Alabama man uses chain saw to smash Jordanian's car window

[matcom]

<snip>

In an apparently ethnically motivated incident, a man used a chain saw to smash the side window of a car driven by a Jordanian who lives in Mobile, where he owns a small business, authorities said.

Esam Almashni said Tuesday he was traveling with his American wife, Misty Almashni, and other family members on Interstate 10, just north of Moss Point, Miss., Sunday when a man driving an old pickup swerved toward his car.

Almashni, who is dark complexioned, pulled over behind the truck at the west end of the Pascagoula River bridge to check his 1997 Acura for damage.

Misty Almashni said Tuesday that the man then got out of his older model truck and tried to crank the chain saw as he began walking toward the car.

When the chain saw failed to start, the man used the saw "like a sword, baseball bat or something" to break the glass where she was sitting on the front passenger side of the car.

Misty Almashni said she was very frightened.

"It seemed to me that he had seen the 'Texas Chain Saw Massacre' movie one time too many," Misty Almashni said. "I love a scary movie, but not in real life when people are coming at you with a chain saw."


http://www.al.com/news/mobileregister/index.ssf?/base/news/1096449485153520.xml

[kick-ass-bob]

1. Understatment of the year:

an apparently ethnically motivated incident,

[Lautremont]

2. Probably was wearing some disgusting overalls

like he comes from Louisiana or something.

[fudge stripe cookays]

3. I can only imagine what might have happened

had that chainsaw started. What would we be reading about right now?

:scared:
FSC

[Southpaw Bookworm]

4. "Proud to be an American"

Can't you just hear it playing in the background . . .

[Ravenseye]

5. Sadly This Is nothing New..

ethnically motivated crimes and assaults on Arab Americans, and others with dark complexions have been common for years. That group of people from hundreds of ethnic groups who aren't white, aren't black are attacked in many different ways.

Growing up in the U.S., I encountered personally a number of direct attacks on my person and property because of my ethnicity. USUALLY they'd even get the ethnicity wrong, but attack anyway.

One time a group of kids attacked me when I was about 14, using racial slurs, and proceeded to hold me back as they jumped up and down on my bike, breaking the tires, etc. I fought back, and beat the crap out of the 'lead' kid and a couple others. They didn't bother me after that.

Still...this should be front page news.

[underpants]

6. A chain saw-in a pickup truck-in Alabama?

Neeeeeeever heard of it.