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ck4829

(35,091 posts) Mon Oct 29, 2018, 02:10 PM Oct 2018

Kansas man charged with killing Indian in possible hate crime

A white U.S. Navy veteran has been charged with killing an engineer from India and wounding two other men when he opened fire in a Kansas bar in what federal authorities were investigating on Friday as a possible hate crime that shocked the victim’s home country.

The shooting on Wednesday night led news bulletins in India and triggered outrage on social media, where people voiced concern that U.S. President Donald Trump’s “America First” position on immigration and jobs has fueled a climate of intolerance.

White House spokesman Sean Spicer said Friday that any loss of life was tragic, but it would be absurd to link the killing to Trump’s rhetoric.

Adam Purinton is accused of killing Srinivas Kuchibhotla, 32, and wounding Alok Madasani, also 32, in Austins Bar and Grill in Olathe, Kansas, on Wednesday evening, police said. At least one bystander told the Kansas City Star the gunman shouted “get out of my country” before shooting the Indian victims.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-kansas-india-idUSKBN1630LZ

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Kansas man charged with killing Indian in possible hate crime (Original Post) ck4829 Oct 2018 OP

From February 2017 11cents Oct 2018 #1

Yep. Here we are again, them telling us there's no link between their rhetoric and violence ck4829 Oct 2018 #2

Sean Sphincter probably linked the killing to one factor alone DFW Oct 2018 #3

11cents

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1. From February 2017

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Mon Oct 29, 2018, 02:13 PM

Oct 2018

ck4829

(35,091 posts)

2. Yep. Here we are again, them telling us there's no link between their rhetoric and violence

Reply to 11cents (Reply #1)

Mon Oct 29, 2018, 02:14 PM

Oct 2018

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10142188546

Purinton himself is in prison for the rest of his life, but remembering the past and the victims has become an act of resistance.

DFW

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3. Sean Sphincter probably linked the killing to one factor alone

Reply to ck4829 (Original post)

Mon Oct 29, 2018, 02:21 PM

Oct 2018

That the man from India wasn't armed and therefore couldn't draw first

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