New York City Comptroller William C. Thompson, Jr. today issued the following statement on the July 11 th assault of Rajinder Singh Khalsa in Richmond Hill:

Every New Yorker should be outraged by this week’s vicious attack on Rajinder Singh Khalsa. We live in an age and in a city where all New Yorkers must embrace diversity, tolerance and understanding, and not advance ignorance, bigotry and hatred. I am outraged by this week’s assault and expect that anyone involved will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law.

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