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[quote]A Muslim store owner in Queens reported that he was attacked over the weekend by a man who said that he wanted to kill Muslims.
Fatima Food Mart owner Sarker Haque told WPIX that the man came into his store on Saturday and began punching him.
He punched me here, Haque recalled, motioning toward an ice cream cooler. I fell down here
I say, What the hell you doing? Whats wrong with you? [The attacker] said, I kill Muslims.'
He punched me as much as he can with his left hand, the store owner added, choking back tears. He grabbed me here. Then he punched me here.
The attacker was identified by police as Piro Kolvani. Investigators believe that Kolvani punched Haque multiple times before a Latino customer intervened.
A person came [by]
He knows me, Haque said. Im bleeding [at] this time so he [took] hold of [the attacker].
It doesnt matter what color or nationality you are, he pointed out. We are in America. Everybody came from somewhere.
Officials said that the attack on Haque was being investigated as a hate crime.[/quote]
[url]http://www.rawstory.com/2015/12/watch-muslim-store-owner-in-tears-after-hes-beaten-by-new-york-man-on-mission-to-kill-muslims/[/url]
retrowire
(10,345 posts)Can police do the public service of giving hugs?
Seriously. Hugs heal.
Lucky Luciano
(11,242 posts)I just wanted to give the man a hug. Le him know we are not all assholes.
retrowire
(10,345 posts)What the world needs is love. :/
daleanime
(17,796 posts)ProfessorGAC
(64,413 posts)Guy must not have read the Ox Bow Incident. Justice applied to the wrong person again.
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)ProfessorGAC
(64,413 posts)Just duh!
lpbk2713
(42,696 posts)PatrickforO
(14,514 posts)It's called 'fascism' and involves a bunch of heavily armed xenophobic white haters in brown shirts and jackboots terrorizing our people while corporations quietly take over and everyone prepares for the inevitable war.
Ragnarok, anyone?
d_legendary1
(2,586 posts)If it weren't for them this man and others like him wouldn't be facing the daily vitriol and violence from assholes that Trump whips up into a frenzy. This man deserves more than a hug: he deserves compensation from the millions Bushco stole from the rest of us.
Coventina
(26,844 posts)Mr. Haque, I apologize on behalf of America's non-Muslims.