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Someone set New Haven's Christmas tree on fire (VIDEO)
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Posted on 12/12/2011 4:45:30 PM PST by matt04

Police and fire officials are trying to figure out who set the Christmas tree on the New Haven Green on fire on Saturday night

Officials said they found Bibles burning under the tree.

"It's a wonderful beautiful Christmas tree for families to see," one resident said.

The fire department shut down the power which lights up the tree because some of the wires were damaged. The city says fire investigators are looking to see if the Bibles were intentionally set on fire.

"It's wrong. They're disrespecting the holidays," another resident said.

"There can't be Christmas without lights," someone else said.

The city has already repaired the damaged power lines at a cost of about $1,200.

Residents are just happy the tree is still standing and that it's lighted again.

If you think you have any info that may help investigators figure out what happened, call New Haven Police.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Connecticut
KEYWORDS: bible; christmastree; newhaven; religion
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I'm sure the MSM will be looking to find a Tea Party connection to this crime.
1 posted on 12/12/2011 4:45:36 PM PST by matt04
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To: matt04

Wiccans. OWS or/and gays.


2 posted on 12/12/2011 4:47:53 PM PST by GeronL (The Right to Life came before the Right to Pursue Happiness)
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To: matt04

New Haven, a haven for illegals, communists and dumbass liberals.

Take your choice as to who did it. You won’t be wrong with any one of them.


3 posted on 12/12/2011 4:49:11 PM PST by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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To: matt04

Burning bibles — that has a familiar ring to it -—


4 posted on 12/12/2011 4:49:17 PM PST by EagleUSA
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>>The city says fire investigators are looking to see if the Bibles were intentionally set on fire.

No, Bibles just walk up to Christmas trees and burst into flames. Happens all the time!


5 posted on 12/12/2011 4:49:44 PM PST by Bryanw92 (The solution to fix Congress: Nuke em from orbit. It's the only way to be sure!)
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To: matt04

Must be those Amish again..


6 posted on 12/12/2011 4:49:49 PM PST by MAexile (Bats left, votes right)
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To: matt04

The dangerous thing in such times is miscalculation. There is a line,,,,somewhere. Someone will cross it,,,


7 posted on 12/12/2011 4:50:54 PM PST by DesertRhino (I was standing with a rifle, waiting for soviet paratroopers, but communists just ran for office)
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>>>Wiccans. OWS or/and gays

Or militant atheist that may also belong in those categories as well...


8 posted on 12/12/2011 4:50:58 PM PST by Keith in Iowa (Hope & Change - I'm out of hope, and change is all I have left every week | FR Class of 1998 |)
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So because Bibles were used to set the Christmas tree on fire should we riot and cause general trouble?
What a strange thing for someone to do.


9 posted on 12/12/2011 4:52:55 PM PST by svcw (God's Grace - thank you!)
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To: Keith in Iowa

lol. All of the above.

Someone google and find out how many gay Wiccan/atheist sites in New Haven there are....


10 posted on 12/12/2011 4:55:16 PM PST by GeronL (The Right to Life came before the Right to Pursue Happiness)
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To: svcw

Sorry, those actions are reserved for Barbarians (muslims) and the koran.


11 posted on 12/12/2011 4:55:31 PM PST by eyeamok
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“Wiccan. OWS or/and gays.”

...Or muzzies, athiests, or liberal Democrats. Perhaps when they find the culprits, they should set them on fire.


12 posted on 12/12/2011 4:58:02 PM PST by Ernie Kaputnik ((It's a mad, mad, mad world.))
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To: matt04

And will the perp be charged with a hate crime?


13 posted on 12/12/2011 5:00:17 PM PST by kidd
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To: matt04

No mention of it being a hate crime.


14 posted on 12/12/2011 5:01:35 PM PST by Tai_Chung
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To: eyeamok

Yep.


15 posted on 12/12/2011 5:02:33 PM PST by svcw (God's Grace - thank you!)
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To: Tai_Chung

It definitely fits the profile and definition of a hate crime.


16 posted on 12/12/2011 5:08:00 PM PST by khnyny (Our government has become Hal in "2001 A Space Odyssey")
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To: matt04
Don't let 'em pin this on Uncle Lewis.


17 posted on 12/12/2011 5:09:51 PM PST by Charles Martel (Endeavor to persevere...)
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So because Bibles were used to set the Christmas tree on fire should we riot and cause general trouble? What a strange thing for someone to do.

I'm having serious trouble seeing where anyone claimed "we should riot"????

18 posted on 12/12/2011 5:10:18 PM PST by raybbr (People who still support Obama are either a Marxist or a moron.)
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To: Bryanw92

Ahahaha...ahaha... I know, right?


19 posted on 12/12/2011 5:11:22 PM PST by Winstons Julia (Hello OWS? We don't need a revolution like China's; China needs a revolution like OURS.)
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To: Tai_Chung

It definitely fits the profile and definition of a hate crime.

See, the thing is, everyone knows that Christians don’t murder those that disagree with them and they are supposed to “turn the other cheek”, etc. But what they don’t realize is, Jesus did not condone evil and exhorts his followers to correct evil and wrongdoing within the community....ignoring evil is a sin in and of itself.


20 posted on 12/12/2011 5:12:18 PM PST by khnyny (Our government has become Hal in "2001 A Space Odyssey")
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