Topic: Connecticut couple fined $100/day for refusing to remove racial vandalism until police investigate
beckyderp !yDoooooooo started this discussion 9 years ago #60,190
http://www.theroot.com/conn-interracial-couple-refuses-to-remove-racial-slur-1792579073It’s been a month since someone spray-painted the word “nigger” on an interracial couple’s home in Stamford, Conn., over the Martin Luther King Jr. Day weekend, to be precise. However, the couple have refused to remove it, saying that authorities are not properly investigating the incident. And now the couple have received a blight citation from the city, carrying a $100 daily fine.
According to the Stamford Advocate, the couple believe that they are now under attack by the people who were supposed to protect them after receiving the citation for refusing to remove or cover up the slur, which was spray-painted in huge letters across their garage door.
Heather Lindsay, who is white, said that she will not remove the slur until authorities “do their job” and “not just cover it up and sweep it under the table as they have done in the past.”
Lindsay said that her home has been vandalized multiple times and that at least three neighbors have yelled the n-word at her husband, Lexene Charles, who is black.
“For them to be called nigger, it must be so hurtful that they can easily just erase the board and suffer within, quietly by themselves, and act like nothing happened,” Darnell Crosland, legal counsel for the state’s NAACP, told the news site. “And, in fact, that’s what the Stamford police asked them to do. They were requested to take the sign down ... and to just act normal, like nothing happened.”
Crosland is calling on the Stamford Police Department to conduct a full investigation of the hateful vandalism and to assure the couple of their safety.
“What we want you do to is to go canvass this neighborhood and find out who did this,” Crosland added. “What we want you to do is to put a patrol car out here and act like you give a damn, and make sure these people are protected.”
According to the Stamford Advocate, the couple believe that they are now under attack by the people who were supposed to protect them after receiving the citation for refusing to remove or cover up the slur, which was spray-painted in huge letters across their garage door.
Heather Lindsay, who is white, said that she will not remove the slur until authorities “do their job” and “not just cover it up and sweep it under the table as they have done in the past.”
Lindsay said that her home has been vandalized multiple times and that at least three neighbors have yelled the n-word at her husband, Lexene Charles, who is black.
“For them to be called nigger, it must be so hurtful that they can easily just erase the board and suffer within, quietly by themselves, and act like nothing happened,” Darnell Crosland, legal counsel for the state’s NAACP, told the news site. “And, in fact, that’s what the Stamford police asked them to do. They were requested to take the sign down ... and to just act normal, like nothing happened.”
Crosland is calling on the Stamford Police Department to conduct a full investigation of the hateful vandalism and to assure the couple of their safety.
“What we want you do to is to go canvass this neighborhood and find out who did this,” Crosland added. “What we want you to do is to put a patrol car out here and act like you give a damn, and make sure these people are protected.”
Meta joined in and replied with this 9 years ago, 2 minutes later[^] [v] #763,894
Do they have a good chance of fighting it in court? I imagine a lot of attorneys would take the case pro boner.
beckyderp !yDoooooooo (OP) replied with this 9 years ago, 2 minutes later, 5 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #763,897
@previous (Meta)
Some law professor's blog was saying there's a First Amendment problem for the city. It would be a fascinating case.
Some law professor's blog was saying there's a First Amendment problem for the city. It would be a fascinating case.
Big Daddy Derek !Uvm54ORbmo joined in and replied with this 9 years ago, 7 minutes later, 12 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #763,902
@OP
They probably did it themselves for attention.
They probably did it themselves for attention.
Anonymous D joined in and replied with this 9 years ago, 26 minutes later, 39 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #763,925
@previous (Big Daddy Derek !Uvm54ORbmo)
Yea, no shit. Like some of these church fires, I think we're done by someone on the inside.
Yea, no shit. Like some of these church fires, I think we're done by someone on the inside.
Meta replied with this 9 years ago, 5 hours later, 6 hours after the original post[^] [v] #764,025
@763,897 (beckyderp !yDoooooooo)
But then KKK members will be able to paint swastikæ on their houses.
But then KKK members will be able to paint swastikæ on their houses.
Anonymous E joined in and replied with this 9 years ago, 9 minutes later, 6 hours after the original post[^] [v] #764,027
@previous (Meta)
There are already people who fly Nazi flags on their property and claim first amendment protections.
There are already people who fly Nazi flags on their property and claim first amendment protections.
Sheila LaBoof joined in and replied with this 9 years ago, 29 minutes later, 6 hours after the original post[^] [v] #764,030
someone with a paint can is one damn jive turkey
