Cross burned on lawn of Obama supporters in Hardwick

[Kire]

Cross burned on lawn of Obama supporters in Hardwick
by Mike Frassinelli/The Star-Ledger
Thursday November 06, 2008, 2:05 PM

A family of Barack Obama supporters awakened this morning to find a burned 6-foot cross on the front lawn of their home in northern Warren County, police said.
The charred cross was partly wrapped with a homemade congratulatory banner that declared "President Obama Victory '08" and had been stolen from the lawn the night before, police said.

"Living in the 21st century, and we have to deal with this -- in America," said Gary Grewal, a native of India who lives with his wife and 8-year-old daughter on Millbrook Road in picturesque Hardwick Township.

State Police took the charred cross away in boxes to check for fingerprints or other evidence.

"We are treating it as a bias crime," said Lt. Gerald Lewis, a State Police spokesman.

More: http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2008/11/burning_cross.html

This is not the only thing that is going on in Warren County.

Warm Regards,

Erik B. Anderson
Independence Township, New Jersey
Established 1782

[biermeister]

1. Thanks for the post. As someone who lives in NJ,

I can say that we certainly have our fair share of idiots. I was surprised at some of the posts at the end of the article. Some people seemed to be defending the cross burning. That's hard to believe in this day & age but then again it's NJ!

[hay rick]

2. Bittersweet.

I have fond memories of Warren County. Born there and lived in Belvidere until age 10. No burning cross stories in the old memory bank. Of course, the non-white population in Belvidere at the time (1950's) was 0.