During the candlelight vigil, at the shooting site, Bhagat Singh 7, holds a picture of his grandfather Gurmej Atwal, with a picture of Surinder Singh, being held by his granddaughter Kiran Kaur, in the background. Suringer Singh a beloved grandfather and father from Punjab who loved his new country, likely will be mourned by thousands Saturday at a traditional Sikh funeral. Singh, 65, was shot to death March 4 while on his afternoon stroll through Elk Grove with his friend Gurmej Atwal, 78, who also was shot and remains in critical condition. Both men wore Sikh turbans; law enforcement and Sikh community members fear the shooting was a hate crime. Saturday March 12, 2011.
During the candlelight vigil, at the shooting site, Bhagat Singh 7, holds a picture of his grandfather Gurmej Atwal, with a picture of Surinder Singh, being held by his granddaughter Kiran Kaur, in the background. Suringer Singh a beloved grandfather and father from Punjab who loved his new country, likely will be mourned by thousands Saturday at a traditional Sikh funeral. Singh, 65, was shot to death March 4 while on his afternoon stroll through Elk Grove with his friend Gurmej Atwal, 78, who also was shot and remains in critical condition. Both men wore Sikh turbans; law enforcement and Sikh community members fear the shooting was a hate crime. Saturday March 12, 2011.
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Seth Parker, 26, with Buster, has facial fractures from Sunday's attack outside an Elk Grove bowling center. He said he's certain he was struck because he is gay, and he and supporters want Elk Grove police to investigate the incident as a hate crime.
Seth Parker, 26, with Buster, has facial fractures from Sunday's attack outside an Elk Grove bowling center. He said he's certain he was struck because he is gay, and he and supporters want Elk Grove police to investigate the incident as a hate crime.
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Hate Crime Wikipedia Information
Hate crimes (also known as bias motivated crimes) occur when a perpetrator targets a victim because of his or her membership in a certain social group, usually defined by race, religion, sexual orientation, disability, ethnicity, nationality, age, gender, gender identity, or political affiliation...
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Occupy Oakland activists escape hate- crime charges
May 22, 2012
| San Francisco Bay Area News -- -- SFGate
Alameda County prosecutors dropped robbery and hate-crime charges Monday that they had filed against three Occupy Oakland demonstrators who got into an ugly altercation with a...
Hate- crime case against Occupy activists dropped
May 21, 2012
| San Francisco Bay Area News -- -- SFGate
Alameda County prosecutors dropped robbery and hate crime charges Monday that they had filed against three Occupy Oakland demonstrators who got into an ugly altercation with a...
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