WASHINGTON-- Prem Shunmugavelu, Associate at the India Abroad Center for Political Awareness (IACPA), today applauded the decision by a judge in California to sentence Kevin Dale to 37 months in prison for a hate crimes assault against a man of Indian origin. "It is important that people realize that attacking someone simply because they are of a different skin color, will not be tolerated by the law," said Shunmugavelu.
Mark Sanjay David was beaten by Dale and others as Dale was leaving a punk rock concert in 1995, which resulted in a fractured skull and cracked vertebrae for David. "Although the sentence will not take away the pain and suffering Mark Sanjay David and his family have felt, IACPA hopes that this sentence will prevent others from taking the same sort of action in the future," added Shunmugavelu.
The India Abroad Center for Political Awareness was founded in 1994, by the publisher of India Abroad, Mr. Gopal Raju, and serves the community at large by increasing the political awareness of the Asian Indian-American community, and fostering responsible leadership.
