BUENA PARK, CA-A Buena Park man who vandalized a Sikh Gudwara here after the San Bernardino attacks last December has been sentenced to probation, 240 hours of graffiti cleanup and 80 hours of community service at the place of worship he targeted. Community members found graffiti on the exterior of the Gurdwara Singh Sabha on Orangethorpe Avenue in here. Brodie Durazo, 21, pleaded guilty to vandalizing the...
Gurdwara with graffiti, including an anti-ISIS expletive. Durazo was arrested on a felony count for vandalizing a religious property, but the court reduced the charges. Local Sikh leaders said Durazo came to the temple and apologized, and that they’re satisfied with the punishment.
“We want him to rehabilitate and learn and love people, rather than going to jail and hating us that he went to jail because of us,” Jaspreet Singh told ABC News.
The Sikh community believes the vandalism was a case of mistaken identity. They say they’re often wrongly associated with terrorist groups because of their beards and turbans.
“People always think that the person who wears a turban is somehow related to a terrorist group or ISIS but they’re not,” Inderjot Singh told the media.
“We want him to rehabilitate and learn and love people, rather than going to jail and hating us that he went to jail because of us,” Jaspreet Singh told ABC News.
The Sikh community believes the vandalism was a case of mistaken identity. They say they’re often wrongly associated with terrorist groups because of their beards and turbans.
“People always think that the person who wears a turban is somehow related to a terrorist group or ISIS but they’re not,” Inderjot Singh told the media.
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