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struggle4progress

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Wed Apr 27, 2016, 02:09 PM Apr 2016

Shot in the face by a white supremacist, Rais Bhuiyan fought to save the man’s life


... Just weeks after 9/11, Bhuiyan was shot in the face by a white supremacist, who at that time called himself “the Arab slayer” ...

The man who shot Bhuiyan was Mark Stroman, who confessed to shooting Bhuiyan and killing two other South Asian workers, and was sentenced to death.

Many wouldn’t blame Bhuiyan if he were to respond to Stroman’s misguided actions with hate and anger. However, Bhuiyan chose to take the high road, mounting a campaign to convince Texas authorities to reduce his assailant’s sentence from death to life in prison.

Anand Giridharadas wrote a book based on Bhuiyan’s remarkable story, entitled, “The True American: Murder and Mercy in Texas” ...


http://www.titusvilleherald.com/news/article_9d905966-0c2d-11e6-9d50-839613310e29.html
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