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https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2018/08/0 9/sikh-man-beaten-spat-on-devastated-police-chief-says-suspe ct-is-my-18-year-old-son/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.b74e46b6a0 b3 Hours later, the Union City police chief received a phone call from Manteca police. McAllister said he was “disgusted” to learn that the suspect in the attack on the elderly Sikh man was his 18-year-old son. “Words can barely describe how embarrassed, dejected, and hurt my wife, daughters, and I feel right now,” McAllister wrote in a lengthy, emotional message on the Union City Police Department’s Facebook page. “Violence and hatred is not what we have taught our children; intolerance for others is not even in our vocabulary, let alone our values.” His son, Tyrone McAllister, was arrested along with a 16-year-old on charges of attempted robbery, elder abuse and assault with a deadly weapon. Police say that one of the assailants waved a firearm in the air as the group left the scene of the attack. He has not filed a plea and has offered no comment. Authorities are also investigating whether the incident “meets all of the legal elements for charging as a hate crime,” Manteca police wrote in a press release. The Union City police chief and his wife worked with Manteca police to help track down and arrest their son. “Despite having the desire any parent would have in wanting to protect their child, my oath is (and always will be) to the law and my vow of integrity guides me through this horrendous difficulty,” Darryl McAllister wrote in the Facebook post. “My stomach has been churning from the moment I learned this news.” Tyrone McAllister, 18 (Manteca Police Department) McAllister said his son began running away and “getting involved in a bad crowd” a couple of years ago. “He pretty much divorced his friends and family, associating with people none of us knew.” He spent some time in a juvenile center after getting in trouble for theft-related crimes, and was again arrested for theft as an adult, his father wrote. After spending about three months in jail, he “has been wayward and has not returned to our family home for several months,” McAllister wrote. “It’s difficult for us to comprehend how one of three kids who grew up with the same parents, under the same roof, with the same rules and same values and character could wander so far astray,” McAllister said. His 18-year-old son has two sisters, McAllister said, “one corporate and the other about to start law school.” Hundreds of people, including many members of the local Sikh community, responded to the police chief’s message, thanking him for his honesty. Several people left comments saying their families have also grappled with similar kinds of pain. “We are all parents and we all wish our kids choose the right path but sometimes one reason or another they can go different way,” one local resident said. One member of the Sikh community urged others to show McAllister’s son “love and compassion to help bring him back on the right path.” CCDB - Caste Chemchas Discussion Baavi |