On April 17, 2021, an Ethiopian-origin man brandished a pistol, pointing it at unarmed Tigrayan peaceful protesters gathered in the Little Ethiopia district of Los Angeles where the Tigrayans were protesting the unprovoked war on the people of Tigray in Ethiopia that claimed thousands of civilian lives and resulted in the rape of hundreds of women and girls. LAPD arrested the suspect.  

Last month, this suspect, identified by many as an ardent supporter of the Ethiopian "government" and proponent of the war on Tigray," was seen throwing hate speech at the same Tigrayan protestors. So, it's not difficult to imagine the political and ethnic motives that prompted such criminal behavior.

His behavioral pattern reveals that today's encounter isn't just a separate incident but a deliberate and premeditated act triggered by deeply embedded ethnic hate and prejudice. 

Here in America, domestic terrorism and hate crimes are on the rise; if not properly investigated and left unpunished, any leniency shown to such behavior will ultimately embolden others to commit similar acts hoping to get away easily. 

We respectfully ask the concerned U.S. government authorities to take a deeper look at this act of domestic terrorism and its possible connection to the Ethiopian government that continues to blame every Tigrayan diaspora for the country's tarnished global image as a "genocidal and brutal regime." 

We demand fair justice! Who is behind this man?