Fu*k the Police
Writing by shinda on Thursday, 12 of April , 2007
Sikh American Veteran Assaulted by Police Officer in Illinois
SALDEF calls for immediate probe into assault and the xenophobic, anti-immigrant statements by police officer against bronze star recipient.
NagRockedWashington D.C., April 11, 2007 — The Sikh American Legal Def
ense and Education Fund (SALDEF), the oldest Sikh American civil rights and advocacy organization in the country, today called upon the Joliet Police Department to investigate the actions of one of its officers when patrolling a local neighborhood.
On Friday March 30, 2007 at around 3:00pm, Mr. Kuldip Singh Nag, a Sikh American who was awarded the Bronze Star for his service in the U.S. Navy during the first Gulf War, was at his home in Joliet, IL when a local police officer noticed that a van parked on Mr. Nag’s private property had expired registration tags. Upon being confronted with this, Mr. Nag’s wife, Vera Kaur Nag, informed the officer that the van is parked on their driveway and was inoperable.
Mr. Nag then came outside to answer the officer’s questions regarding the van. The Joliet police officer then demanded that Mr. Nag park the van inside his garage and not on the driveway, to which Mr. Nag responded to the officer that it was not possible and that regardless, the van is parked on his private property and he has a right to park it on his driveway.
At this moment, the officer pulled out his pepper spray and attacked Mr. Nag. As Mr. Nag screamed in agony, the officer removed his baton and violently struck Mr. Nag numerous times until he fell to the ground. While the assault ensued, the officer was reported by both Mr. and Mrs. Nag as saying, “You f****** Arab! You f***** immigrant, go back to you f****** country before I kill you!”.
Mr. Nag’s wife and six year-old child both witnessed the violent assault, which resulted in Mr. Nag immediately being admitted to the hospital where he stayed for five days due to complaints of intense pain and head trauma. Mr. Nag also received numerous bruises and a serious head injury which have caused him to go blind for several minutes at a time.
“This case seems to be a clear incident of police misconduct in Illinois,” said SALDEF Managing Director Kavneet Singh. “We are horrified at the anti-immigrant sentiment the officer allegedly used as he violently accosted Mr. Nag, and further that his six year old son was a witness to this violent assault. We call upon both Joliet and Illinois officials to investigate this incident and for the Illinois community to stand in solidarity with Mr. Nag.
SALDEF has garnered the strong support of the Illinois Sikh American community and is currently working with The Chawla Group Ltd to represent Mr. Nag in a criminal case brought on by the City of Joliet.
Sikh American Veteran Assaulted by Police Officer in Illinois
SALDEF calls for immediate probe into assault and the xenophobic, anti-immigrant statements by police officer against bronze star recipient.
NagRockedWashington D.C., April 11, 2007 — The Sikh American Legal Def
ense and Education Fund (SALDEF), the oldest Sikh American civil rights and advocacy organization in the country, today called upon the Joliet Police Department to investigate the actions of one of its officers when patrolling a local neighborhood.
On Friday March 30, 2007 at around 3:00pm, Mr. Kuldip Singh Nag, a Sikh American who was awarded the Bronze Star for his service in the U.S. Navy during the first Gulf War, was at his home in Joliet, IL when a local police officer noticed that a van parked on Mr. Nag’s private property had expired registration tags. Upon being confronted with this, Mr. Nag’s wife, Vera Kaur Nag, informed the officer that the van is parked on their driveway and was inoperable.
Mr. Nag then came outside to answer the officer’s questions regarding the van. The Joliet police officer then demanded that Mr. Nag park the van inside his garage and not on the driveway, to which Mr. Nag responded to the officer that it was not possible and that regardless, the van is parked on his private property and he has a right to park it on his driveway.
At this moment, the officer pulled out his pepper spray and attacked Mr. Nag. As Mr. Nag screamed in agony, the officer removed his baton and violently struck Mr. Nag numerous times until he fell to the ground. While the assault ensued, the officer was reported by both Mr. and Mrs. Nag as saying, “You f****** Arab! You f***** immigrant, go back to you f****** country before I kill you!”.
Mr. Nag’s wife and six year-old child both witnessed the violent assault, which resulted in Mr. Nag immediately being admitted to the hospital where he stayed for five days due to complaints of intense pain and head trauma. Mr. Nag also received numerous bruises and a serious head injury which have caused him to go blind for several minutes at a time.
“This case seems to be a clear incident of police misconduct in Illinois,” said SALDEF Managing Director Kavneet Singh. “We are horrified at the anti-immigrant sentiment the officer allegedly used as he violently accosted Mr. Nag, and further that his six year old son was a witness to this violent assault. We call upon both Joliet and Illinois officials to investigate this incident and for the Illinois community to stand in solidarity with Mr. Nag.
SALDEF has garnered the strong support of the Illinois Sikh American community and is currently working with The Chawla Group Ltd to represent Mr. Nag in a criminal case brought on by the City of Joliet.
When Rodney King, a black man from LA, was pulled over and beaten by the cops his story sparked mass race riots in Los Angeles. A similar story happened back 2001 in Cincinnati when Steven Roach was aquited of murdering an unarmed black youth. So then today I hear the story about Kuldip Nag, a desi , US Gulf War Veteran who gets his ass beaten by a cop over expired plates on a van that was broken and sitting in his driveway and there’s still little thought or even threat of shit hitting the fan.
Naturally this leads me to wonder if we as a community are we waiting for more stupidness to go down before we see the Jessie Jacksons of our community (whoever they maybe) get out in the media and start blasting the police and getting the community all roweled up to take action.
Sadly enough, most uncles we see are more then complacent when it comes to this type of news and would rather try to lead the community in the direction of least resistance and confrontation, with the mentality that hey we’ll make life easier for them now then maybe master will help us out a bit later on, when we need to get that visa or those immigration papers signed.
See I agree screaming and looting and parading down the downtown cores won’t do anything for us other then get us labeled as savages, but some sort of outrage on a communal level should be expected and delivered. See maybe its complete over reaction on my part to expect such things, after all compared to India, the number of us getting beat for random shit by cops is still relatively minimal, but when do we take a beating as more then a beating? Unless we let people know that we’re not down for getting our asses beat and labeled Arabs I just don’t see this type of shit ending any time soon.
See I’m not trying to say that what Saldef, and the Sikh Coalition are doing isn’t enough, I’m more interested in how long it will be before the rest of us and the broader community takes notice of such things and starts letting our voices be heard.
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singh000 from 
Made Friday, 13 of April , 2007 at 4:19 am
good post singh. “most uncles we see are more then complacent when it comes to this type of news and would rather try to lead the community in the direction of least resistance and confrontation, with the mentality that hey we’ll make life easier for them now then maybe master will help us out a bit later on, when we need to get that visa or those immigration papers signed.”
agreed. Although I can understand where the uncles are coming from, at the end of the day, they are not going to do anything and it’s in our hands to make a change… but we don’t realize that.
Random Taksali from
Made Friday, 13 of April , 2007 at 11:22 am
Become Khalsa and stand up for your rights!
hi nice site.
i agree with alex. he makes a good point.
the foundation from
Made Monday, 16 of April , 2007 at 8:45 am
why doesnt that damdami taksal, the ‘holiest of the holiest’ of all sikh jathas, do something? or are they still waiting for sant bhindranwale to make his dramatic return. instead of talking, get your crew together and do something if noone else is. taksal in theory is true, except its full of clowns who do nothing but tell everyone else what to do, yet do nothing themselves.
as well shinda singh, instead of talking about nonsense, you make the first move. talking about nba, guns, and other useless things gives you no right to tell someone else to do something about this situation.
chacha with a foundation from
Made Monday, 16 of April , 2007 at 9:57 am
Why are you waiting on Damdami Taksal to take action?
Dildeep Singh Mand from
Made Monday, 16 of April , 2007 at 10:47 am
to the foundation: not responding as any DDT person cuz im definitely not one, its not just one persons duty as a sikh to respond, its everyones duty and safe to say you do not care for any injustice because you are simply changing the topic
i dont think you understand that while over here in Toronto we have no problem holding our own, in the USA its a different story and sangat there gotta hold their own
and another thing whats wrong with talking about things that interest you cuz im pretty sure thats the purpose of a blog. but im pretty sure know one cares what you got to say anyways from what i can see your pathetic
the foundation from
Made Monday, 16 of April , 2007 at 3:17 pm
dileep singh mand you are a choora.
BOB from
Made Monday, 16 of April , 2007 at 6:16 pm
and you are a f-a-g.. lets move on. Shinda lets get a new post man.
“The colonized subject is a persecuted man who is forever dreaming of becoming the persecutor. The symbols of society such as the police force, bugle calls in the barracks, military parades, and the flag flying aloft, serve not only as inhibitors but also as stimulants. They do not signify: “Stay where you are.” But rather “Get ready to do the right thing.” And in fact if ever the colonized subject begins to doze off or forget, the colonist’s arrogance and preoccupation with testing the solidity of the colonial system will remind him on so many occasions that the great showdown cannot be postponed indefinitely. This impulse to take the colonist’s place maintains a constant muscular tonus. It is a known fact that under certain emotional circumstances an obstacle actually escalates action.”
- Franz Fanon, The Wretched of the Earth
Life in Canada (GTA) is much different than that of life in America for Sikhs. One is always on guard, good and ready to explain the difference that is apparent – as it is the condition of the one who is the other. We engage with the world in a place that dictates an antecedent explanation of the self. Confrontation exists as a presupposition – it is present always until vigorously corrected by a form of declaration that submits to fraternity and often times appears comically overt in nature.
- Kamalpreet Kaur
Dildeep Singh Mand from
Made Wednesday, 18 of April , 2007 at 12:59 am
everyone check out sikhs in US on youtube and send it around to people
Random Taksali from
Made Wednesday, 18 of April , 2007 at 9:21 am
Foundation,
Cant you read her last name is “Kaur”. Go read Sikh rehat maryada.. A true Sikh doesnt fall in hindu caste system… I can see how you RSS sponsored “dissionaries” are trying to deviate people away from Sikhi. Read bani Singh..stop doing nindeya.. if you dont agree with her have nimarta and give her an answer… if you cant do it… get a life and stay in chardi kala…
stupid from
Made Thursday, 19 of April , 2007 at 12:36 pm
goooo taksali!
hi all.
Vaheguru Ji Ka Khalsa, Vaheguru Ji Ke Fateh
Shinda singh, having a little blog i don’t think is making any big difference either. If you think sitting online and feeding **** to little kids is going to get you community uproar, you’re stupid. Don’t you have any friends? Why don’t you get a few people together, and do a protest for equality and better representation in the media and a general “We are sikhs so learn to distinguish us” type of thing than sitting online behind your screen saying what needs to be done.
I’ve seen your blog for a long time and I’ve noticed and labelled you as a **** talking, smart idiot. Intelligence is something you don’t quite possess yet. Come to think about it, I think the main purpose of your blog itself is just to gain respect and publicity within the Sikh community for whatever reason (ego, pride, resume material ? lol) Anyways, I suggest you do some realistic things and give your computer a little rest.
Jarnail Singh
im smarter than u from
Made Wednesday, 4 of July , 2007 at 11:35 am
shutup jarnail, your jealous of shinda
jealous a little? from
Made Wednesday, 4 of July , 2007 at 1:41 pm
whoa there jarnail… PMSing a little there buddy.. i recommend midol
