A man told today how he was shot three times in a London street for wearing a Barack Obama T-shirt.


Dube Egwuatu was buying a mobile telephone top-up card in an off-licence when the gunman confronted him and glared at the top, which carries an image of the Democrat US presidential candidate underneath the legend 'Believe'.



The man then launched into a tirade of racist slurs, shouting 'I f***ing hate n*****s' and urging 36-year-old Mr Egwuatu to leave the shop with him.


The man then left the shop but when Mr Egwuatu re-emerged, the attacker was waiting for him in broad daylight with a threatening-looking dog and holding a gun behind his back.



Realising what had sparked the increasingly violent assault, the terrified Mr Egwuatu zipped up his jacket to cover the image of Mr Obama and walked to his car.



But the shaven-headed man, who was white, followed Mr Egwuatu and after pulling open the passenger door pointed the gun at him.



After pleading with the man to leave him alone, the married former street warden put the keys in the ignition and turned the engine on.



The attacker then fired the gas-powered ball-bearing pistol three times, hitting the civil servant in the face, hand and shoulder.



Fearing for his life and bleeding heavily, Mr Egwuatu raced away in his car and found somewhere safe to call for help.



He was taken to hospital and later sent to have a piece of metal removed from his jaw.
Mr Egwuatu, a data analyst with Croydon Council, said: 'The venom in his voice was frightening.
'He was telling me that he was going to kill me.



'I couldn't believe it was happening - and just because I was wearing an Obama T-shirt. He was trying to make me walk somewhere quieter, saying: 'I've got something for you,' and 'I'm going to kill you.'


Here. (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1070975/Man-shot-times-street-racist-gunman--wearing-Barack-Obama-T-shirt.html?ITO=1490)

That's a shame that people are so ignorant.

That's a shame that people are so ignorant.Agreed. However, the story doesnt say anything about the racist shooting the dude because he was wearing the Obama t-shirt.

The racist is quoted as saying "'I f***ing hate n*****s' ". The only thing that ties this story to Obama is the victim was wearing a t-shirt with Obama's picture on it.

But considering who posted the thread, this agenda driven article is hardly suprising.

This has nothing to do with the election. This took place in London, not in the United States. Of course dharmabum cannot be expected to grasp the fact that this was a simple case of some English yob hating blacks and had nothing to do with Barack Obama or the American election.

He was shot 3 times for being black, not for wearing an Obama shirt. C'mon now.

That's why he put it in world news. And do Dharma's credit, he just posted the story. He didn't say anything snarky like, "What Republicans really think" or "The Conserva-racists strike again!"

On another note. It's very sad that these sorts of attitudes persist in a modern society. How does someone grow up to think like that?

He was shot with a pellet gun. LMAO, you people are something else.

Do you realize that in the USA alone there are 10,000 whites shot yearly by blacks? LOL, chalk that number up. Oh so let's cry for the guy shot with the pellet gun. :/

You should start crying for the people like the midwest kid who moved to Philly to be a teacher and make a difference for down and out blacks only to be shot in the back and MURDERED while walking home. Where's your outrage over that? And that happens numerous times daily.

Keep posting ignorance from your suburban homes.

Eggsalad,

Don't you realize blacks can not be held responsible for their actions. The reason they shoot whites is the oppresion they experience at the hands of 'the man'.

The white teacher probably made them shoot him by his arrogance. Damned whitey, walking through a black neighborhood as if he had a right to be there.

Don't you realize blacks can not be held responsible for their actions.

Yeah, that explains why there are so many of them in prisons. :rolleyes: