You knew or should have quickly learned that the customs of people of USA are not the same as your home country. If you do not like them, do not come here. If already here, abide by our customs or leave. Do not expect peoples here to change to be just like where you come from.
He didn’t break the law. The cops and judge bullied him because they didn’t like the look of him.
That cop was representative of American customs?
Lol. I don’t think so.
This is unacceptable. The cops and judge are wrong here.
Sikhs are good people from my experience. They do not like Muslims.
I lived in Arizona when 9/11 occurred. I remember a high profile killing of a peaceful Sikh gas station and convenience store owner in Mesa, Arizona by someone who had views similar to yours: Change to our ways or go back to where you came from. The killer went on an ignorant rampage and tried to kill several people who wore “turbans”, thinking they were Muslims and should be punished for 9/11. He was eventually sentenced to death but after appeal, is serving a life sentence for his murderous crime.
This is not about our customs but of the Sikhs freedom of religion as citizens like everyone else in America. Their religion requires the men to wear turbans. These folks are not Arabs. They are not Muslims. They are a religious sect from India who left there because they were religiously persecuted minority by the Hindus. Thousands of Sikhs were displaced or murdered there 25 years ago. Many have fled to our country because they can practice their religion freely here because of our Constitution.
They have integrated into our society by working in a great many professions and jobs. They are peaceful, friendly and industrious. They do not pose a threat to our country. They are not trying to change our country to be like them. They fit in fine here if not people like you trying to put them down and telling them to leave because they don’t look like you. One of my customers in Arizona was a small neighborhood grocery store owned by a Sikh family. They were some of the nicest people you’d ever meet and as American as I am. The only difference was that their religion was different from mine.
Your approach to our country’s religious freedoms is embarrassing. People come to America to live in freedom, not to be exposed to hatred and bigotry like yours, the Texas DOT officers and judge, in this case, have exhibited.
What customs of ours did he violate? Don’t American truck drivers carry knives sometimes? He wears funny headgear and won’t take it off in court? Orthodox Jews covered that one long ago.
I’m all for a moratorium on immigration and our present immigrants adapting or going home. But I think funny hats are on the unoffensive side of the fuzzy line, not like face veils which are way over on the unacceptable side.
Both turban and small knife are requisites of the Sikh faith. Bravo to the Sikh for standing up for his faith. Would that more Christians would do the same.
Note...the Muzzies hate the Sikhs as much or more than they do Christians.
The custom in our country is the right to peacefuly practice your religion.
I don't think he was expecting people to change to the just like him. Why should he have to change to be just like them?