Arson suspect wanted to 'run the Arabs out of our country,' sheriff says
Source: CNN
(CNN)A 64-year-old Florida man tried to set a convenience store on fire because he thought the owners were Muslim, St. Lucie County Sheriff Ken Mascara said.
Richard Lloyd told deputies he wanted to "run the Arabs out of our country" so he pushed a dumpster in front of the Port St. Lucie store and set the contents on fire, Mascara said in a news release posted on Facebook.
Lloyd told detectives he assumed the owner was Muslim and that angered him because of "what they are doing in the Middle East," Mascara said.
"It's unfortunate that Mr. Lloyd made the assumption that the store owners were Arabic when, in fact, they are of Indian descent," Mascara said.
Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/11/us/muslim-florida-store-fire/index.html
Gee, I wonder who he voted for in the Presidential election? Any guesses?
Docreed2003
(16,859 posts)Store owners were Arabic"....what a shitty way of relaying this story. That's like saying, damn...the guy tried but you know there were no damn Muslims there!
0rganism
(23,954 posts)how about "It's unfortunate Mr. Lloyd made the assumption that he should use terrorism to enforce his bigoted ideas." ?
guess that's too much to ask for these days
Crunchy Frog
(26,587 posts)keithbvadu2
(36,806 posts)After the Civil War it would have been a Jewish or Catholic store.
heaven05
(18,124 posts)he would have set fire to that black victim he had just hung--150 years ago.
JHB
(37,160 posts)200 years ago it would have been Germans (Pennsylvania Dutch).
TomCADem
(17,387 posts)...nowadays, the line is blurred.
greymattermom
(5,754 posts)There are Indian Muslims. Arabic is a region. Am I confused about this?
OKNancy
(41,832 posts)So, that is why Iranians ( Persians ) aren't Arabs and neither are people from India.
FWIW, Arabs, Persians, etc are all Caucasians
Judi Lynn
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Aristus
(66,369 posts)Both?
What an ugg; inside and out!...
mdbl
(4,973 posts)that guy is a waste of space on this planet
Lucky Luciano
(11,256 posts)jpak
(41,758 posts)yup
EarthFirst
(2,900 posts)Terrorism, Hate Crime or Religious Extremist need not apply in this situation.