“And instead of standing up against bigotry and white supremacy, this administration has too often worked to tear down hard-won civil rights.” Clinton said the administration has “banned Muslims from entering the country, ripped away protections for transgender Americans, waged war on voting rights for people of colour, poor people and young people”. Slamming the […]
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“We’ve seen a surge in hate crime across America — shootings and arson at synagogues, mosques and churches, Americans targeted because of their race, religion or sexual orientation,” Clinton, the 2016 Democratic presidential nominee, said while delivering the commencement address at the Hunter College here on Wednesday.
“And instead of standing up against bigotry and white supremacy, this administration has too often worked to tear down hard-won civil rights.” Clinton said the administration has “banned Muslims from entering the country, ripped away protections for transgender Americans, waged war on voting rights for people of colour, poor people and young people”. Slamming the […]
Punjabi police officer shot dead in California
DW BUREAU / NEW YORK A Punjabi police officer was shot and killed by an unidentified man during a traffic stop in the US state of California, officials said. Ronil Singh, 33, had been working with the Newman Police Department since July 2011. He was shot and killed during a traffic stop when he was […]
American jailed for attacking Sikh cab driver with hammer
DW BUREAU / NEW YORK A US resident has been sentenced to 15 months in prison for brutally attacking a 53-year-old Indian-origin Sikh taxi driver in Seattle last year. According to Sikhs civil rights group The Sikh Coalition, Swarn Singh was assaulted with a deadly weapon by Rory Benson in December 2017. Benson, who pleaded […]
Three infants, two adults stabbed at New York City daycare center
By Gina Cherelus NEW YORK, Sept 21 : A female worker stabbed three babies, two of whom are less than a month old, at a home-based daycare center in New York City on Friday before slashing her own wrists and being taken into custody, police said. The unidentified woman, age 52, who also stabbed two […]
Ten aboard Dubai flight hospitalized in New York after falling ill
By Gina Cherelus and Rodrigo Campos NEW YORK, Sept 5 : Ten people aboard an Emirates flight from Dubai were taken to New York hospitals with a mystery ailment on Wednesday after scores of passengers and crew complained of feeling sick during the 14-hour overnight flight from the Middle East. The nature of the illness […]