Thursday, September 16th, 2021
Arizona Democratic Rep. Greg Stanton speaks at a memorial service on the 20th anniversary of the murder of Balbir Singh Sodhi Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2021, in Mesa, Ariz. Sikh businessman Balbir Singh Sodhi was helping plant a flower bed at his Arizona gas station when he was shot dead by a man seeking to avenge 9/11. Mistaken for an Arab Muslim because of his turban and beard, Sodhi was the first person to die in a wave of bias crimes unleashed by the attacks. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)