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DemocratSinceBirth

(99,710 posts)
Thu Feb 23, 2017, 08:37 PM Feb 2017

Deplorable- 'Get out of my country!' White veteran 'shoots Indian immigrant Garmin engineer dead

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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4254012/Witnesses-say-Kansas-shooting-racial-overtones.html

Adam Purinton, 51, was taken into custody at a bar in an Applebee's in Clinton, Missouri, after telling an employee he had just shot 'Middle Eastern' men and needed a place to hide.
He was arrested about five hours after police say he opened fire at Austin's Bar and Grill in Olathe, Kansas.
The deadly confrontation began unfolding inside the lounge at around 7.15pm on Wednesday and later spilled out into the parking lot.
Police say Purinton shot and killed Srinivas Kuchibhotla, an engineer at Garmin, wounded his colleague Alok Madasani.
He then fired at a third man, identified as Ian Grillot, who had tried to intervene.
At least one witness said Purtinton yelled 'get out of my country' and claimed he heard him screaming racial slurs before opening fire, according to Kansas City Star.
The 51-year-old veteran apparently thought Kuchibhotla and Madasani were Middle Eastern, although in reality both men were of Indian decent.
Kuchibhotla died at an area hospital and Alok Madasani and Ian Grillot were hospitalized, the latter suffering from wounds to his hand and shoulder.

Blood on the hands of dRump and this administration


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Deplorable- 'Get out of my country!' White veteran 'shoots Indian immigrant Garmin engineer dead (Original Post) DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2017 OP
How utterly horrible. I don't just blame Trump and his administration. 50 Shades Of Blue Feb 2017 #1
I hope he had a silencer, we must think of our gun nuts ears you know HAB911 Feb 2017 #32
As you said, deplorable. leanforward Feb 2017 #2
Thank you for your service. That Deplorable's military status just makes the incident all the ... DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2017 #3
If he deployed with the 5th fleet, he should be able to tell the difference. denbot Feb 2017 #12
Sometimes you gotta wonder what side some of vets served and/or their motivation. Hoyt Feb 2017 #4
During the Iraq war, Mr.Bill Feb 2017 #14
I don't doubt it. One advantage to a Draft. The Crusades continue. Hoyt Feb 2017 #25
Is that the wrong link? nt fun n serious Feb 2017 #5
FIXED DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2017 #6
Yeah - that's the wrong link - here is the correct one csziggy Feb 2017 #7
Olathe is right outside of Kansas City MrPurple Feb 2017 #8
Johnson County KS is about as winger as you can get though, its the same place where a white uponit7771 Feb 2017 #10
I think Hillary carried Overland Park MrPurple Feb 2017 #15
Overland Park appears to be extremely diverse Generic Brad Feb 2017 #19
Yes, OP is good but Olathe was something else when I lived there. Shawnee was OK also, more diverse uponit7771 Feb 2017 #20
- Bigredhunk Feb 2017 #9
Holy shit...I'm about to turn 53, and this cretin looks old enough to be my grandfather! bullwinkle428 Feb 2017 #11
MY stereotype of a trumpanzee right there. nt Lucky Luciano Feb 2017 #18
Booze, more likely. nt. Mariana Feb 2017 #24
Congratulations, Donald. neeksgeek Feb 2017 #13
When is Trump going to ban white racists from Kansas? workinclasszero Feb 2017 #16
Seems like terrorism to me ramapo Feb 2017 #17
If the same guy had been brown and shouted Alahu Akbar and shot 3 white people MrPurple Feb 2017 #21
Declaring martial law workinclasszero Feb 2017 #30
i guess doing his part to "made american great again" . JI7 Feb 2017 #22
Flame on for my saying this, but ProudLib72 Feb 2017 #23
I have a couple of Hindu buddies who kept getting threatened by pinheads, after 9/11. Mc Mike Feb 2017 #26
Sheereesh. Warren DeMontague Feb 2017 #27
I just love when people on DU tell me to stop calling Trump voters... 1965Comet Feb 2017 #28
this is a terror attack onethatcares Feb 2017 #29
I'm glad there are British news outlets keeping us informed. Vinca Feb 2017 #31

leanforward

(1,076 posts)
2. As you said, deplorable.
Thu Feb 23, 2017, 08:53 PM
Feb 2017

The shooter needs to be put away forever. He is a result of pRezident dRumpf and the RTKBA (without a background check). He may be a Navy veteran, but, to me he lost that status as a result of his actions.

DemocratSinceBirth

(99,710 posts)
3. Thank you for your service. That Deplorable's military status just makes the incident all the ...
Thu Feb 23, 2017, 08:57 PM
Feb 2017

Thank you for your service. That Deplorable's military status just makes the incident all the more tragic.

denbot

(9,899 posts)
12. If he deployed with the 5th fleet, he should be able to tell the difference.
Thu Feb 23, 2017, 11:15 PM
Feb 2017

My guess is he is the type that never did a Persian Gulf tour, but later claimed to be a Navy Seal.

This ran when I was enlisted..

Mr.Bill

(24,282 posts)
14. During the Iraq war,
Thu Feb 23, 2017, 11:19 PM
Feb 2017

a Marine recruiting sergeant lived across the street from me. He said he tells recruiting prospects that they will get to "kill ragheads". He said they like to hear that.

He was arrested several months later for beating his wife. She left town, I don't know where he is now. What an asshole.

MrPurple

(985 posts)
8. Olathe is right outside of Kansas City
Thu Feb 23, 2017, 11:00 PM
Feb 2017

This wasn't way out in the boonies, it was fairly close to a significant city.

Kansas has the death penalty, which I don't believe in, but this guy is a poster boy for it.

uponit7771

(90,335 posts)
10. Johnson County KS is about as winger as you can get though, its the same place where a white
Thu Feb 23, 2017, 11:12 PM
Feb 2017

.. guy standing in a check out lane choked a black infant last year.

Scary shit

MrPurple

(985 posts)
15. I think Hillary carried Overland Park
Thu Feb 23, 2017, 11:23 PM
Feb 2017

There's harder right places than Johnson County (used to live there). But, I guess it's a volatile mix because there's more diverse people for the wingnuts to get triggered by than there would be in central Kansas or rural Wyoming or something.

A few years ago, a Nazi shot up a Jewish retirement center there, but shot only Christian people in the parking lot. Today's Mensa contestant hates Moslems and he shot Indians.

Generic Brad

(14,274 posts)
19. Overland Park appears to be extremely diverse
Thu Feb 23, 2017, 11:51 PM
Feb 2017

My wife and I feel very comfortable and at home in Overland Park. There is a wealth of ethnic restaurants and specialty grocery stores.

But we get a weird vibe from Olathe. There is very little diversity in food choices. We have not experienced anything off-putting there, but we have noticed a distinct absence of ethnic shops and restaurants. My wife doesn't like shopping for make up there because she can only find cosmetics for white skin. Again - we have not experienced any racial tension or hostility there, but it feels like one of the whitest places we have ever been to.

bullwinkle428

(20,629 posts)
11. Holy shit...I'm about to turn 53, and this cretin looks old enough to be my grandfather!
Thu Feb 23, 2017, 11:15 PM
Feb 2017

I'm just glad I didn't inherit any of his deplorable DNA.

MrPurple

(985 posts)
21. If the same guy had been brown and shouted Alahu Akbar and shot 3 white people
Fri Feb 24, 2017, 12:12 AM
Feb 2017

What would Trump be saying and doing about it right now.

 

workinclasszero

(28,270 posts)
30. Declaring martial law
Fri Feb 24, 2017, 08:17 AM
Feb 2017

and suspension of the Constitution and all rights till the emergency ends (never) probably?

ProudLib72

(17,984 posts)
23. Flame on for my saying this, but
Fri Feb 24, 2017, 01:54 AM
Feb 2017

can we put him in stocks in the town square with a sign "Terrorist" over his head? This needs as much publicity as it can get.

Mc Mike

(9,114 posts)
26. I have a couple of Hindu buddies who kept getting threatened by pinheads, after 9/11.
Fri Feb 24, 2017, 06:57 AM
Feb 2017

And I remember hearing how Sikhs were also getting threatened and attacked.

Both of those groups have long time bloody feuds with Islamicists. But the racist nazi pinheads in our country can't tell the difference. They don't know that if they're against 'Moslem terrorists', Hindus and Sikhs are their allies.

And they don't have to. Because the real point of their movement is that they're xenophobic, they hate everyone, 'radical' Islam terror is just an excuse. They know exactly what their leaders really want and mean, for nazi whities to attack everyone who isn't nazi whitie.

A very old Chinese man, who owned a restaurant a mile away from me, told me that his restaurant was getting threatening calls after 9/11. The righties are that stupid, and just looking for an excuse to take action on their stupid violent opinions.

 

1965Comet

(175 posts)
28. I just love when people on DU tell me to stop calling Trump voters...
Fri Feb 24, 2017, 07:08 AM
Feb 2017

stupid:

"The 51-year-old veteran apparently thought Kuchibhotla and Madasani were Middle Eastern, although in reality both men were of Indian decent. "

Vinca

(50,261 posts)
31. I'm glad there are British news outlets keeping us informed.
Fri Feb 24, 2017, 08:28 AM
Feb 2017

This should be story #2 in the U.S., right after White House meddling into FBI business.

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