Doll With RACIAL SLURS Hung On Black Church With NOOSE

[Segami]

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VIDEO:

<http://www.myfoxdc.com/dpp/news/local/laurel-hate-crime-investigation>


" Laurel police were trying Monday to determine who hung a doll from a noose in front of an African American church on Laurel Park Drive late Saturday or early Sunday, authorities said.


A maintenance man found the doll, which was hanging from a tree in front of the City of Zion Church, about 7:30 a.m. Sunday, said Gregory Strong, the pastor. Someone had written racial slurs on the doll, along with references to President Obama, he said.


"This was meant to rattle our congregation," Strong said. "Very disturbing, very disturbing."


Strong said he called police, and the doll was removed before congregants arrived for services. He said he thought the doll was meant to scare congregants in the days before Tuesday's election.


"This was not coincidence," he said.

Jim Collins, a Laurel police spokesman, said that officers collected fingerprints from the doll and rope and remained in the area, undercover, looking for suspects. There were no leads Monday, he said.


He said the words used and the way they were written indicated that the incident was not an act of teenage vandalism but an orchestrated effort by an adult. He said that police had not received any recent reports of similar incidents but that officers would investigate this one thoroughly.


"This was something that somebody really planned," he said. "We would love to apprehend these people."


<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/11/01/AR2010110106604.html>

[madmax]

1. No words. Absolutely no freaking words. nt

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[madmax]

16. I hear that... nt

[sunnybrook]

2. Ain't Gonna Let Nobody

Turn me around, turn me around, turn me around....

[madrchsod]

14. marching up to freedom land.....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5Z1trynEHs&feature=related

[kwolf68]

3. Holy cow

Like the poster above...no words.

[CakeGrrl]

4. But CNN will tell you that couldn't have been a Teabagger, because

they're not racist, yanno?

[marmar]

5. Actually in Laurel, MD.......

DC area for sure, but not "in DC"

[11 Bravo]

6. But Beck and Limbaugh swear that all the hate is on the Left!

[Blue_Tires]

7. I was shocked to see "D.C." in the headline

Until I saw it really happened in Laurel...Not so shocking...

[liberalmuse]

8. Cowards!

And they hang a baby. Scum of the earth. God I hate these fuckers. 'I'm not a bigot' my ass.

[Frustratedlady]

9. How many more years will this continue.

What a shameful display. I'm SO sick of it.

[gratuitous]

10. Maybe this crap worked 75 years ago

But our racist friends are liable to find out that a long prison stretch is in store for them and their feeble attempts at intimidation. Also, their targets don't get scared and hide anymore. They respond, and they have support. Tell you Tea Bagging friends, asshole.

[proud patriot]

11. Cowards

[SteppingRazor]

12. Thanks to whoever hung that doll.

It serves as a perfect, crystal-clear reminder of everything liberals in this country are fighting against. In an election that has seen the rise of a blatantly racist wing of the GOP that refuses to publicly acknowledge its bigoted beliefs in all but the most oblique ways, this incident should serve as a catalyst for anyone who has forgotten what the right wing of this country stands for and what it means if they gain power.

So, again, thanks doll hanger. You've done the other side a service. Bobby Sands said it about the fighting in Ireland, but the quote is equally apt here: Our revenge will be the laughter of our children.

[dixiegrrrrl]

15. For people who cannot play videos, it would nice to have the state mentioned in the OP

Lots of OPs posting a video, with no mention of location.
Some of us can't or won't play the video, don't have time, etc, but have no idea where the state is.

When I see Laurel, I think Mississippi.

[Segami]

17. Its from Laurel MD, Maryland

[foxfeet]

18. I'm no longer surprised to be appalled.

[supernova]

19. Used to live in Laurel

in the mid-late 80s. Sad to see that it really hasn't changed.

:-(

[npk]

20. I'm so sick to my stomach right now

I can barely read these disgusting stories like this one.

[stuntcat]

21. however did this probably votes

:puke: I'm just saying.

It's such a shame. shame shame shame.

[blondeatlast]

22. Words fail. End the hate. nt

[Naturyl]

23. Oh my. A lynching in effigy.

Every time I'm tempted to think well of this country (which thankfully rarely happens), there's something like this.

[Odin2005]

24. Jesus...

:grr:

[GreenPartyVoter]

25. Such an ugly evil. I hadn't realized how badly we stilll suffered from racial

issues until Obama took office and all this nastiness came out into the open. :mad:

[RFKHumphreyObama]

26. I hope karma gets this coward