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Washington, March 1: Before the US President Donald Trump’s first State of the Union address on Wednesday, the Congress observed a one-minute silence to pay tribute to the victim of Kansas shooting Srinivas Kochibhotla. The president also condemned the antisemitic violence in the country. He said, “We condemn hate in all its ugly forms, the threats targeting Jewish centres and the Kansas shooting”. “I’ve directed the DOJ to “form a task force on reducing violent crime,” he added. However, he refrained from commenting on the surge in racial violence after he took the oath of the President of the United States of America. He was widely criticised for not condemning the violence.
However, his actions does not seems to be line with his words. Racially motivated violence has become a daily phenomenon in the United States of America today. A prime reason to this could be attributed to the easy availability of guns. The second amendment of the American Constitution empowers every American citizen with the right to own a gun.
The right to own a gun was stripped from the mentally ill persons during Obama Administration but their rights have been restored by President Donald Trump recently.
In an earlier development, the White House termed the attack “racially motivated hatred”. White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer had said the incident was “disturbing”, but did not say whether the Trump administration believed it was a hate crime. The tragedy has led to fears among immigrants, who feel being targeted by President Donald Trump’s plans to ban travellers from certain countries and build a wall along the Mexico border to realise his campaign pledge of putting “America first”.
Srinivas Kuchibhotla, 32, was killed and Alok Madasani, another Indian of the same age, was injured in the shooting by the navy veteran Adam Purinton, who yelled “terrorist” and “get out of my country” before opening fire on them. A 24-year-old American named Ian Grillot who tried to defend the Indians received injuries in the firing. The last rites of Kuchibhotla were performed on Tuesday, amidst a wave of emotional upheaval. Rituals were performed at Kuchibhotla’s residence in Hyderabad.
(With inputs from PTI)
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