The Dallas Murder America Doesn’t Want to Talk About
Chandra Nagamallaiah was brutally killed in front of his family. Why are mainstream media and politicians silent?
When you Google, “who died on September 10?,” the search giant will spit out: “Charlie Kirk (2025), ballerina Michaela DePrince (2024), author Tina McElroy Ansa (2024), and former U.S. Senator Jim Sasser (2024).” One name is notably missing: Chandra Nagamallaiah. Indeed, his name seems almost absent from mainstream conversations. It took days for Rep. Ro Khanna to issue an official statement, and even longer for presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy and President Donald Trump to do so. Still, most public figures have yet to mention him.
Some say it’s because Kirk, a political commentator whom the Trump administration loved, took over headlines. He’s still trending on X. Others say Nagamallaiah’s death isn’t politically convenient — who would care to mourn an Indian American man? But, amid it all, lies one uncomfortable truth: that most have used Nagamallaiah’s death to further their agendas. And, for most people, he doesn’t fit their pre-conceived narratives.