In a case of alleged racial profiling in the US, police surrounded and arrested a Sikh man carrying a kirpan.
Harpreet Singh was handcuffed for a religious article of the Sikh faith. On his Facebook account he stated:
“The police put me in handcuffs and drove me down to the precinct for wearing what they call a deadly weapon. They ignored all sentiments towards my religion and treated me as a threat to society.”
Harpreet Singh was in a grocery store when some other customers reported him the police. He was handcuffed and arrested by the police, however later released.
“A we live in a multicultural location Baltimore and we don’t know all of our neighbors this is a recipe for disaster shame on us,” he posted.
“We give Amish people the opportunity to to practice their religion and not have to pay taxes their community owes the government millions and maybe billions of dollars in unpaid tax dues , the Quakers don’t have to go to war when there is a draft, but the Sikhs knife is too long come on man.”
Harpreet Singh was in a grocery store when some other customers reported him the police.
