02-28-2017, 12:33 PM
(02-28-2017, 06:08 AM)Duchess Wrote:(02-27-2017, 09:01 PM)HairOfTheDog Wrote: The FBI is investigating possible hate crime charges based on the anti-immigrant rhetoric witnesses reported Purinton yelling before he started shooting at the two men.Good! I'm very glad to read that because I hadn't had any faith that was going to happen.
Brown skinned people aren't the only ones that should be concerned. There is a tremendous amount of anti-Semitism around these days too.
Purinton wrongly assumed the Indian Hindi men he fired upon were Iranian Muslims; he told the Applebee's bartender that he'd shot two Iranians and that's what the bartender conveyed to 911.
^ Purinton was charged with one count of murder and one count of attempted murder yesterday. If hate crimes are added, that will increase the potential sentencing.
He wore a green protective vest to court; apparently there are mental health concerns.
His neighbor says that Purinton became a drunken mess after his dad died 18 months ago.
Story: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-...ansas.html