While affluent expatriate Indians like Ms. Gandhi urge us to ponder the oppression of women by hygiene and etiquette, the real violence suffered with depressing regularity by  male immigrants at the hands of police  does not seem to have got her attention:

From Voices of Liberty.com (Feb 12, 2015)

Welcome to Police State America, Sureshbhai Patel. The 57-year old grandfather hadn’t been away from India more than a week when he was paralyzed by police in Madison, Alabama. Patel was visiting his son and daughter-in-law to help care for their 17-month old baby.

Then things got suspicious. Patel went on a stroll. While the sun was still out. This stirred the Madison Police Department into swift action.

When multiple police officers approached him, Patel didn’t have much to say, at least not in English since he doesn’t speak the language. What would be one of his last voluntary motions before cervical fusion surgery, Patel put his hands in his pockets. One officer attempted a pat-down then took the old man down, smashing his neck and body to the point of paralysis.

According to Madison Police, this all stemmed from a neighbor’s call to them about a “suspicious” man.

From NBC News:

We  are preparing to file a lawsuit against the City of Madison, Alabama, and the officer who injured Mr. Patel,” Hank Sherrod, Patel’s civil rights attorney, told NBC News, “The lawsuit will include claims for violations of Mr. Patel’s constitutional rights. Presently, however, the City of Madison is refusing to release the officer’s name and refusing to provide the media or the family with audio and video of the incident.”

Patel remains partially paralyzed, although the hospital reported him in good condition Monday. His son said that he can now move his right leg a little and he can raise both arms, but his left leg is still paralyzed and he cannot make a tight grip. He had no health problems previously, and he is expected to have a long recovery.

“This is broad daylight, walking down the street,” said Sherrod, “There is nothing suspicious about Mr. Patel other than he has brown skin.”