A Salem [Oregon] man has been charged with assault and intimidation after an employee at a Middle Eastern restaurant in Salem was attacked with a pipe, according to officials.This Asswipe is being held on a $65,000 bond.
[The Asswipe of Salem], 52, was arrested Tuesday afternoon after entering Al Aqsa Fine Middle Eastern Cuisine on State Street and screaming "go back to your country terrorist" and attacking an employee of the restaurant, according to a Marion County probable cause statement.
[Asswipe] told arresting officers he entered the restaurant during a "warrior's path" walk down State Street, when he saw a woman inside who he thought was being held as a slave because of a type of blouse she was wearing. He saw the shirt as a "signal" and he knew "that is what Arabs do."
Meanwhile, in Florida:
A Florida man who attempted to set fire to a convenience store told deputies that he assumed the owner was Muslim and that he wanted to “run the Arabs out of our country,” according to the St. Lucie County Sheriff’s Office.the Asswipe of Port St. Lucie allegedly pushed a dumpster up against the front door of the store and then set the dumpster alight. He's being held on $30,000 bond.
The sheriff later said the store owners are actually Indian, appearing to make this the latest in a string of incidents targeting South Asians mistaken for people of Arab descent.
Finally, a notorious congressman from Iowa is calling for the ethnic cleansing of the country:
"I'd like to see an America that's just so homogenous that we look a lot the same, from that perspective,” [Re. Steve King] said.If you want to suggest to me how King achieves his vision of a racially pure America without expelling (or killing) everyone that he deems to be ethnically impure, feel free.
One of my favorite bloggers, on twitter:
ReplyDeletePeter Huestis @RealSparklePony 22h22 hours ago
It's always charming when a whole new generation figures out that Steve King is terrible.
-Doug in Oakland
I've known that since the days of Darth & Chimpy.
ReplyDeleteI see that David Duke is defending him. Figures.
Funny thing: all them white dogs already look the same to me!
ReplyDeleteTry 'em, (fair trial).. convict 'em, and hang 'em.
ReplyDeleteI'll trip the trapdoor.
Seriously. Should be like Jury duty....
Wow, people are stupid.
ReplyDeleteI wonder if the "warrior's path" the perpetrator spoke of in the Salem incident suggests he might have PTSD or other service-related craziness.
ReplyDeletehttps://www.operationwarriorspath.org/