Posted on 09/10/2015 3:11:01 PM PDT by Jyotishi
New York - In a hate crime, an elderly Sikh-American man was brutally assaulted and left with severe facial injuries by an assailant who yelled racial slurs like "terrorist" and "Bin Laden", just before the US commemorates the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks.
Inderjit Singh Mukker of Chicago was assaulted on September 8 when the assailant pulled up to his car yelling racial slurs, including, "Terrorist, go back to your country, Bin Laden!"
Advocacy group The Sikh Coalition said it spoke with Darien Police Chief Ernest Brown and were informed that authorities are investigating the case as a hate crime.
NBC news cited police sources as saying that no charges have been filed in the attack and that the suspect is at a local hospital in the Chicago suburb of Darien for an unknown reason.
Mukker, a US citizen and father of two, was on his way to a grocery store and was repeatedly cut off by the assailant driving a car. Mukker pulled over to the side of the road to let him pass, but the driver instead pulled in front of his car and aggressively approached Mukker's vehicle, according to information by advocacy group The Sikh Coalition.
The assailant then reached into the car and repeatedly punched Mukker in the face, causing him to lose consciousness, bleed profusely and suffer a fractured cheekbone and a laceration to his cheek. He was rushed to the hospital, where he received six stitches, treatment for lacerations, bruising and swelling.
The suspect was taken into custody. "No American should be afraid to practice their faith in our country," Mukker said.
"I'm thankful for the swift response of authorities to apprehend the individual, but without this being fully investigated as a hate crime, we risk ignoring the horrific pattern of intolerance, abuse and violence that Sikhs and other minority communities in this country continue to face." The Sikh Coalition's Legal Director Harsimran Kaur said the group believe's that Mukker was "targeted and assaulted" because of his Sikh religious appearance, race or national origin.
"We request an immediate investigation and call on local and federal agencies to investigate this attack as a hate crime," Kaur said. Sikh Coalition said the attack, on the eve of the 9/11 anniversary, is just the latest in a line of violent attacks on Sikhs in America.
Last August, Sandeep Singh, a Sikh father in New York City, was run over after being called a "terrorist". In 2012, a gunman walked into a Gurudwara and shot and killed six innocent Sikh worshippers in Oak Creek, Wisconsin.
Stupid people. The Sikh’s are the good guys.
ChiTrib:
The police have identified a 17-year-old suspect from a description the victim provided of the offender and the license plate of the vehicle he was driving, Darien Police Chief Ernest Brown said.
Police officers “briefly” questioned the suspect, Brown said. Sometime after their initial questioning, the suspect was hospitalized, Brown said. The suspect was in the hospital Thursday morning, though Brown would not discuss the reasons he is in the hospital.
“There will certainly be charges filed” once the juvenile is released from the hospital, Brown said. The DuPage County State’s Attorney Office’s juvenile division is reviewing the case to determine what the appropriate charges should be.
The attacker got lucky. The Sikh warriors are NOBODY to mess with.
And not hard to spot as Sikhs. At least not for people with average intelligence.
If the attacker turns out to be Amish, it can’t be a hate crime. By definition.
And they are Easy to identify.
http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/Police-Investigating-Hate-Crime-Darien-326154871.html
Hate Crime? Most likely not.
‘The suspect was taken into custody. “No American should be afraid to practice their faith in our country,” Mukker said.’
The only faith that should be afraid to practice theirs is Islam since theirs is the religion of the sword.
But they didn’t have average intelligence, the dumb SOB’s.
A few months back, I saw a picture of a young lady, in the army, a female Sikh, and her helmet looks like in the shape of the head gear, but with army colors. Kid you not.
Idiot.
Perzactly
Idiot should’ve ended up with a kirpan through his jugular.
Sikhs are not muslim.
No joke.
sikhs are crazy b*stards.
instead of settling disputes with their fists, they pull out swords. these guys routinely carry swords! in the 21st century! let that sink in a moment...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETQ5VHJo6zI
all that said, sikhs have a long history of being persecuted by muslims. it’s a shame for anyone to mistake the sikhs for muslims because sikhs are on our side (loosely speaking) in the great clash of civilizations that our political leaders refuse to discuss.
The amazing things is that a 17 year old this stupid had even heard of Bin Laden no less had some concept he was the enemy.
As I learned today while briefly watching CSPAN, many schools do not teach 911, and many teachers have no idea what 911 means other than it is an emergency phone number ... the kid had heard of Bin Laden, but had he ever heard of 911?
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