Sikh attacked in another hate crime in New York
27 Jan 2008, 2136 hrs IST,PTI

NEW YORK: An American man is facing hate crime charges for allegedly punching in the face a 63-year-old Sikh, whom he called an "Arab", and breaking his jaw and nose before shouting racial slurs outside a gurudwara here.

David C Wood, 36, who attacked Jabeet Chadha on January 14 faces up to 15 years in prison if convicted.

Wood was arraigned this week on charges of second-degree assault as a hate crime, second and third-degree assault and second-degree aggravated harassment.

He was ordered held on USD10,000 bail and will return to court January 30.

Wood allegedly told Chadha "Arab, go back to your country" when he was about to enter the gurudwara in New Hyde Park, Queens District Attorney (DA) Richard Brown said.

Wood then allegedly told Chadha "you don't listen" and punched him in the face, the DA said.

Chadha's nose and jaw were broken in the attack and he is on a liquid diet due to his injuries. He will need surgery on his nose and will have a medical consultation on what to do about his jaw after the swelling goes down, Brown was quoted as saying by Times Ledger.

"Crimes motivated by bias -- particularly those involving violence --will never be tolerated in this county," the DA said in a statement. "When they do regrettably occur, they will be vigorously prosecuted and those involved will be severely punished."

Sikhs have been facing hate crimes throughout the country after the 9/11 attack as people mistake their turbans for a Muslim headdress.

"Sikhs are targeted because of our appearance. There's a lot of ignorance, anger and hate," said Jaspreet Singh, a staff attorney for rights group United Sikhs.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Sikh_attacked_in_another_hate_crime_in_New_York/articleshow/2735779.cms

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That American is an Idiot....Must be a dropout..he cant even recognize and Arab....
What an Idiot guy he mistakenly accused someone as an Arab and assaulted him which ruined his life....What a Moron. Poor Guy ( The Sikh one) siff the American one He deserves it.

Yes right that American is a complete jackass. More noteworthy is, he did that all this in front of the Sikh temple (Gurudwara). He was in front of the Gurudwara, even then that American dude couldn't tell that the Sikh man is not an Arab. This is the height of ignorance.

fu-king inbred american idiot. this kind of $hit pisses me off.

I was rolling my eyes at Sikhs being mistaken as Arabs. Some people are so stupid.

Yes right. Sikhs are going through numerous hate crimes like this one after 9/11. Lots of people in America seem to be stupid.

ROFLMAO, No Arab is going to wear a turban in the US if he could help it. It's not even a part of their culture anymore.

dude was probably watching too many movies where they depecit the arabs wearing turbans.

Sad to hear, such fear and hate

Same. People are so oblivious.

We were talking about Sikhs and how they get mistaken for Muslims in Religious Studies at school the other day and there were three or so people in my class who were like "Oh, I didn't know that!"

Maybe Indians should get their own house in order before they condemn Americans.

http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html...754C0A961948260

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You should first read what is written there in the link you posted. In America Sikhs are unnecessarily getting targeted out of ignorance or there could be racial motives. If Sikhs had done something wrong in USA just like Muslims did on WTC then it could be another thing.

Seriously dude no need for flaming here....

Btw this thread is old why bother to revive it ?

Too bad there's no surgery for you to fix your tiny pea brain

^seriously....you are pissing me off. Can we please stop the racist remarks and leave this old thread alone ?

EDIT* btw don't double post, you'll get warned by the mods...Just being a good Samaritan

The sikhs in USA spend all their efforts in saying
We are not hindus

instead of educating the public of their anti-muslim history