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Jamie Larson. (Source: India West)

Attacker of WA Sikh cab driver pleads guilty to hate crime

June 28, 2013 by Rupinder Mohan Singh

Last October, Jamie W. Larson severely assaulted a Sikh cab driver for whom he was a passenger near Seattle, Washington: Jamie W. Larson attacked the cab driver during an Oct. 17 ride after commenting on the man’s turban.  According to charging documents, Larson, 48, tore out chunks of the man’s beard during the assault, which also loosened one of the driver’s teeth. During the attack, Larson issued various epithets and made derogatory comments about the victim’s ethnicity. As a result, was […]

Categories: Hate Crimes • Tags: Federal Way, hate crime, hate crimes, Jamie W. Larson, Seattle, Shepard-Byrd Law, taxicab, Washington State

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Five young Sikhs representing the first five initiated members of the Khalsa in 1699, sing during Vaisakhi celebrations at the Sikh Temple of Utah yesterday. (source: Deseret News)

Picture of the Day: Sikhs in Utah celebrate Vaisakhi

April 22, 2013 by Rupinder Mohan Singh

Yesterday, the Sikh community in Salt Lake City, Utah, celebrated Vaisakhi (one of the most significant celebrations on the Sikh calendar) at the Sikh Temple of Utah: “It was very touching thing for me. When I was his age, we were too busy struggling to survive (in India),” [Pritpal] Tib said. “Here in America, we have enough funds and we have enough time to do that for our son so he can take part in the religion.” Read more at […]

Categories: Events, Picture of the Day, Sikhism • Tags: "Washington, Bothell, Salt Lake City, Seattle, Utah, Vaisakhi

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"A flag waves in the wind atop a flagpole wrapped in orange material outside the Sikh Sabha of New Jersey, located in Lawrenceville, New Jersey, in celebration of Vaisakhi" (source: Michael Mancuso/The Times of Trenton)

Vaisakhi celebrations continue across the United States

April 16, 2013 by Rupinder Mohan Singh

On Sunday, I had the pleasure of attending the Vaisakhi celebration at the Sikh Center of Pacific Coast Gurdwara in Selma, California, which brought together a large gathering of Sikhs from the Fresno County area for a Nagar Kirtan (religious procession). It was very well attended and the atmosphere was quite festive. A local television station covered the celebrations in Selma, which you can watch here. I certainly enjoyed my first visit to this Gurdwara and celebrating with them the […]

Categories: Events, Sikhism • Tags: Albany, Bothell, California, Dallas, Lawrenceville, Los Angeles, Nagar Kirtan, New Jersey, Niskayuna, Niskayuna Gurdwara Sahib, Seattle, Selma, Sikh Center of Pacific Coast, Sikh Center of Seattle, Sikh Sabha of New Jersey, Southern Methodist University, Stockton, Texas, Vaisakhi

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Jamie Larson has been indicted for a federal hate crime charge after his October attack of a Sikh taxi driver. (source: KOMO News)

Attacker of WA Sikh taxi driver indicted on federal hate crime charge

April 3, 2013 by Rupinder Mohan Singh

As mentioned on this blog last October, a man in Washington State was arrested after viciously assaulting a Sikh taxi driver in what was thought to be a hate-based crime: Jamie W. Larson attacked the cab driver during an Oct. 17 ride after commenting on the man’s turban.  According to charging documents, Larson, 48, tore out chunks of the man’s beard during the assault, which also loosened one of the driver’s teeth. Initially to face state hate crime charges, the US […]

Categories: Hate Crimes • Tags: "Washington, Federal Way, hate crimes, Jamie W. Larson, Seattle, taxicab

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Seattle, WA area Sikh cab driver attacked in hate crime

October 29, 2012 by Rupinder Mohan Singh

Two weeks ago, a Sikh taxi driver in the Seattle, Washington, area was physically attacked in an apparent hate crime as his intoxicated passenger hurled slurs at him: King County prosecutors contend Jamie W. Larson attacked the cab driver during an Oct. 17 ride after commenting on the man’s turban.  According to charging documents, Larson, 48, tore out chunks of the man’s beard during the assault, which also loosened one of the driver’s teeth. …Even after police arrived, Larson continued making […]

Categories: Hate Crimes • Tags: "Washington, hate crime, Jamie W. Larson, Seattle, taxicab

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Picture of the Day: Nagar Kirtan near Seattle, WA

May 13, 2012 by Rupinder Mohan Singh

Thousands of Sikhs in the Seattle, Washington area celebrated Vaisakhi with a Nagar Kirtan last weekend. While traditionally celebrated in mid-April, the Sikhs in the Pacific Northwest obviously did not want to miss their chance. See more photos at the Seattle Times.

Categories: Events, Picture of the Day • Tags: "Washington, Nagar Kirtan, Renton, Seattle, Vaisakhi

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Seattle, WA Sikh community to celebrate Vaisakhi this Saturday

May 3, 2012 by Rupinder Mohan Singh

The Sikh community in the greater Seattle area will be holding a Nagar Kirtan in Renton, Washington in celebration of Vaisakhi this Saturday: The fifth annual parade in celebration of Khalsa Day or Visakhi, a Sikh religious festival, is at 11 a.m. Saturday. The celebration is marked with a colorful procession that starts at Gurdwara Singh Sabha of Washington, 5200 Talbot Road S. in Renton, and marches toward South 200th Street. The parade route then will proceed down 200th Street […]

Categories: Events • Tags: "Washington, Nagar Kirtan, Renton, Seattle, Vaisakhi

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