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Hate crime at Fremont mini mart


Earlier this month, a man dressed in camouflage walked into M&S Grocery and Deli, called the clerk a terrorist and proceeded to hit him over the head with a can of beer, police say. The judge released him on his own recognizance, and he has since skipped his arraignment. Now there’s a warrant out for his arrest. The clerk, meanwhile, has moved to California after he saw the man two days after the assault a block away from the store. Prosecutors say this is the first case this year of a hate crime involving someone of Middle Eastern decent.

  • openseasononbikers
    Nice! I'm guessing if he wasn't white, he wouldn't have had the option of being released on his own recognizance for a hate crime. I feel for the clerk.
  • puggles
    So sad. I feel bad for the clerk and his family - apparently he's the nephew of the guy who was a target of the hate crime at Saleh's.
  • cascade
    This makes my blood boil. I buy cigarettes there all the time, and yeah, customer service isn't the best..but man, c'mon...it's the 21st century. Why must we be stuck in previous ones. I can only hope that karma catches up to this assface.
  • boardbrown
    Maybe he called him a terrorist because he overcharged him for the can of beer...

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