Why the FBI Catfished Me

YouTube age-restricted the video so we removed 10 seconds of potentially violent footage and have a new version. It wasn't age-restricted anywhere else but YouTube has its own rules. Now it's open to watch by anyone!

The story of Khalil Abu Rayyan, a pizza delivery guy in Detroit who was caught up in an FBI counterterrorism operation, catfished, and branded as a terrorist.

[TheGravelInstitute]

YouTube age-restricted this so we re-released it with a bit of footage gone, and now it's free to watch by everyone. Sorry for the reupload, feel free not to watch if you haven't seen it before. Thank you! 😊

[Khalilrayjr]

Thank you guys for allowing me to share my story 🙏🏻

[yeahBradley]

The phone conversation at the end hit me like a ton of bricks. At first I was fooled into believing that there was some semblance of compassion, but the psychotic manipulation to steer a depressed suicidal man that jihad is the only way Allah will accept him if he does commit suicide. That is incomprehensibly revolting.

[navajoguy]

That line from Red Dead Redemption about the FBI sums it up, "they have to justify their wages"

[krunkmonk]

I'm so happy The Gravel Institute didn't shy away from the nuances of this case! A simple narrative that Khalil is just this completely innocent guy would leave room for an official narrative to defend the FBI with the incidental facts. This video just shows something we already know: security is not the priority of the FBI.

[GUILLOTINE_GANG]

Damn, looks like this dude got catphished twice by the feds...

[maxhorsch]

This was horrible. It was very informative but I’m so sorry for all the pain you been put through.

[tomoshow]

Watching this was so heavy. Seeing him get reunited with his family made me burst into tears.

[cayladaniels]

I'm from Detroit & from someone who's been in & out of the system my whole life who has dealt with addiction, this hit home. I'm so sorry you went through this ! I'm glad life is looking up for you !

[ALittleLateLotusBlossom]

Trying to get you guys into the algorithm, didn't see the original upload, so thank you for re-uploading this. Always eager to learn more about how our government is either going behind our backs or deliberately trying to keep us subjected to the oligarchy

[andreizdn]

The title was changed
It was originally like 'Why the FBI catfished a depressed pizza guy'

[DinoCism]

Your tax dollars at work. Because apparently this is more important than giving people healthcare lol.

[jwddwj]

This was so good it's worth watching twice

[darrenbutler]

Utterly disgusting, really shows how horrible as a country the US is, it really does create it's own enemies.

[mattshoemaker]

Fantastic video you guys. What a terrifying story of the FBI preying on a hopeless man in a desperate moment.

[kenshin]

Glad to see this back up, people need to hear this story.

[marcopollo]

15mins in and I still don't know why this dude was honey-potted by the FBI. Seems like a young heartfelt guy, that just so happened too be on the internet to many hours each day.

Don't care about your color or creed, watch yourselves out there.

[SLAUGHTERAMA]

Do we have a second amendment or not? Hell’s bells, America.

[reggiep]

This is horrifying to see a troubled person preyed upon and then have various things threaded into their mind like it was some sick game. How do those people sleep at night after stinging someone like that? It's disgusting and I've no doubt that these catfishers wear this 'achievement' as some sort of badge. That phone call was pure manipulation with the 'faux care' swinging back and forth like a pendulum, as 2-3 more people potentially listened in and fed her pointers to steer the conversation to *EXACTLY WHAT THEY WANTED TO HEAR* to incriminate Khalil.

[ornos]

This was one of the more intense videos you’ve guys had done.