'Trailblazer' Deputy, First in Texas to Wear Sikh Articles of Faith on Duty, Killed During a Traffic Stop

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cantpissoffmods on September 28th, 2019 at 19:29 UTC »

Texas? So it means the guy gets the death penalty if convicted?

Not american, thats why im asking.

wrgrant on September 28th, 2019 at 16:43 UTC »

So the guy knew he had an outstanding warrant and when the Officer was heading back to his car to run the license and registration, the guy got out of the car and shot him in the back of the head. I would think it more likely that the guy was worried about being apprehended on a warrant with a serious charge than anything else.

ishaq492 on September 28th, 2019 at 15:53 UTC »

“Deputy Sandeep Dhaliwal, a 10-year veteran, was a hero, was a respected member of the community and he was a trailblazer,” Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez said in a press conference Friday afternoon. “He was a father I believe of three children, he was a husband, a brother and a son.” In 2015, Dhaliwal became the first Texan approved to wear the Sikh religion’s traditional turban and a beard while on duty, according to the Associated Press. He was also the first Sikh to serve in that sheriff’s office,