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Was Muslim's Beating A Hate Crime Or Just Regular Brutality?
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John Del Signore
Published May 24, 2010
Modified May 24, 2010
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Relatives of a Bangladeshi immigrant say the savage, broad-daylight beating of their loved one was a hate crime, but detectives are refusing to investigate it as such. Eyewitness 7 reports that Kamal Uddin was "beaten to a pulp" by four unidentified men Saturday afternoon in East New York. His nephew tells reporters, "They used the bad word. 'The motherfucking Muslim, go back to you country.' They started beating him and after that he don't know what happened."
Uddin was taking a late lunch break from his construction job when he was jumped by assailants who did not take any of his belongings. "He has the money," says his uncle. "He has the wallet. He was the watch and the cell phone. Nothing taken. Everything is there with him. It seems to me it's a hate crime." And his daughter tells Eyewitness 7, "He can't even talk. He said yesterday four kids hit him. They attacked him from the back. He can't talk. He's very scared. Very scared."
Uddin sustained internal bleeding and extensive bruises to his face, and arms. Detectives claim that an eyewitness did not hear any racist language during the assault, so at this point they're not treating it as a bias crime.
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John Del Signore
Originally from the Albany area, John Del Signore has called NYC home since 1995. In addition to his thousands of meticulously-crafted bespoke blog posts for Gothamist, his writing has also been published in The Awl, Deadspin, The Nervous Breakdown, and performed at The Brick Theater in Brooklyn.
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