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Race of culprits in Confederate monument defacing surprises some
Southern AP News ^
| December 17, 2007
| DESIREE HUNTER
Posted on 12/20/2007 10:04:27 PM PST by stainlessbanner
MONTGOMERY, Ala. - When vandals sprayed black paint on the faces and hands of statues on the Capitol's Confederate monument and left a reference to a rebellious slave's hanging, many assumed it was the work of blacks looking to make a statement.< snip >
But the apprehension of three white 17-year-olds raised questions Monday about the motive and whether they should be charged with a hate crime as originally proposed.
< snip >The letters and numbers "N.T. 11 11 31" were also written in black paint on the monument's limestone base, an apparent reference to slave Nat Turner who was hanged on November 11, 1831 for starting a bloody rebellion.
(Excerpt) Read more at jacksonville.com ...
TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Alabama
KEYWORDS: confederate; dixie; dncbrownshirts; hatecrime; monument; ratcrime; vandal; vandalism; weirdhatecrimes
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Dixie Ping
News from Montgomery
To: stainlessbanner
could have been just vandals or maybe a pc freeper
has anyone seen NS?
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posted on
12/20/2007 10:09:36 PM PST
by
wardaddy
(I have come to the conclusion that even though imperfect....Thompson is my choice.)
To: wardaddy
“Has anyone seen N-S?”
ROTFLMAO!
(Although the topic isn’t funny by a long shot.)
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posted on
12/20/2007 10:14:12 PM PST
by
BnBlFlag
(Deo Vindice/Semper Fidelis "Ya gotta saddle up your boys; Ya gotta draw a hard line")
Comment #5 Removed by Moderator
To: wardaddy
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posted on
12/20/2007 10:27:17 PM PST
by
TomServo
To: stainlessbanner
"I could have betted $100 million that they weren't black. Black people don't do things like that," he said. "I knew they were white and they were educated whites because of the Nat Turner reference." Ain't no blacks know nothing about no Nat Truner.
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posted on
12/20/2007 10:43:10 PM PST
by
Between the Lines
(I am very cognizant of my fallibility, sinfulness, and other limitations.)
To: stainlessbanner
Note to a few nuts in the South, of whatever stripe:
This is 2007. Get a life and move on.
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posted on
12/20/2007 10:44:55 PM PST
by
unspun
(God save us from egos -- especially our own.)
To: stainlessbanner
The Southern Poverty Law Center put them up to it.
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posted on
12/20/2007 10:51:47 PM PST
by
Between the Lines
(I am very cognizant of my fallibility, sinfulness, and other limitations.)
To: Between the Lines
The Southern Poverty Law Center ...
For some reason, I find that to be a creepy name for an organization.
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posted on
12/20/2007 11:18:05 PM PST
by
RobinOfKingston
(Man, that's stupid...even by congressional standards.)
To: Between the Lines
Ain't no blacks know nothing about no Nat Truner. Sure they do. He's that black singer.
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posted on
12/20/2007 11:29:32 PM PST
by
VeniVidiVici
(No buy China!!)
To: NewsGuy2005
Make it perfectly clear that you understand that they're young, white liberals trying to send a message and "do right" -- and then hang their ass with their own damned law, and let their liberal elders watch while you do it.
To: VeniVidiVici
Ain’t no blacks know nothing about no Nat Truner.
Sure they do. He’s that black singer.
Right, he just died not long ago.
Nat and Tina Truner.
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posted on
12/20/2007 11:46:42 PM PST
by
tet68
( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
To: Between the Lines
How many 17-year-olds, of any race, could name the date on which Nat Turner was hanged?
To: stainlessbanner
A punk ass thug is a punk ass thug regardless of color or age.
Throw the book at them and as part of their punishment, make them scrub the paint off the monument with toothbrushes until it shines.
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posted on
12/21/2007 12:01:24 AM PST
by
Dr.Zoidberg
(Mohammedanism - Bringing you only the best of the 6th century for fourteen hundred years.)
To: stainlessbanner
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posted on
12/21/2007 12:02:08 AM PST
by
csvset
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To: lentulusgracchus
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posted on
12/21/2007 3:20:32 AM PST
by
ishabibble
(ALL-AMERICAN INFIDEL)
To: stainlessbanner
Isn’t it ridiculous that how a crime is prosecuted depends on what color the perpetrator is... not even what their intentions might be (the “spirit” of hate crimes legistlation brought to you by the liberal thought police).
This case should be used to illustrate that.
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posted on
12/21/2007 3:48:45 AM PST
by
AbeKrieger
(I judge you on the content of your character.)
To: stainlessbanner
Just another bunch of SPLC-spawned hate-haters, showcasing their irrationality. It’s on the same level as all the good little liberal white college students, destroying nativity scenes ... impinges upon their freedom of religion, don’tcha know. So much pent up rage, but they’re not the haters, oh no.
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