More than 215,000 Indians have signed an online petition urging the federal government to free Harjinder Singh, the illegal migrant trucker who killed three Americans by doing an 18-wheeler U-Turn on a Florida turnpike.
“We, the undersigned, respectfully petition for clemency or sentence reduction on behalf of a 28-year-old Punjabi man who, in a tragic and unintentional incident, caused a truck accident that resulted in the loss of three lives,” says the petition at Change.org.
Instead of a prison sentence, the petition asks their fellow Indian be sentenced to “restorative justice measures, counseling, or community service, aligning with both accountability and compassion.”
“With deep respect and hope, Collective Punjabi youth,” the petition says. Punjab is a district in India that is heavily populated by the turban-wearing, non-Muslim Sikh ethnic group.
The Indian trucker is part of the fast-growing Indian Sikh community in the United States, which includes many illegal and legal migrants. In a post-accident test, he failed to understand English and highway signs.
He is now facing homicide charges in Florida amid public pressure for the proper enforcement of their laws.
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Many of the apparent signatories are other Indian migrants in the United States. “Divanshi” wrote, “He left everything backhome to have a better future here. It was a terrible mistake not intentionally. 45 years is a long time.”
Mohit wrote:
45 yrs of imprisonment?? is it fair for a young boy who left his home country to have bright future ,support family ??? NO .. it was mistake not intentional.. this kind of sentence is a result of racial discrimination where comments were made that driver had no remorse, he didn’t show emotions after he saw that accident but the TRUTH is he was in shock , devastated.. his whole life was shattering in front of his eyes.. Here, people do crime, rob and kill but left free on the basis of term mental…
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