Two men were shot in a Kansas city bar. Their mistake was that they were just present there at the wrong time. Srinu Kuchibhotla & Alok Madasani, two Telugu NRIs were catching up for a drink at Austin's Bar & Grill on a normal Wednesday evening. All was well until a bigoted 51 year old man decided that these two 'Middle Eastern' folk need to be put in their place.
Adam Purington walked into Austin's and proceeded to get sloshed. He then began shouting out loud racial slurs at anyone who would listen. When a fellow customer tried to stop him, he exclaimed "Get Out Of My Country!" and began shooting. Srinu Kuchibhotla succumbed to his injuries, while Alok is on the road to recovery. Srinu's wife released a heart-breaking statement to the press.
We are left wondering about the exact same thing. Will justice be done? Or what will amount to justice now? There have been several reports claiming that Hate Crimes are at an all time high since the Trump administration took over. Suddenly all the bigots, racists and other forms of white supremacists have begun to feel empowered. They are trying to 'cleanse' their country of all the immigrants. Purington was reportedly bragging about having shot a pair of middle easterners at another bar after the shooting (Where he was eventually captured). These shootings have been happening for as long as anyone can remember because there will always be bigoted idiots in this world. However, how can a civilized society allow these to continue?
However, there is still hope for humanity. 24 year Ian Grillot, tried to intervene and found himself at the receiving end of a bullet. Ian heard the shots and tried to subdue Purington when he thought the shooter ran out of bullets. He seemed to have miscounted the bullets and ended up getting shot for his efforts. Ian is currently recuperating in the hospital. When asked what made him do it, he simply replied "I was just doing what anyone should have done for another human being."
America is the land of dreams where people from all over the world head out to get a slice of the good life. Thanks to a few misguided individuals, the big 'American Dream' now has a sprinkling of horror to it. Speaking on behalf of all Indians and perhaps all immigrants, do we need to keep looking over our shoulders forever? Do we need to put our lives at the mercy of decaying western civilization?
