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Oregon Man Shouts “Go Back to Your Country, Terrorist!” During Assault

HeadlineMar 14, 2017

In Salem, Oregon, police arrested a 52-year-old man Saturday after he allegedly entered a Middle Eastern restaurant and shouted racist epithets while beating an employee with a pipe. Jason Kendall told investigators he entered the Al Aqsa restaurant near the state Capitol building and decided to assault a “Saddam Hussein-looking guy,” shouting, “Go back to your country, terrorist! Get out of America!”

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