Elk Grove, Sacramento hate crime: Fatal shooting prompts outcry among Sikhs

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WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The daily stroll had become routine for two elderly Sikh men in a Sacramento suburb, as well as for neighbors and friends accustomed to seeing the men walk by with their long beards and turbans.

But the traditional headwear might have singled them out late last week when they were gunned down, one fatally, in what police are investigating as a suspected hate crime.

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Another tragic consequence of 24x7 hate spewed by the right-wing.

[David__77]

1. I know the area well,

There are a lot of Sikh people in the area, and it is very diverse. It's certainly not even a majority white area. Unfortunately, there are pockets in the Sacramento area of fascists. Unfortunately, the largest concentration is found among certain religious extremists among Slavic immigrant communities that have committed crimes including murder in recent years.

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2. Thanks. I still believe that the hate-saturated and toxic atmosphere

created by the far-right influences such events, if only indirectly.

[David__77]

3. Oh, I absolutely agree, even locally here.

Even the communities to which I referred are influenced in this manner. There is a lot of linkage between the corporate-fascist media, and fundamentalist Christians of all stripes.

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4. Kick n/t

[MineralMan]

5. I really, really hope they catch the moron[s] who did this.

Filthy Assholes!