Does anyone have any updated information as to the results of both the request for support and the trail?
Shiva Singh Khalsa
Community Liaison
Lake Shore Healthcare and Rehab Centre
773.973.7200 Ext 106
>From: Sapna Gupta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: HATE CRIME AGAINST SOUTH ASIANS--ASKING FOR SUPPORT (fwd) >Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2004 16:39:45 -0800 (PST) > > >---------- Forwarded message ---------- >Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2004 01:49:54 -0000 >From: hatem85 >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: [hatem_abudayyeh] HATE CRIME AGAINST SOUTH ASIANS--JAPANESE AMER. >CITIZENS LGE. ASKING FOR SUPPORT > > >Four South Asian American men in their early 20s were kicked and >beaten with beer bottles in a racially-motivated attack outside a >nightclub on Chicago's near west side in November of 2002. The two >attackers asked the victims, who are of Indian descent, if they were >Taliban and told them to go back to their own country. Then the >two men started punching and kicking the v!
ictims and knocked two of >them unconscious. One victim's cheekbone was shattered. He has >undergone two surgeries to repair the nerve damage and insert an >implant to rebuild his orbital bone. The other victim needed eight >stitches to close the cut to the back of his head. > >The attackers have been charged with aggravated battery and hate >crime. One perpetrator, Joseph Gutierrez, pled guilty on Wednesday, >January 15th, but was NOT sentenced to any jail time. He received >two years probation and community service. It is possible that the >second defendant, George Petrosky, may enter a plea the next court >date, Tuesday, Jan. 20th. > >What can you do to help? > >Attend the court date for George Petrosky on Tuesday, January 20, >2004, at 9:30 am, 2650 S. California, Room. 208. Your presence will >send a message to Judge Diane Gordon Cannon that this hate crime >should be severely punished with a jail sentence. > >Wi!
lliam J. Yoshino >Midwest Director >Japanese American Citizens League >5415 North Clark Street >Chicago, IL 60640 >773 728.7170 >773 728.7231 fax >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > >--------------------------------- >Do you Yahoo!? >Yahoo! Hotjobs: Enter the "Signing Bonus" Sweepstakes
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