Balbir Singh Sodhi

'Divided We Fall' Screened at Harvard Film Archive

May 7, 2006

Source: The Boston Globe

http://www.boston.com/ae/movies/articles/2006/05/07/kaurs_divided_we_fall_documents_post_911_hate/

On May 7, 2006 The Boston Globe reported, "With all the young filmmakers in town this week holding court after screenings of their work, you could get a free education on what it takes to carve an independent path in this competitive industry. Tonight at 7 at the Harvard Film Archive, 25-year-old...

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Sikh Americans Live in the Shadow of September 11

September 16, 2005

Source: East Valley Tribune

http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/index.php?sty=48149

On September 16, 2005 the East Valley Tribune reported, "Balbir Singh Sodhi, a turbaned Sikh from India, was gunned down a week earlier while planting flowers outside his Mesa convenience store. He was the first person killed nationwide in a post-Sept. 11 hate crime... Four years later, however, Sikhs as well as Muslim and Arab Americans, still face regular discrimination in the Valley and...

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Update: Balbir Singh Sodhi

October 14, 2003

Source: The Arizona Republic

http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/local/articles/1010roqueverdict

On October 14, 2003 The Arizona Republic announced that Frank Roque, 44, was sentenced to death for the shooting of Sikh gasoline station owner Balbir Singh Sodhi four days after the September 11 terrorist attacks. Jurists dimsissed Roque's pleas of insanity, noting that the Mesa machinist's "disrespect for human life greatly outweighed his disputed...

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Update: Balbir Singh Sodhi

September 29, 2003

Source: Arizona Republic

http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/0929roque29-ON.html

On September 29, 2003 the Arizona Republic reported that the lawyers of Frank Silva Roque say he was insane at the time of the shooting Sikh Balbir Singh Sodhi. "Roque suffered from mental illness his entire life and didn't start using racial slurs until after the terrorist attacks, said defense attorney Dan Patterson during closing arguments.'Clearly there was lunacy at work in a grand...

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Update: Balbir Singh Sodhi

September 15, 2003

Source: The Arizona Republic

http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/0915memorial15.html

On September 15, 2003, The Arizona Republic reported that "Jeff Linn was a jobless 49-year-old struggling to pay his rent when he first met Balbir Singh Sodhi. The Sikh gas station owner offered Linn free pizza at the end of each day, but not because he felt sorry for him. 'I was on the verge of homelessness, but he didn't know that,' Linn said, tearing up as he offered other...

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Update: Frank Roque Pleads Guilty to Shooting Death of Balbir Singh Sodhi

June 29, 2003

Source: The Arizona Republic

http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/news/articles/0629hatetrial29.html

On June 29, 2003 The Arizona Republic reported that "four days after the World Trade Center terrorist attacks, a gunman retaliated by shooting Balbir, 49, to death outside his Mesa gas station... Valley Sikhs are hoping for justice, along with more understanding of their religion and culture, when jury selection begins July 21 in the death...

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Update: Frank Roque Pleads Guilty to Shooting Death of Balbir Singh Sodhi

June 29, 2003

Source: The Arizona Republic

http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/0629hatetrial-legal29.html

On June 29, 2003 The Arizona Republic reported that "consumed with hatred after the World Trade Center terrorist attacks, murder defendant Frank Roque vowed repeatedly to kill Muslims... Even Roque's defense concedes he shot a Sikh gas station owner to death and committed drive-by shootings at a Lebanese-owned gas station and an Iraqi man's home... But was Roque...

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Update: Frank Roque Pleads Guilty to Shooting Death of Balbir Singh Sodhi

June 17, 2003

Source: The Arizona Republic

http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/0617roque17.html

On June 17, 2003 The Arizona Republic reported that "a defense attorney conceded in court Monday that in the days following the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, his client shot to death a Sikh gas-station owner [Balbir Singh Sodhi] and committed drive-by shootings at a Lebanese-owned gas station and an Iraqi man's home... Lawyer Dan Patterson made the admission as part of a guilty...

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March 30, 2003

Source: The Associated Press

http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/Southwest/03/30/sikh.shooting.ap/

On March 30, 2003 The Associated Press reported that "the family of an Indian man who was slain in an apparent fit of anti-Muslim rage is working with immigration officials so his widow can attend the capital murder trial of the accused killer... Mesa resident Frank Roque's trial isn't scheduled until June 24th, but there is a chance Harjinder Kaur, the widow of Balbir...

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