Sikh shop owner called terrorist, shot in the face in Michigan

[_Pai]

[url]http://dailysikhupdates.com/breaking-sikh-store-owner-called-terrorist-and-shot-in-the-face-in-michigan/[/url]

[quote]A Sikh shop owner in Michigan was shot in the face before being called a terrorist. The store owner was brought in a backroom by a gunman midnight Saturday at Bottlenecks Food and Drink Shop in Grand Rapids. The gunman demanded money and accused the man of being part of ISIS and was called a terrorist.[/quote]

[Trixil]

[QUOTE]The store owner was brought in a backroom by a gunman midnight Saturday at Bottlenecks Food and Drink Shop in Grand Rapids. The gunman demanded money[/QUOTE]
who's the terrorist here?

[Curls]

fight terrorism with terrorism is clearly the answer

:scream:

[.Lain]

at least the store owner survived the ordeal. that attacker is a total scumbag

[Sgman91]

The friend of the guy who got shot doesn't seem to think it was anything more than a violent robbery. In an interview he said, "It was a random thing that happened, there was no motive behind it, just the money." ([URL]http://fox17online.com/2015/12/13/armed-robbery-turns-into-a-shooting-at-bottlenecks-in-gr/[/URL])

It looks like evidence of the racial insults is coming from an anonymous manager of the store who wasn't present during the event, and the police aren't calling it a hate crime yet. ([URL]http://fox17online.com/2015/12/14/bottleneck-ownership-says-weekend-shooting-was-a-hate-crime/[/URL])

I hope they find the attacker. He needs to face the consequences of his actions.

[.Lain]

p.s video in source

[Sgman91]

Why did you post some random sikh source instead of the actual news report that it's based on?

[srobins]

I mean, not that I would doubt the guy called him a terrorist but.. Daily Sihk Updates isn't exactly a neutral source lol

[.Lain]

[QUOTE=sgman91;49331382]Why did you post some random sikh source instead of the actual news report that it's based on?[/QUOTE]

probably because that's where he saw it initially who cares
if you want to find the original source it is linked right in there

[0x0000000C]

[QUOTE=Trixil;49331293]who's the terrorist here?[/QUOTE]
Neither lol

[B]ter·ror·ism
ˈterəˌrizəm

the use of violence and intimidation in the pursuit of political aims.[/B]

The pursuit of the mighty dollar is not a political aim.

[hippowombat]

:why:

[awcmon]

never got why sikhs were always lumped in with terrorism

they're indian so like, not really associated with ISIS

[dbk21894]

[QUOTE=awcmon;49331576]never got why sikhs were always lumped in with terrorism

they're indian so like, not really associated with ISIS[/QUOTE]

because they're brown and wear turbans

that's all that middle America can see

[Omilinon 👻]

[QUOTE=awcmon;49331576]never got why sikhs were always lumped in with terrorism

they're indian so like, not really associated with ISIS[/QUOTE]

They're brown and ignorant bigots think they're those gurdamn dirty muzzies.

It's pretty damn surprising how the average American wouldn't be able to differentiate between the two religions.

[Curls]

[QUOTE=Omilinon;49331674]
It's pretty damn surprising how the average American wouldn't be able to differentiate between the two religions.[/QUOTE]

is it REALLY though?

they can't seem to understand that just because obama has a mole and 'arabic' features it doesn't make him a muzzy

[Lord of Ears]

[QUOTE=dbk21894;49331621]because they're brown and wear turbans

that's all that middle America can see[/QUOTE]

i mean, not everyone in middle america? good stereotypes though

[SKS]

AKA robbery is slanted to look like race crime to lube up people for the new wave of forced "progressivism"

I seriously doubt this was a hate crime.

[Zeke129]

[QUOTE=Radical_ed;49332390]new wave of forced "progressivism"[/QUOTE]

"Don't shoot people while calling them ISIS"

[Crazy Ivan]

[QUOTE=Radical_ed;49332390]AKA robbery is slanted to look like race crime to lube up people for the new wave of forced "progressivism"

I seriously doubt this was a hate crime.[/QUOTE]

A man robs a man.

Then takes him in the back of the store, and deliberately states the person he is robbing is a terrorist/agent of ISIS.

Then he shoots him.

How exactly is this, "not a hate crime"?

Do you have special knowledge of the assailant, such that you know he was just trying to ruse us all in to thinking he was a racist bigot who shot a man for no good reason, so that we might forget he robbed a store?

Seriously, what possible fucking angle are you working on this one.

[Sgman91]

[QUOTE=Crazy Ivan;49332827]A man robs a man.

Then takes him in the back of the store, and deliberately states the person he is robbing is a terrorist/agent of ISIS.

Then he shoots him.

How exactly is this, "not a hate crime"?

Do you have special knowledge of the assailant, such that you know he was just trying to ruse us all in to thinking he was a racist bigot who shot a man for no good reason, so that we might forget he robbed a store?

Seriously, what possible fucking angle are you working on this one.[/QUOTE]

The issue is that it isn't confirmed in any way. The only evidence of the racial aspect is a second hand report from a person who wasn't even there, and we have another second hand person saying that there wasn't any racial motivation.

Instead of waiting for more information from the actual victim and/or catching the perpetrator people are jumping on the racial bandwagon because it supports their narrative. As of now, it's being treated as normal armed robbery by the police.

[Angry pepper]

It really is pathetic that something as simple as a turban, or the colour of one's skin can [B]still[/B] motivate people to commit mindless [almost] murder in the name of a jumped conclusion (like the shop owner being a terrorist); but that is if this was truly in the name of hate crime, I mean, the attacker didn't just shoot the shop owner, he stole money too, so it's probably more than just a hate crime overall.

To have survived that encounter though, good on him [shop owner] - wishing a speedy recovery.