Nationally known Turban-wearing police officer murdered by convict.

[real Cannabis calm]

Last edited Mon Sep 30, 2019, 11:38 AM - Edit history (2)

The man accused of killing Texas county's first Sikh deputy was wanted for parole violation, officials say
By Faith Karimi and Jason Hanna, CNN

(CNN)A man accused of shooting and killing a pioneering Texas sheriff's deputy during a traffic stop was wanted at the time, and that may help explain why the shooting happened, authorities say.

Robert Solis, 47, was arrested Friday, shortly after police say he killed Deputy Sandeep Dhaliwal, an observant Sikh who years ago gained national attention when he got permission to wear a turban as part of his Harris County Sheriff's Office uniform.
Dhaliwal had just stopped Solis for a traffic violation and walking back to his patrol car Friday afternoon when he was shot twice, including at least once in the back of the head, authorities said.

Authorities haven't said what Solis allegedly did to have violated his parole. Solis has been out of prison on parole since 2014, 12 years after he was convicted in Harris County of aggravated kidnapping and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, court records show.

https://www.cnn.com/2019/09/28/us/texas-sikh-deputy-shot-saturday/index.html?utm_source=CNN+Five+Things&utm_campaign=4781ecf3e9-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_09_30_07_40&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_6da287d761-4781ecf3e9-104928233

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[Quackers]

1. He's not Muslim.

[real Cannabis calm]

24. My mistake; but why so few readers, with all these comments?

It's 9:03 MTZ and there are only 400 readers. What did the convict think the turbine-wearing police officer was?

watch this video:

[johnp3907]

27. "Turbine-wearing?"

[real Cannabis calm]

43. A direct quote, on turbin-wearing, from the CNN article

"In 2015, roughly six years after Dhaliwal joined, the sheriff's office made an official policy that allowed him to wear his beard and turban on duty, according to CNN affiliate KTRK."

posted at 9:23 AM, MTZ.

[johnp3907]

52. Looks like "turban" to me.

[real Cannabis calm]

59. On mistake after another today...

For some unusual reason: I too busy; but I do not mean to offend or mock people who wear turbans for religious reasons. Do any replies appear to deliberately mock Turbans?

[Codeine]

63. But the article made it clear

that the officer was of the Sikh faith, not a Muslim. Just straight up admit that you had no idea what “Sikh” meant and assumed headgear=Islam instead of making a bunch of half-assed excuses about being busy.

[Codeine]

58. Put the shovel down, dude.

The hole is already quite deep.

[real Cannabis calm]

62. Yes but still an unusually small number of readers for so few replies:

The number of readers actually nearly doubled as I posted this reply. It's now over 800 now! But who are all these new readers?

[Codeine]

64. The story is days old.

We already read and discussed it in LBN.

[cwydro]

66. Yup.

Interesting, eh?

[real Cannabis calm]

72. Why so many replies to "old news" w/ this option?

Both this "BREAKING NEWS" which I posted first and this mistake-ridden OP news article appeared on "Good Morning by CNN on Monday 9.30.19

The "BREAKING NEWS" about Hon Kong protests has international interest and implications:
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100212525184

[cwydro]

77. We're all wondering why you changed the headline.

A question several have asked, but you’ve failed to answer.

[Codeine]

82. We weren't responding to the news,

but rather questioning your inexplicable and pig-ignorant title. You deliberately characterized the victim as a Muslim when the article made it clear he was a Sikh, as the accompanying photograph clearly indicates.

The flood of replies, in short, is directed at you. You have yet to adequately explain your statement.

[WhiteTara]

73. I envisioned his turban was

shaped like a turbine and made his death seem funny; so I didn't want to comment on that. His death is tragic for his family and friends.

[real Cannabis calm]

74. why so much publicity on this, instead of...

Hong Kong protests, which will probably end in many deaths?

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100212525184

[Codeine]

83. Because nobody has made an asinine edit

to the facts in that post?

[TidalWave46]

70. What kind of RPM's was it pulling? NT

[real Cannabis calm]

75. Go ahead and insult people who wear Turbans over my mistake...

But be sure and ignore this important international "BREAKING NEWS" on Hong Kong Protests:

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100212525184

[TidalWave46]

76. I wasn't the one delivering the insult.

Well done on identifying it properly.

[cwydro]

78. You should self-delete.

Everyone knows you changed the headline. No idea what your motives are.

Then trying to turn your quite significant “mistake” into casting blame on other posters. Smh.

[Codeine]

84. I assure you we aren't insulting

people who wear turbans.

Or even turbines, for that matter. The insult is directed elsewhere.

[brucefan]

2. Muslim?

He’s Sikh.

[Midnight Writer]

3. Sikh, not Muslim.

[brucefan]

8. CNN said no such thing

It’s the OP

[real Cannabis calm]

26. What CNN word in the headline is in quotation marks?

[RelativelyJones]

9. I don't see anything in the CNN article reporting the officer as Muslim.

[real Cannabis calm]

29. that was my mistake, which the convict probably also made

[RelativelyJones]

47. What mistake? You added a false headline on purpose.

[Polybius]

10. It's not CNN, it's the poster

He changed the link title.

[grantcart]

19. Sikhs are a completely different non Abrahmaic religion

Sikhs are necessarily not Muslim and vice versa.

[d_r]

22. Sikh is necessarily NOT Muslim nt

[tinrobot]

23. Sikh is absolutely NOT muslim. It is a completely different religion.

[real Cannabis calm]

51. My mistake; but as you realize, some Sikhs become Muslims;

So do some US citizens:

Muhammad Ali: Why did the boxing legend change his name from Cassius Clay?
'I am Muhammad Ali, a free name – it means beloved of God, and I insist people use it when people speak to me'

In 1964, the boxing legend who told the world he was “The Greatest” changed his name to Mohammad Ali, dubbing his former alias, Cassius Clay, “my slave name”.

Named Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr after his father, the sporting champion, who died on Friday aged 74, denounced his birth name upon converting to Islam and affiliating with the Nation of Islam (NOI).
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/muhammad-ali-death-cassius-clay-why-did-he-change-his-name-nation-of-islam-a7065256.html

[Codeine]

61. Interfaith conversions from Sikhism to Islam

are rare, as there is a fairly unpleasant history between the two religions. It happens, but not often.

[customerserviceguy]

68. Still digging

Needs to put down the bong.

[RelativelyJones]

5. The officer was Sikh not Muslim.

[MineralMan]

6. Muslim? Is that your headline?

Sikhs are not Muslims. Where did you get the idea that they are?

[real Cannabis calm]

53. After finally reviewing replies the headline was changed.

I posted and then got busy with real work.

[MineralMan]

56. By then, the harm was already done, wasn't it?

The fact that the man was of the Sikh faith was in the headline of the story. Why did you change it?

I'm sorry, but you're responsible for what you post here. Please be more careful. That's my advice.

[cwydro]

71. What you said.

This thread seems a good candidate for self-delete.

[Polybius]

7. Come on man

You don't know the difference between a Sikh and a Muslim? The article even said he was a Sikh in the first sentence.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

11. Well this is embarrassing.

[littlemissmartypants]

50. Exactly. nt

[redstatebluegirl]

12. Good grief, he is Sikh not Muslim.

Either way it is a tragedy, but Americans are so poorly informed when it comes to world religion.

[obamanut2012]

13. JFC Sikh is the oposite of Muslim

Why did you interject that false info into the title you changed?

[MagickMuffin]

14. My girlfriend saw this after it happened

She is looking for a house in Houston. She was to meet with a realtor when she happened upon the incident. She saw Sandeep Dhaliwal downed. She left immediately afterwards as the place became a huge crime scene.

[sarisataka]

15. Is there a reason you changed the headline

From fact to falsehood

[real Cannabis calm]

32. mistake on the Turbine - a mistake

[Codeine]

35. Turbine?

Come on, dude. Get something right today.

[sarisataka]

40. Maybe just use the actual headline:

The man accused of killing Texas county's first Sikh deputy was wanted for parole violation, officials say

Just a suggestion

[MagickMuffin]

16. CHANGE YOUR OP SUBJECT LINE: DEPUTY Sandeep Dhaliwal IS NOT MUSLIM

EVERYONE HERE HAS STATED HE IS NOT MUSLIM, YET YOU REFUSE TO CHANGE YOUR HEADLINE.

You can edit the headline to correct your mistake. Or is that your intention???

[DURHAM D]

17. Given that you are from New Mexico I am certain

that you know the difference between Muslim and Sikhs. So why???

[grantcart]

20. Too much cannabis?

[DURHAM D]

48. Is that why the OP gave a "Rec" to their own OP? nt

[real Cannabis calm]

54. I always do that! Do politicians vote for themselves?

[cwydro]

18. You're putting fake news here.

Numerous posters have pointed this out, yet you not only don’t edit your headline, you fail to respond in your own OP.

[real Cannabis calm]

34. I got busy, with real work...

I'll change it at 9:11 AM MTZ.

[cwydro]

67. Perhaps edit your other post from "turbine" to "turban."

Two different words with two different meanings.

But surely you know that.

[Codeine]

21. real Cannabis dumb. nt

[WhiskeyGrinder]

46. I'm having trouble with the "real" claim, myself.

[Codeine]

55. Indeed. nt

[cwydro]

65. Ditto.

[RelativelyJones]

80. Yep.

[Tipperary]

81. Agreed. nt

[Aristus]

25. Oh, I get it: headdress equals Muslim, right?

Jesus, get your facts straight or find another website. We're fact-based here at DU.

[TxVietVet]

28. SIKH is not Muslim. CHANGE THE TITLE OF THREAD

[Mike 03]

31. Oh, I see what's wrong here...

It's so easy to change an OP headline. It would be really kind to just fix this.

[Mike 03]

33. Maybe the poster doesn't realize the OP can be changed.

[Codeine]

36. Maybe the poster shouldn't have changed it

in the first place.

[Codeine]

37. Turbine-wearing? Fuck me. nt

[leftstreet]

41. Haven't you ever worn a turbine on your head?

Why is this OP still up?

[littlemissmartypants]

49. Thanks. I needed a visual.

Seriously, why is it still here? It's this kind of stuff that gives DU a bad rep. At the very least it harms the poster's street cred. I guess it's proof that the Republicans don't have a monopoly on wacky spelling errors, though. :sigh:

[Codeine]

57. The power of positive thinking, I suppose. nt

[johnp3907]

38. "Turbine?"

[Mike 03]

39. Too much cannabis, too much calm.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

42. You're obviously struggling with this. Just write "Sikh."

Thank you.

[Mike 03]

44. A gas turbine, or a steam turbine?

[customerserviceguy]

69. Hopefully, a wind turbine

that can be powered by all the hot air from the OP.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

45. Get a hold of yourself. Jesus.

[Jeffersons Ghost]

79. I'VE GOT YOUR "JESUS!"

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100212489872

I'm bookmarking both of your articles! Sorry that you had a bad day! Please do not self-delete this evidence Cannabis! I've got both a Conspiracy Theory (for the correct forum) and an irrefutable problem for "real" Democratic Underground writers to be posted in "General Discussion." Get ready to "take a look at these" Freepers!

[LeftInTX]

85. I don't think this was racially motivated

Solis had a huge rap sheet. He was on parole and had an outstanding warrant from 2017 for Assault with a Deadly Weapon.

Link to tweet

Robert Solis, 47, had a violent past. He was convicted of two felonies in 2002 for an episode in which he shot a man and then barricaded himself in his home with his 4-year-old son, “with intent to use (him) as a shield,” according to court records.

He was sentenced to 20 years in jail for those crimes, and he served 12 years before getting out on parole in 2014. In January 2017, a warrant was issued for parole violations of assault and possession of a prohibited weapon

.

https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/Alleged-deputy-killer-was-wanted-for-parole-14475427.php



Deputy Dhaliwal was on a regular neighborhood patrol in a very quiet area. Neighbors said he patrolled a stop sign where drivers often didn't come to a complete stop etc. Neighbors heard the routine traffic stop pullover.


Dhaliwal was shot as he went to his patrol car to check on Solis' background