Man shot three times in street by racist gunman - for wearing Barack Obama T-shirt By Daily Mail Reporter Last updated at 6:01 PM on 07th October 2008 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. Respect: Dube Egwuatu wearing the Obama T-shirt that provoked a racist attack 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.' He added: 'Obama inspires me, his educational track record alone is quite unbelievable - that is why I was wearing the T-shirt. 'I did not think for one minute it could stir up such powerful feelings of hatred and I never said a word to him.' Mr Egwuatu's wife, Angela, 35, said neither of them had experienced anything like it during their childhood in Nigeria. Mrs Egwuatu, an immigration officer, said: 'At first my feelings were pure horror and now it is pure anger. 'If he had been carrying a real gun I would have been a widow. It is just ridiculous. 'I don't know how a person's mentality works. Why would a T-shirt get you to the point where you want to shoot someone.' To the untrained eye, ball-bearing guns like the one used in the attack look every bit like a real firearm. The potentially lethal weapons are often converted by criminals to fire real bullets, and can be bought easily in high-street shops and on websites. The Met said it was investigating the incident, which took place in South Norwood, and that police searched a nearby house which the attacker was seen going into. No one has been arrested..Source site located here
Just awful, absolutely awful. I can't believe people can be so ****ing cruel. Some people are just...just...**** I can even thnk of a word that describes how i feel about that.
I'm iffy about Obama getting elected. He has a better than average chance, but then again, I know that some Americans have trouble getting past the fact that hes black... I don't know. I hope he does, from what I can tell over here, he's the man for the job.
true, some cant get passed it.... and thats why he'll most likely be assassinated. He sucks to me, but hes the lesser of two evils. McCain will only rain down hell upon us for 4-8 more years. He's like Bush on Meth.
That just goes to show what Mcain supporters are like NRA lifetime members etc.. ;] Wasn't that a great generalisation?
I think you should be more worried about him dying and Palin becoming president. No offense to anyone, but woman be crazy.
I have a feeling this is just the beginning of things to come. I imagine as the date to vote comes closer things will escalate more. I do not want either candidates in office. What I do not like the most is Obama has no experience and Mr. I got tortured may have emotional trauma.
Yay, humanity. I doubt the guy is a McCain supporter, more likely he's your average ****tard white supremacist who still thinks caucasians are the 'master race' (we're not and never were). I have to say that I'm grateful this didn't happen here in the U.S; he would be dead because any toerag can get their hands on a real pistol here.
For a people who embrace freedom, liberty, and equality, we sure are afraid to vote some one of another race into office.
Does it really matter we are all human all this stuff about race were human.But I would hate to see Obama Assaninated no joke he would have to where the Trojan Suit if it really works against bullets perfect protection for obama! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KhgVuepI9Fk http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPS2l5fQ55A If it did work?
Thats just terrible that someone has to take there anger out on someone wearing a shirt to show there opinion Its ridiculous, Im glad he survived
His head was shaved, which I assume is a hint to him being a skinhead. But it's not in America! Ignorant people in this world do exist. We need to coexist.
Wow I wonder what's going on in the retard's head. "OH EM GEE HES NOT THE SAME SKIN COLOR AS ME ITS SCARING THE **** OUT OF ME ITS BRINGING MEMORIES OF MY UNCLE RAPING ME BACK TO MY HEAD!!!!!!"
Because they are looking for him, the ***** (gunman) wouldn't stay and find out, probably the only common sense he has.