When I read about hate crimes I get really emotional because of the way people are treated just because of there race or gender and even there ethnic background. Hate crimes usually occur when a perpetrator targets a victim because of his or her membership in a certain social group. After reading this article I became outraged and very upset. I can’t believe that someone would do something like attack a cab driver just because he has a friend or buddy in Iraq. “While Singh was driving Vázquez home, Vázquez started calling him a terrorist and threatened to kill him, according to court charging documents. Singh said he worried for his life and the lives of other motorists as he drove down Interstate 5 at 60 mph.” I don’t understand why he would endanger himself or why the guy even said anything at all. Just because you feel a certain way about something or someone does not mean you have to voice it. This is also not the first time this has happened. People say rude and mean things on a daily bases and there has also been other attack’s just like this one on other cab drivers. “On Sept. 13, 2001, Farwest Cab driver Kulwinder Singh was assaulted and accused of being a Middle East terrorist by an intoxicated passenger he picked up in SeaTac. Raymond Isais Jr., 21, of San Diego, pleaded guilty to malicious harassment.”
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