Sunnyvale,CA Army Vet Deliberately Drove Into Crowd Believing 'Some Were Muslim'

[DesertRat]

An Iraq War veteran deliberately drove into a group of pedestrians because he thought some of the people were Muslim, California authorities said Friday.

Isaiah Joel Peoples, 34, faces eight counts of attempted murder for injuring eight people, including four who remain hospitalized. The most seriously injured is a 13-year-old Sunnyvale girl of South Asian descent who is in a coma with severe brain trauma.

The District Attorney is not officially calling it "hate crime" because the case is still under investigation.

"New evidence shows that the defendant intentionally targeted the victims based on their race and his belief that they were of the Muslim faith,'' Sunnyvale police chief Phan Ngo said.

https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/Sunnyvale-Army-Vet-Charged-With-Injuring-8-People-in-Intentional-Crash-509102471.html

[Turbineguy]

1. I wonder if this poor misguided man

listened to RW hate radio or watched Fox news.

[DesertRat]

7. I'd be surprised if he didn't

[RhodeIslandOne]

2. Mone along nothing to see

[Ferrets are Cool]

3. ...

These kind of fuckers make me so furious.

[AlexSFCA]

4. let him rot in prison for the rest of his life

[Brother Buzz]

5. His grandmother says he fought in Afghanistan and spent a year in a hospital for PTSD

[Skittles]

6. think of these pedestrians and that veteran

the next time you are tempted to think of Duyba with any measure of "nostalgia"