vigilante justice, informed as always by American ignorance
source - www.cnn.com
Man questioned in shooting death of Sikh
MESA, Arizona (CNN) -- A man was being questioned by police Sunday in
connection with the shooting death of a gas station owner, an Indian
immigrant who was a Sikh.
The man has not been arrested or charged. Authorities are also
investigating two other shootings that took place Saturday afternoon,
involving a man that fits the same description.
The victim has been identified as Balbir Singh Sodhi. Guru Roop Kaur
Khalsa, the spiritual leader of a Sikh temple in Phoenix where Sodhi
was a member, said Sodhi was 52.
Kirtan Singh, a minister of a Sikh temple in Los Angeles, said Sodhi
had received a verbal threat earlier in the week, from a man who
walked into Sodhi's store. Sodhi reported the threat to the police.
Mesa Police Sgt. Mike Goulet said that on Saturday afternoon, a white
male in a pickup truck described as a Chevrolet S-10 drove into a
Chevron gas station parking lot and fired several shots with a
handgun from the truck. Goulet said it appears the man was by
himself.
Sodhi, whom members of the Sikh community said was the owner of the
gas station, was struck by at least one bullet and pronounced dead at
the scene. The driver sped away.
Police said several shots were fired 20 minutes after the fatal
shooting, from a similar vehicle at a Mobil station in the city. No
one was hit and the driver fled. Owners of this second gas station
are Arabic.
Police said shots were fired 10 minutes later from a similar truck at
a third location. Nobody was hurt.
Goulet said one of their units spotted a black S-10 late Saturday
night. A police patrol unit and a SWAT team was sent to a residence,
which they found from a license plate number. Police confronted a man
who was taken into custody. He offered no resistance.
A motive for the shootings has not been determined and police said
they can't say whether the attacks were racially motivated.
A Sikh acquaintance of the victim said he thought the incident was a
"hate crime."
"We're mostly distraught. We happen to practice a religion that makes
us look like the bad guy," said Hari Simran Singh Khalsa. "As
Americans, we're shocked."
Sodhi, who is survived by his wife and three adult children, was
planning to return to India to live with a son, Khalsa said. The
Sikhs are a religious group based in Punjab, in northern India.
Persons of Arabic and South Asian descent, including Sikhs, have been
subjected to harassment in the United States since Tuesday's terror
attacks in New York and Washington, which have been linked to Islamic
radicals.
Sikhs are not Muslims, but Sikh men wear turbans and because of their
appearance have been mistaken for Muslims. Suspected terrorist Osama
bin Laden, an Islamic militant based in Afghanistan, is suspected of
masterminding the terror attacks.
Khalsa said Sikh men keep their beards and most wear turbans -- "we
look more like bin Laden than the Muslims do."
"We've had people that work in convenience stores and gas stations
and have been unable to work this week because of overt harassment,"
he said.
"The victim was targeted because of his religious dress. He had a
turban and beard," Guru Roop Kaur said. "Our message is a peaceful
message. That's who this person was. He was a very peaceful person."
City leaders appealed for calm.
"Senseless acts of violence will do nothing to help our nation heal
or bring peace to the victims of the horrific tragedy that occurred
this week," said Mesa Mayor Keno Hawker.
"Now is the time for all Mesa resident to display solidarity by
taking a clear stand against violence," he said. "We are all
Americans. We are all grieving. Let us unite in peace and
determination that violence will never be the answer."
(basado en sus actividades)
Irrespetuoso intransigente de la Minoria barbua, cegata, abuchea himnos
y terrorista, que vive soñando con pajaritos hermafroditas...
Tonto, Mira mas alla!
Tu imperio puede ser bueno, malo, de todos, de muchos o de pocos...
No quieres decidir ... eso ?.... Ahhh???
Esos hechos son consecuencias provocadas por minorias egocentricas como tu,
que son simplemente imitadores, riquitos, rebeldes que a la larga
evolucionan...
Y se afeitan!!!
--- Viva Puerto Rico USA, Libre y democratico...
--- FBW
"tito_rivera" <tito_...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:c55fb11b.01091...@posting.google.com...
--- Viva el Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, USA, Libre y democratico...
aunque se nos vean las enaguas
cc
"FreeBrainWorking" <freebrai...@hotmail.com> wrote in
news:CTrp7.9353$im.8...@e420r-atl2.usenetserver.com:
Saludos
--
TDC
"canta claro
Ahora, chamaquito, el hecho de que recurres a este tipo de calumnia,
de pintarnos de esta manera, revela de tu parte una vez más, la falta
de razones y de argumentos que tú y los de tu bando sufren al no poder
discrepar civilizadamente con nosotros de otra manera.
Peor, esta calumnia revela un defecto profundo en tu carácter. Yo en
tu lugar me preocuparía más por exterminar ese defecto, en vez de
tirarle fango a los que discrepamos de ti.
P.
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Pedro O. Vega
http://www.nuevofederalista.org
PITIYANQUI A MUCHA HONRA.
tito_...@hotmail.com (tito_rivera) wrote in message news:<c55fb11b.01091...@posting.google.com>...
Sabias tu que aqui en Puerto Rico esta sucediendo lo mismo, y que los actos
de vandalismo los cometen ENCAPUCHADOS??? Quienes fueron los maestros
entonces???
A proposito. "tito", apareciste en este Newsgroup ayer, y sin embargo
repites argumentos y estilos muy bien conocidos aqui! The more things
change. . .
Y no me vengas hablar de ser civilizado porque no me parece haberte
oído protestar cuando algunos del grupo hicieron comentarios racistas
y amenazas de violencia contra los árabes en general y contra la
comunidad arabe de Puerto Rico.
Tito
Pedro Vega escribió:
No he podido reaccionar a lo que no sabía. *Yo* tengo familiares
políticos árabes y *tú* no puedes probar por ningunos de mis escritos
de que yo defiendo en manera alguna el maltrato del inocente.
En cambio tú, te quieres aprovechar del odio de otros para pintarnos
de cierta manera, conveniente para tus fatulos ideales políticos. No
mi'jito, cesa y desiste que solos que piensan como tú te dan crédito.
Nadie te escucha, a nadie convences.
¡PIENSA! Y entonces, pero solo entonces, HABLA. No seas necio.
Te dejo la última palabra.
P.
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Pedro O. Vega
http://www.geocities.com/pitiyanqui
PITIYANQUI A MUCHA HONRA
Pero Cortes, tu no sabes que esos eran correos y buzones militares???
Preguntale a Bailey, que el estuvo alli, y el sabe que los Macheteros no
atacaban blancos civiles. Digo, a menos que hoy haya cambiado en cuento!!!
"Dr. Victor M. Rodriguez" <rodr...@home.com> wrote in message news:3BAB9013...@home.com...Creo que Jaime cree que tu eres un pseudonimo que yo alegadamente uso aqui. Soy de los pocos que aparecen aqui con mi nombre y apellido mas sin embargo estos individuos creen que uno necesita esconderse para decir lo que uno dice muy claro sin esconderse. Logico?Pero aparentemente las acciones de algunos aqui obligaran a los disidentes a encapucharse para protegerse. No los entendia, ahora si. Volvemos a los tiempos de la mordaza!
--
Victor M. Rodriguez, Ph.D.
Diversity Consultant/Trainer
CrossCultural Dialogue
rodr...@home.com
"Dr. Victor M. Rodriguez" <rodr...@home.com> wrote in message news:3BABD226...@home.com...Yo creo que pronto descubriras a quien acusan de terrorista.
Rafael Héctor Pérez Roura wrote:
Trivia: Cada vez que Elmo HAwn Brown caga, pierde celulas del cerebro...pobre des celebrado, por eo es un terrorista bruto...verdad Victor
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"Either you are with us or you are with the terrorists. " -W
"Dr. Victor M. Rodriguez" <rodr...@home.com> wrote in message news:3BAB9013...@home.com...Creo que Jaime cree que tu eres un pseudonimo que yo alegadamente uso aqui. Soy de los pocos que aparecen aqui con mi nombre y apellido mas sin embargo estos individuos creen que uno necesita esconderse para decir lo que uno dice muy claro sin esconderse. Logico?
Quien te lo dijo, tu hijo el Agente Federal??? Loose lips sink ships!!!