Yuba
City, Sikh truck driver was abused by Oregon State Police
Updated
Oct.
02, 2004: Yuba
City Sikh truck driver trucker cleared
September 08, 2004:
Yuba City, abused Sikh truck driver and
the Oregon State Police
offered different accounts-
A Sikh truck driver from Yuba City and the Oregon State Police offered
different accounts Tuesday of what happened at a traffic stop on Sept.
1 in which the truck driver claims he was abused.
Gurpal Singh Gill and the police agree that Gill was pulled over along
Interstate 5 near Roseburg, detained for a while, cited for a concealed
weapon and released.
But they disagree on why the stop happened and what led the officer
to take away Gill's ceremonial knife, called a kirpan, which is of paramount
importance to his faith.........more
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September 04, 2004
NRI Sikh truck driver of Yuba City accuses Oregon
police of abuse-
Yuba-Sutter Sikh community are outraged over an alleged racial profiling
and beating of a Yuba City Sikh truck driver by an Oregon State Police
officer Wednesday.
Gurpal Singh Gill, 44, was driving a truckload of produce from Stockton
to Tacoma, Wash., when he was pulled over by a state police officer,
cuffed and then beaten near the city of Roseburg in southwestern Oregon.
Gill said he suffered scrapes to his face and shoulders and pain in
his lower back from the incident. He also had a ceremonial knife, called
a kirpan, taken from him, he said.......more
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