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Chicago teen who allegedly assaulted Sikh man charged with hate crime
Source: Associated Press
Chicago teen who allegedly assaulted Sikh man charged with hate crime
Associated Press in Wheaton, Illinois
Tuesday 15 September 2015 18.41 BST
A suburban Chicago teenager already charged with punching a Sikh man during what authorities describe as a road rage incident has been charged with a hate crime, prosecutors said on Tuesday.
Further investigation into the incident in Darien on 8 September revealed that the teen yelled racial slurs from his vehicle at 53-year-old Inderjit Mukker, the DuPage County state’s attorney’s office said in a news release.
After the two pulled over, Mukker stayed sitting in his vehicle but the teen approached and punched him in the face, prosecutors say.
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A faith group called the Sikh Coalition has been urging authorities to charge the teen with a hate crime after Mukker, a resident of Darien, told the group that his attacker had yelled at him, calling him a terrorist. The group said they met with prosecutors Monday and “shared additional evidence and information”, according to a Sikh Coalition news release.
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Associated Press in Wheaton, Illinois
Tuesday 15 September 2015 18.41 BST
A suburban Chicago teenager already charged with punching a Sikh man during what authorities describe as a road rage incident has been charged with a hate crime, prosecutors said on Tuesday.
Further investigation into the incident in Darien on 8 September revealed that the teen yelled racial slurs from his vehicle at 53-year-old Inderjit Mukker, the DuPage County state’s attorney’s office said in a news release.
After the two pulled over, Mukker stayed sitting in his vehicle but the teen approached and punched him in the face, prosecutors say.
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A faith group called the Sikh Coalition has been urging authorities to charge the teen with a hate crime after Mukker, a resident of Darien, told the group that his attacker had yelled at him, calling him a terrorist. The group said they met with prosecutors Monday and “shared additional evidence and information”, according to a Sikh Coalition news release.
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Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/sep/15/chicago-teen-sikh-man-assault-hate-crime
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