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Hundreds converge for vigil for Sukhvir Singh

SEATTLE: More than 300 members of the Sikh community gathered last Wednesday for a candlelight vigil in support of Sukhvir Singh, the cab driver who was called a terrorist by an assaulter passenger who also ripped hair from his scalp before being arrested by the policemen.

Sukhvir Singh's 17-yearold son Simranjeet Singh joined the gathering, sad but resolute and clear that the Sikh religion also "teaches us to forgive." Many of those who had come even though they did not know Sukhvir Singh personally shared stories of racial verbal abuses. Fellow cab drivers said racial slurs were common and physical attacks aren't uncommon. Taxi drivers at the vigil said police often take several hours to respond.

The Kent based football fan was accused of attacking Sukhvir Singh. Now he has been charged with thirddegree assault and malicious harassment, the state's hate crime charge. But revenge wasn't what brought people to Wednesday's vigil. Men at the vigil held paper signs calling for peace.

5 December, 2007

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