[PAR] [TLE] 2015 Boston beheading plot [SEP] An attack was plotted by Boston-area resident Usaama Rahim.  Rahim initially planned to behead Pamela Geller but when that proved too difficult, he told his nephew David Wright on June 2, 2015, that he had decided to behead a police officer instead.  However, Rahim was under 24-hour police surveillance, and the police moved that day to arrest Rahim.  During the attempted arrest, the police shot and killed Rahim.  Wright was arrested and initially charged with attempting to destroy evidence.  Later, a third man, Nicholas Rovinski, was arrested, and both Wright and Rovinski were charged with conspiracy to support the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). [PAR] [TLE] Pamela Geller [SEP] Pamela Geller (born June 14, 1958) is an American political activist and commentator.  She is known for her anti-Islamic writings, opposition to the proposed construction of an Islamic community center near the former site of the World Trade Center, and sponsorship of the "Draw the Prophet" cartoon contest in Garland, Texas.  She says her blogging and campaigns in the United States are against what she terms "creeping Sharia" in the country.  Multiple groups have described Geller as Islamophobic.
[PAR] [TLE] 2015 Boston beheading plot [ SEP ] An attack was plotted by Boston - area resident Usaama Rahim . Rahim initially planned to behead Pamela Geller but when that proved too difficult , he told his nephew David Wright on June 2 , 2015 , that he had decided to behead a police officer instead . However , Rahim was under 24-hour police surveillance , and the police moved that day to arrest Rahim . During the attempted arrest , the police shot and killed Rahim . Wright was arrested and initially charged with attempting to destroy evidence . Later , a third man , Nicholas Rovinski , was arrested , and both Wright and Rovinski were charged with conspiracy to support the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant ( ISIL ) . [PAR] [TLE] Pamela Geller [ SEP ] Pamela Geller ( born June 14 , 1958 ) is an American political activist and commentator . She is known for her anti - Islamic writings , opposition to the proposed construction of an Islamic community center near the former site of the World Trade Center , and sponsorship of the " Draw the Prophet " cartoon contest in Garland , Texas . She says her blogging and campaigns in the United States are against what she terms " creeping Sharia " in the country . Multiple groups have described Geller as Islamophobic .
What American political activist and commentator was almost beheaded by Boston-area resident Usaama Rahim?
What American political activist and commentator was almost beheaded by Boston - area resident Usaama Rahim ?
Pamela Geller
Pamela Geller