7-11 clerk in turban attacked: 'You're al-Qaeda. Go back to your country.'

[Newsjock]

Source: Seattle PI

A 35-year-old Seattle man is facing assault and hate crime charges following allegations that he accosted a clerk at a Queen Anne convenience store.

According to police, Brock Stainbrook derided the man as being a terrorist during the Tuesday morning incident.

... "For unknown reasons a person threw change on the floor near the victim's feet then punched the victim on the left side of the head," the detective said.

"After the suspect struck (the clerk) with his fist he said, 'You're not even American, you're Al-Qaeda. Go back to your country.'"

...Police arrested Stainbrook walking nearby minutes later. Confronted by police, he allegedly admitted that he "struck a person on his turban" because he disliked him. While the alleged victim's ethnic background is not noted in court documents, his surname is common within the Sikh community.

Read more: http://www.seattlepi.com/local/425902_clerk30.html

[JI7]

1. In America it's mostly Sikhs who wear Turbans

no surprise that the bigots are mostly ignorant asses.

[6000eliot]

7. Sikhs wearing turbans were beaten and killed after 9/11.

Fuck those fucking republicans for stirring this mess up!

[Divine Discontent]

2. there's a man of Indian heritage who works at 7-11 in Orlando who wears a turban. He's the only guy

I've seen in Orlando at a gas station who wears one. He's extremely polite. I hope no one bothers him.

[Turbineguy]

3. A little free advice to Mr. Shitstain.

From someone who has traveled around the world numerous times. Don't fuck with the Sikhs.

[jberryhill]

8. Still water runs deep

Good advice.

[Posteritatis]

9. "Please, continue to fuck with the Sikhs" might work out in society's favor re: this guy too. (nt)

[The Northerner]

4. And yet the idiocy repeats itself.

Sometimes I feel so ashamed to read about incidents such as the above.

[niyad]

5. does it seem as though these people are drinking "stupid" water--

it's like this kind of ignorant, hatred and bigotry has increased exponentially in the last year or so. reminds me of the flesh-eating bacteria.

[Chulanowa]

6. And the water is being carried my our media, and hte politicians refuse to regulate its quality

[upi402]

10. Incitement

when will the rightists talkers get held to account? Liberal Seattle -not so liberal after all.

Maybe when an opposition party restores the rule of law... then maybe.