The folks at the Muslim American Society/Islamic Society of Boston had their declaration of "victory" press conference last Wednesday. Freelance Solomonia operatives were in the area and obtained video of the event. I thought readers might enjoy seeing some highlights with commentary added. In fact, I know it will be educational.

There are a couple of things to keep in mind as you watch the spin here. First is that the big, bad Policastro case they talk about never had a chance of doing more than forcing them to pay fair market value for the land. They spent millions on a lawsuit (not a counter-suit) alleging massive damages, but when the discovery process ended up pounding them with damaging revelation after damaging revelation, showing their claims were all a sham, they had to drop it to stop the bleeding. The best they could achieve in a settlement was that the defendants not come after them for their expenses. It's a major weakness of the system that plaintiffs can pursue cases until things start looking bad, then back off having cost a defendant massive expenses.

For a non-exhaustive explanation of the background of the case, see my piece, The Silencing.