USA: Detectives Investigating ‘Ambush’ on Sikh Deputy as Possible Hate Crime
SAN JOSE: Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Deputy Sukhdeep Singh Gill was on routine patrol late on Friday night near the Uvas Reservoir when he pulled his SUV over and got out to take a look around. Deputy Gill noticed a car approaching where he was standing on the side of Uvas Road, in unincorporated Morgan […]
Breaking News: Gurdwara Vandalised With Racist Graffitti In Cologne, Germany
COLOGNE: A Gurdwara has been vandalised with racist graffiti by unidentified people in Cologne. The graffiti message written in German on the Gurdwara’s main gate states “MUST GO”. The matter has been reported to have been taken up by the German authorities, with the protection to the Gurdwara being reassured. The incident has invited both […]
Breaking News: Sikh Driver Reportedly “Shot At” & Assaulted By Uttarakhand Police Following Minor Traffic Violation
RUDRAPUR: A Sikh driver has been allegedly assaulted, shot and had his Turban violated in the city of Rudrapur on Friday by officers of the Uttarakhand Police. Witnesses gathered at the Sri Guru Singh Sabha Gurdwara, Gole Market state that the victim had committed a minor traffic violation when he mistakingly entered a no entry […]
USA: Man Sentenced To 34 Years In Prison For Hate Crime Against Sikhs
NEVADA: Carson City District Court sentenced Drayton resident Travis Mickelson to 11 to 34 years in prison on Thursday in what was tried and prosecuted as Carson City’s first hate crime. In November of 2018, Mickelson was convicted by a jury in Judge James Russell’s court of attempted murder with hate crime enhancements, as well […]
USA: Man Punches And Throws Hot Coffee On Sikh 7-Eleven Clerk Because He ‘Hates Muslims’
CALIFORNIA: A man has been charged with a hate crime after allegedly attacking a Sikh employee of a California 7-Eleven convenience store on Wednesday. Marysville Police Department say the man who was arrested on suspicion of assaulting the convenience store clerk admitted the attack telling the authorities he attacked the clerk because he hated Muslims. Surveillance video […]
USA: Salem Man Charged With Hate Crime Following Attack On Sikh Man And Attempt To Steal His Dastar (Turban)
OREGON: A Salem man is being charged with a hate crime after police say he attacked a Sikh employee at a mini-mart. Twenty-four year old Andrew Ramsey has been remanded in custody at Marion County Jail facing charges of assault and intimidation. The offences form the equivalent of a bias or hate crime in the […]
USA: Air Force Man Sentenced In Hate-Fueled Attack Of Sikh Man
WASHINGTON: Three years after an unprompted hate crime, a Texas man learned he’ll spend more than a year in prison for attacking a member of the Sikh religion in Dupont Circle. Dylan Millhausen of Houston, Texas spoke at length to D.C. Superior Court Judge Ronna Lee Beck (pictured below) ahead of his sentencing, saying in […]
USA: Jacob Colemen Sentenced To Life Imprisonment For Killing Of Sikh Cab Driver
WASHINGTON: Jacob Corban Coleman has been sentenced to life in prison for stabbing cab driver Gagandeep Singh and watching him bleed to death. Twenty-one year old Coleman was sentenced by First District Judge Barbara Buchanan on Thursday and will have to serve forty years of the sentence before he becomes eligible for parole. Coleman was briefly […]
Singapore: Tour Guide Given Mandatory Treatment Order For Violent Attack On Sikh Man
SINGAPORE: A tour guide with a history of schizophrenia subjected a Sikh man to an unprovoked attack where the victim was pushed, had his turban pulled off and hair pulled. Gan Kian Seng, 46, was sentenced to a mandatory treatment order (MTO) for one year and six months on Thursday after pleading guilty in September to […]
USA: Man Sentenced For Seattle Area Attack On Sikh Taxi Driver
WASHINGTON: Rory Benson was was sentenced to 15 months in prison last Friday after pleading guilty to the December 16, 2017 assault of Swarn Singh with a deadly weapon. Mr. Singh is a 53-year-old Sikh American husband and father who works in the Seattle-area as a taxi driver. The Sikh Coalition represented Singh and provided free […]
