the false accusations. Abbas returned to work in February 2016.

Abbas has
worked as a tools and parts attendant at the base since 2010 and alleges that
harassment directed toward him began four years ago.

His work
locker was reportedly vandalized with the word “raghead.” He scratched it out
and did not report it out of fear of retribution.

He says he
would routinely receive comments from co-workers who would ask questions such
as, “When are you going to blow the place up?”

On September
1, his locker in the men’s restroom was vandalized again with “terrorist” and
“raghead” graffiti.

He reported
the incident to a security supervisor who took pictures but did not call
police. Abbas called military base police himself, but said despite his efforts
to resolve these issues, “they don’t go anywhere.” Abbas has filed two cases
with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC).

CAIR-LA has
reached out to Detective Lopez at the Barstow Marine Corps Police Department
who said the investigation is ongoing and it is undecided whether the case will
be treated as a hate crime.