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SAMPLE MEDIA LETTER 1
I would like to express my anguish
at the attacks on the civilian American targets. Please accept my
sympathy for the families of the victims. I want to bring to your
notice harassment of Sikh men who are being mistaken as Muslims.
In Queens, New York, last night an elderly man was shot. The
shooter has been apprehended and in police custody. The Richmond
Hill police are calling a press conference today to address the
safety of Sikh residents of the area. Today, another Sikh man was
arrested by RI police from an Amtrak train. The knife he is
"alleged" to be carrying is a religious symbol that
baptized Sikhs carry. The police were irresponsible in arresting a
man without proper knowledge. I understand the stress under which
the law enforcement agencies are working but they need not arrest
innocent people and publicly humiliate them. Sikhs men wear
turbans. As emotions are running high as a consequence to
yesterday's attacks in New York and Washington DC, Sikhs are being
victimized.
I would appreciate
if you could publish a request to your readers to keep faith in
the American government and its efforts to investigate the attacks
and bring the perpetrators of this heinous crime to justice. In
the meantime it would be greatly appreciated if they were informed
about Sikhs lest innocent people get harassed, physically abused
and fatally wounded.
Thank you for your consideration.
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