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Sikh man attacked, told to go back to country while posting campaign signs supporting GOP lawmaker
The Hill ^ | 8/6/18 | Avery Anapol

Posted on 08/06/2018 3:21:46 PM PDT by markomalley

A Sikh man says he was attacked and told to “go back to [his] country” in an incident that police in California are investigating as a hate crime.

Surjit Malhi, 50, told Sacramento’s CBS13 that he was beaten last week by two men, who also allegedly spray-painted his truck with hate symbols, while he was posting campaign signs in support of Rep. Jeff Denham (R-Calif.) in Stanislaus County.

Malhi told the CBS affiliate that the men threw sand in his eyes and brutally beat him in the head, shoulders and neck, while shouting: “Go back to your country!”

“It’s very scary, you know,” he said, adding that he thought “they were going to shoot me.”

Malhi told the station that his turban softened the blows and may have saved his life.

Malhi is a well-known member of the community, has raised thousands of dollars for charity and is a politically involved, active supporter of the local Republican Party, according to CBS13.

“I’m American 100 percent, no doubt, so they say, go back to my country? This is my country,” he said. “If you are a real American and you love America, you should not do that. That is not the American way.”


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Politics/Elections; US: California
KEYWORDS: 2018election; 2020election; california; dncbrownshirts; election2018; election2020; electionviolence; feclaws; hatecrime; jeffdenham; liberalbigots; militantleft; sacramento; sikhamericans; surjitmalhi
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To: markomalley

Sikh and ye shall find


21 posted on 08/06/2018 4:34:16 PM PDT by chajin ("There is no other name under heaven given among people by which we must be saved." Acts 4:12)
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To: Hot Tabasco
stop your public proselytizing

"Proselytizing?" The old definition I learned only mentioned religion. It now, it seems, means any opinion as well. Sorry, in a way.

I stand by my advice, though. I wouldn't affix a Christian Cross that large on a hat! Except, of course, in a religious setting.

22 posted on 08/06/2018 5:27:16 PM PDT by Ace's Dad ("John James for US Senate. Dump Debbie!! Let's Fly, Michigan.")
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To: Hot Tabasco
προσήλυτος
23 posted on 08/06/2018 6:11:28 PM PDT by Ace's Dad ("John James for US Senate. Dump Debbie!! Let's Fly, Michigan.")
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To: markomalley
Sikhs turbans convey a lot of meaning. They are not just a hat.
24 posted on 08/06/2018 8:58:08 PM PDT by \/\/ayne (I regret that I have but one subscription cancellation notice to give to my local newspaper.)
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To: Ace's Dad

The problem is that the turban is one of their closest religious “definitions” kind of similar to the cross for Christians in the Middle ages, only more so. It’s an injunct from god for them


25 posted on 08/07/2018 3:02:26 AM PDT by Cronos (Obama's dislike of Assad is not based on his brutality but that he isn't a jihadi Moslem)
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To: markomalley

Convince them leftist haters that Mexicans vote overwhelmingly Republican and we won’t need a wall.....


26 posted on 08/07/2018 3:13:04 AM PDT by trebb (Too many "Conservatives" who think their opinions outweigh reality these days...)
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