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sgtdjones 2017-03-13 13:32:28 

Florida: Man tries to burn store run by Indian-Americans, mistakes them for Arabs
By ANI | Published: 12th March 2017 08:43 AM |


Florida: Man tries to burn store run by Indian-Americans, mistakes them for 'Arabs'.

NEW YORK: In yet another incident highlighting the dangerously growing trend of racist attacks in the United States, a man in Florida tried to burn down a convenience store owned by Indian-Americans, thinking they were ‘Muslims’.

A 64-year-old man tried to set the store on fire because he thought the owners were Muslim, St. Lucie County Sheriff Ken Mascara said, reports CNN.

The accused named Richard Lloyd confessed that he wanted to "run the Arabs out of our country" so he pushed a dumpster in front of the Port St. Lucie store and set the contents on fire.

Lloyd was charged with first-degree arson and booked into the St. Lucie County Jail in lieu of a $30,000 bond.

Lloyd told detectives he assumed the owner was Muslim and that made him livid because of "what they are doing in the Middle East," Mascara said.

"It's unfortunate that Mr. Lloyd made the assumption that the store owners were Arabic when, in fact, they are of Indian descent," Mascara said.

The sheriff also noted that Lloyd's mental health will be evaluated and the state attorney's office will decide if this was a hate crime.


Lloyd told investigators he planned to burn the building because he "was doing his part for America."

Mascara further informed that when deputies arrived Friday morning and found the fire, a man in front of the store put his hands behind his back and told officers to "take me away."

Last month, Srinivas Kuchibhotla was killed in an alleged hate crime in Kansas, as the gunman shot him dead thinking he was an “Iranian’.


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sgtdjones 2017-03-13 13:33:08 

What is next

Amazing stupidity of Americans twisted

 
ray 2017-03-13 13:39:18 

what in the middle east bothers him that he wants to burn a store in the US???

 
tops 2017-03-13 14:07:32 

In reply to sgtdjones

Lloyd told investigators he planned to burn the building because he "was doing his part for America."

What a jackass. If it was his mental state, he would a burn any store...If he has any property I would a take it away and give it to the ppl whose store he burnt. twisted

 
embsallie 2017-03-13 14:18:08 

The spoken words go far beyond just political rhetoric.

 
powen001 2017-03-13 14:22:37 

In reply to tops

well said and that would be justice

 
bravos 2017-03-13 14:47:47 

In reply to ray

Extremism clearly isn't limited to Arabs/Muslims.

Just as extreme as the Christian crusaders of old..

 
granite 2017-03-13 15:05:26 

In reply to bravos
Have you noticed that these attacks are not described as "terrorism" although it is politically motivated.

cool

 
Tryangle 2017-03-13 15:19:39 

In reply to ray

Because people have just lost their mind.

Like granite suggests, these episodes wouldn't be labelled as terrorism by the usual sources.

 
Emir 2017-03-13 18:30:13 

In reply to granite

Have you noticed that these attacks are not described as "terrorism" although it is politically motivated.

cool


Boy behave yuh self nah.

Terrorism is terrorism only when the attackers are Muslims or claim to be Muslim.

Christians and Whites can never be terrorist. They are just simple criminals or have mental problems.

Like you din get get the memo or what? big grin

 
stennydon 2017-03-14 08:01:32 

In reply to Emir
Well said Emir...The uncle tom supporters of the con artist Trump will find excuse for them

big grin big grin

 
SnoopDog 2017-03-14 10:47:30 

In reply to bravos

I wonder how the "Mindus for Trump" people feel about allah this? lol

 
BeatDball 2017-03-14 11:43:21 

Alyuh run guh in white dominated neighborhoods and have businesses with names like: Swarswatie ballaksingh store or Muhammedmussabin Deli....

 
Runs 2017-03-15 15:09:07 

lol

 
Runs 2017-03-15 15:09:49 

In reply to SnoopDog

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SnoopDog 2017-03-15 15:19:24 

In reply to Runs

Interesting article.

Soon after Kuchibhotla’s murder, a commentator in India pointed out a grave irony: in the run-up to the 2016 election, a number of right-leaning American Hindus supported Trump’s candidacy, not only with donations but also with elaborate prayer ceremonies to propitiate the gods. The more conservative of these people—those who backed the rise of a hypernationalist Hindutva ideology in India through the nineties—have made common cause with American conservatives, who share their view of Islam as the enemy. Trump’s fear-mongering found a ready echo in the ultra-right-Hindu heart.


Stupid is as stupid does. cool

 
Drapsey 2017-03-15 15:31:19 

In reply to Runs

Being Indian in Trump’s America
By Amitava Kumar   06:00 A.M.

Respect to the author, Amitava Kumar. Very good writing.

 
Runs 2017-03-15 15:31:52 

In reply to SnoopDog

Karma is a biatch, was reading an article how some considered themselves close due to Aryan ancestry, how foolish. lol
Fact of the matter is they like no minorities just listen to King.

 
SnoopDog 2017-03-15 15:39:59 

In reply to Runs

some considered themselves close due to Aryan ancestry


lol lol lol


Lemme guess, they were doing Nazi salutes over a Shiva murti? lol

 
Runs 2017-03-15 17:01:42 

Seems like the Dutch are smarter than US

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bravos 2017-03-15 18:20:15 

In reply to SnoopDog

You on a roll!!

And so would some of our 'Ameri-Indians' friends here if they not careful and hurry and wake up from their denial!! A pretzel roll or sumn.. rolleyes

 
bravos 2017-03-15 18:21:52 

In reply to granite

Yeah that label is reserved for others..even us Trinis!!

 
Emir 2017-03-15 20:58:30 

This is a better article.

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