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Jose Garcia

(2,593 posts)
Tue Jun 20, 2017, 02:16 PM Jun 2017

Killing of Muslim teen near Va. mosque stemmed from road rage, police say

Source: The Washington Post

The Virginia teens were up late observing Ramadan, so they did what young people often do in the wee hours of the weekend: They went out for a bite to eat at McDonald’s.

But as they walked and biked back to the All Dulles Area Muslim Society mosque in Sterling, along a major thoroughfare, a red car approached from behind about 3:40 a.m. Sunday and chaos erupted.

The driver, Darwin Martinez Torres, a 22-year-old construction worker from Sterling, got into an argument with a teen on a bike and then drove his car over a curb, scattering the group of as many as 15 teens, police said.

He caught up with them a short time later in a parking lot and chased them with a baseball bat, striking 17-year-old Nabra Hassanen and then abducting her in his car, police said.

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/killing-of-muslim-teenager-not-being-investigated-as-a-hate-crime-police-say/2017/06/19/e7670f0a-54f0-11e7-ba90-f5875b7d1876_story.html?utm_term=.0b3f082178d6

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Killing of Muslim teen near Va. mosque stemmed from road rage, police say (Original Post) Jose Garcia Jun 2017 OP
"Road rage" results in kidnapping now?? FFS... Docreed2003 Jun 2017 #1
Road rage is an excuse. The real reason is this punk's hatred of sinkingfeeling Jun 2017 #2
Well being that the accused doesn't speak English.... RhodeIslandOne Jun 2017 #3
He spoke to a judge through a translator. Doesn't mean he can't speak English. EL34x4 Jun 2017 #4
What a Load of Crap! Doug the Dem Jun 2017 #5
Sounds like this guy is a piece of crap for what he did christx30 Jun 2017 #6
 

RhodeIslandOne

(5,042 posts)
3. Well being that the accused doesn't speak English....
Tue Jun 20, 2017, 04:17 PM
Jun 2017

It would be difficult to discern how either side communicated with one another.

 

EL34x4

(2,003 posts)
4. He spoke to a judge through a translator. Doesn't mean he can't speak English.
Tue Jun 20, 2017, 05:03 PM
Jun 2017

Considering the trouble he's in, he was likely advised to use a translator to make sure he doesn't accidentally say the wrong thing.

 

Doug the Dem

(1,297 posts)
5. What a Load of Crap!
Tue Jun 20, 2017, 05:15 PM
Jun 2017

The only rage this asshole was feeling stemmed from Islamophobia! Thanks a lot, Mr Maher!

christx30

(6,241 posts)
6. Sounds like this guy is a piece of crap for what he did
Tue Jun 20, 2017, 09:57 PM
Jun 2017

to that girl. Luckily that if he ever gets out of prison (which is doubtful), he has deportation to look forward to.

Way to screw up your family, dude. Girlfriend and kid that will never know you.

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