Mixed-race couple in Nova Scotia vow to leave community after car burning

[CHIMO]

A mixed-race couple nearly driven from their Nova Scotia community when a cross was burned on their lawn is sick of living in fear and looking to leave after their car was found in flames on the weekend.

“This is strike two, we’re not waiting for strike three,” Michelle Lyon said Monday in a telephone interview from her home near Windsor. “When those two were arrested, we thought that was it. But now this.”

Ms. Lyon spoke shortly after returning from court, where one of the men charged in the cross-burning entered a plea of not guilty.

The lawyer for 19-year-old Justin Rehberg pleaded not guilty on his behalf, The Canadian Press reported, and his trial was set for October. His brother, 20-year-old Nathan Rehberg, will enter a plea next month. The men, who share a great-grandparent with Ms. Lyon, remain free on bail.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/atlantic/mixed-race-couple-in-nova-scotia-vow-to-leave-community-after-car-burning/article1539914/

[Prometheus Bound]

1. Looks like such a peaceful area.

That village needs to come together and convince that family to stay. Do whatever it takes.

Related: Two charged in Nova Scotia cross-burning
http://www.vancouversun.com/news/charged+Nova+Scotia+cross+burning/2607136/story.html

[DRex]

2. Who can blame them?

How unfortunate. So many hateful fools in world.