87GT Posted August 10, 2010 Report Share Posted August 10, 2010 Was justice served ? http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2010-08-06/news/ct-met-subway-terrorist-20100806_1_sandwich-shop-joke-eatery The manager of a North Chicago sandwich shop learned in a Lake County courtroom this week that the difference between a joke in poor taste and an inflammatory remark is 75 bucks. Arjunsinh Sindha, 64, doesn't agree with the judge who hit him with a $75 fine after finding him guilty of disorderly conduct for asking a Pakistani-born customer if he was a terrorist. "I don't think it was a fair deal," said Sindha, who manages the Subway sandwich shop at 2302 Green Bay Road in North Chicago. "We all talk when something happens. We just kid around." Advertisement Sindha made the questionable comment on May 5, just days after a terrorist unsuccessfully tried to explode a bomb in Times Square in New York City. Zohaib Khan, 29, said that Sindha casually approached him and said, "I heard you guys were recruiting more terrorists in New York. Are you one of them?" "I was very surprised and shocked that people reacted this way," said Khan, who moved to Waukegan from Pakistan with his family when he was 14. "It was very upsetting, and I was very offended." Khan reported Sindha's comment to North Chicago officials, who ticketed Sindha under a city disorderly conduct ordinance. On Thursday he was fined $75 by a Lake County judge. North Chicago and Lake County officials could not be reached for comment. Sindha was born in India and moved to the U.S. in 1971. He paid the fine, but said he doesn't understand what the big deal was about. He said he recognized Khan from previous visits to the store and that the comments were made in jest. "It's not the money, but I don't think it was a fair deal," he said. "Are we not allowed in the world to talk anything to a guy?" Khan said he doesn't know Sindha, and was very upset about being called a terrorist. "I didn't respond back even though I wanted to," he said. "I contained myself, and I just left." Khan said that he was so upset by the remark that he quit his job as a taxi driver and is now unemployed and depressed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unfunnyryan Posted August 10, 2010 Report Share Posted August 10, 2010 God damn terrorist, now they are attacking our courtrooms. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skinner Posted August 10, 2010 Report Share Posted August 10, 2010 how does one get a ticket for calling someone a name? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spooling 1g Posted August 10, 2010 Report Share Posted August 10, 2010 What happened to freedom of speech? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
87GT Posted August 10, 2010 Author Report Share Posted August 10, 2010 Being a jerk is now illegal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V8 Beast Posted August 10, 2010 Report Share Posted August 10, 2010 Guy is ignorant for saying it in the first place. He should have done it over the internet. That way he could have acted like his cousin did it and still have his $75. P.S. I would get fired for saying stuff like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckeye1647545503 Posted August 10, 2010 Report Share Posted August 10, 2010 SO was he a terrorist? No way in hell I'd pay that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest tbutera2112 Posted August 10, 2010 Report Share Posted August 10, 2010 atleast he was indian...if he was white, his ass would be in jail Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AWW$HEEET Posted August 10, 2010 Report Share Posted August 10, 2010 OP has aids Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V8 Beast Posted August 10, 2010 Report Share Posted August 10, 2010 OP has aids $25 fine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
87GT Posted August 10, 2010 Author Report Share Posted August 10, 2010 OP has aids $25 fine Pay up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TTQ B4U Posted August 10, 2010 Report Share Posted August 10, 2010 $75 Hell, I'd owe $1,500 for what I'd say to a guy named Sindha, managing a Subway sandwich for even triying to have a conversation with me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diamonds Posted August 10, 2010 Report Share Posted August 10, 2010 shit, i'd owe 13,075.00 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evan9381 Posted August 10, 2010 Report Share Posted August 10, 2010 well, thats the problem. pakistani people and indian people fucking hate each other Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerrodh Posted August 10, 2010 Report Share Posted August 10, 2010 Haters gonna hate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2 Sweet Posted August 10, 2010 Report Share Posted August 10, 2010 Khan said that he was so upset by the remark that he quit his job as a taxi driver and is now unemployed and depressed. What a homo. Get over it, fucking pussy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miller Posted August 10, 2010 Report Share Posted August 10, 2010 Can I tell a joke? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2 Sweet Posted August 10, 2010 Report Share Posted August 10, 2010 yes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffro Posted August 10, 2010 Report Share Posted August 10, 2010 fucking wah! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Habitual Sinner Posted August 10, 2010 Report Share Posted August 10, 2010 Khan said that he was so upset by the remark that he quit his job as a taxi driver and is now unemployed and depressed. So, he was a terrorist. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotty2Hotty Posted August 10, 2010 Report Share Posted August 10, 2010 Good thing I don't live in communist Chicago, I'd be serving a life sentence for what comes out of my mouth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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