On March 5, a man walked into a small retail store owned by a Sikh man in Green Bay, Wisconsin, and then set fire to the cash register using gasoline. According to the Sikh American Legal Defense and Education Fund (SALDEF), the county district attorney is now charging the perpetrator with a hate crime based on his comments that were recorded in the police report: [James] Parrish stated that he was going to “burn [the] place down.” He also stated […]

Categories: Hate Crimes • Tags: Green Bay, hate crimes, Oak Creek, SALDEF, Sikh American Legal Defense and Education Fund, Sikh Temple of Wisconsin, Wisconsin