Sikh cabbie assaulted in NY |
A 25-year-old Sikh cab driver in the US was assaulted and his turban knocked-off by drunk passengers, an incident the police was investigating as a possible hate crime. The incident has left Harkirat Singh, an immigrant from Punjab who moved to the US three years ago, scared. He said, "I`m so afraid. I don`t want to work. It`s an insult on my religion, also. An insult of my faith. It`s horrible.The report said the New York Police Department is investigating the incident as a possible hate crime. Mayor Bill de Blasio tweeted in his support, saying "Harkirat Singh -- You are welcome here. What happened to you was wrong. You did the right thing by calling the NYPD." Last week, Sikhs in the US launched a million-dollar awareness campaign aiming to inform Americans about the Sikh faith amid continuous incidents of hate crime against the community.
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