It was a case of vandalism at a mosque that launched a federal civil rights investigation.
In August 2024, a phrase was spray-painted on the side of the Baitus Samee Mosque in Greenspoint in north Houston. Just days later, the Harris County Sheriff’s Office called FBI Houston, elevating the crime to the federal level. Shortly after, FBI Houston civil rights special investigator Theo Williams was assigned the case.
“Once we got there and talked to the leaders of the mosque and members of the mosque, we realized how serious that vandalism was to them,” Williams said…