Racism is not dead!
The man then launched into a tirade of racist slurs, shouting ‘I f***ing hate n*****s’ and urging 36-year-old Mr Egwuatu to leave the shop with him.
Respect: Dube Egwuatu wearing the Obama T-shirt that provoked a racist attack
The man then left the shop but when Mr Egwuatu re-emerged, the attacker was waiting for him in broad daylight with a threatening-looking dog and holding a gun behind his back.
Realising what had sparked the increasingly violent assault, the terrified Mr Egwuatu zipped up his jacket to cover the image of Mr Obama and walked to his car.
But the shaven-headed man, who was white, followed Mr Egwuatu and after pulling open the passenger door pointed the gun at him.
After pleading with the man to leave him alone, the married former street warden put the keys in the ignition and turned the engine on.
The attacker then fired the gas-powered ball-bearing pistol three times, hitting the civil servant in the face, hand and shoulder.
Fearing for his life and bleeding heavily, Mr Egwuatu raced away in his car and found somewhere safe to call for help.
He was taken to hospital and later sent to have a piece of metal removed from his jaw.
Mr Egwuatu, a data analyst with Croydon Council, said: ‘The venom in his voice was frightening.
‘He was telling me that he was going to kill me. Need I say more?…
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Ashanti – singer
1970 Tisha Campbell – actress
1969 Nancy Kerrigan – figure skater
1962 Jerry Rice – NFL wide receiver
1962 Kelly Preston – actress, wife of actor John Travolta
1959 Marie Osmond – singer, TV hostess, sister of singer Donny Osmond
1952 Beverly Johnson – model
1950 Simon Nicol – guitarist, singer (Fairport Convention)
1948 Lacy J. Dalton – singer
1947 Sammy Hagar – singer (formerly of Van Halen, Montrose)
1946 Demond Wilson – actor (Sanford and Son)
1944 Robert Lamm – singer, keyboardist (Chicago)
1941 Paul Simon – singer, songwriter, guitarist (Simon and Garfunkel)
1939 Melinda Dillon – actress
1931 Eddie Mathews – baseball player, manager
1925 Margaret Thatcher – British Prime Minister
1925 Lenny Bruce – comedian
1924 Nipsey Russell – actor, comedian
1921 Lou Saban – football coach
1921 Yves Montand – actor
1917 Burr Tillstrom – puppeteer (Kukla, Fran and Ollie)
1915 Cornel Wilde – actor
1754 Molly Pitcher (Mary Ludwig) – heroine of the American Revolution
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