Wake Forest subdivision spray painted with racial slurs

WRAL Raleigh ^ | 8/21/2010 | Anne Johnson

[Spike Knotts]

Wake Forest, N.C. — Some Wake Forest residents woke up Saturday to find their neighborhood spray painted with racial slurs and other graffiti. Police calls about the vandalism in the Carriage Run subdivision, off Ligon Mill Road, came in around 3:15 a.m. Racial slurs were spray painted in red on a stop sign and in the roadway of Coach Lantern Avenue and Kemble Drive. A house and car on Kemble Ridge Drive were also spray painted. Investigators said they don't believe that a specific person was targeted. No arrests have been made. Public Works crews were sent out to cover up the slurs and clean up the vandalism.

[UCANSEE2]

Pile on...electrons are virtually weightless.

That's more like it!

Are there any other pictures of these so-called 'slurs'. The one posted seems to be really tightly cropped (and I must assume there is a good(or bad) reason.

[UCANSEE2]

I just like the lyrics.

Somehow I knew you would.

The song is PEPPER, by the BUTTHOLE SURFERS (what an atrocious name).

[UCANSEE2]

Here is the whole song, if you want to listen to it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NTltKbfvnfI

[Spike Knotts]

Update: WRAL has now changed the picture accompanying the story to a shot of the same graffiti, but from an angle that makes it harder to see. Wonder why they would do that?



Notice now it is much easier to imagine whatever symbol you want to be there.

They've also added a video, which curiously never quite captures a "racial slur." Obviously due to some inherent flaw in the camera equipment they were unable to get it all in the frame. The best they could do was pan on what appeared to be "fuckin" spraypainted on the street. Odd, that.

Despite the newscasters promise at the beginning of the video that "homes, mailboxes, streets (were) all covered with racial slurs," none appear on camera. I guess the crew was camera shy that day.





This is Jesse McKinney. He's standing in front of his house, which was vandalized with an unknown racist symbol. About a year ago, he found the following note in his mailbox...which he conveniently kept. "Clan" is misspelled on the note, but not in the news story.



It's quite a story.

[mylife]

Mr Peppermints kid LoL

[UCANSEE2]

Thanks for the other picture. At least now I can tell how high the vandals had to reach to spray this on.

If these were some juveniles trying out for a gang, I would say the gang should label it , EPIC FAIL.

[UCANSEE2]

From the note, I would guess that Aliens shaped somewhat like ducks will invade Earth and kill us all off.

[Vigilantcitizen]

Y’all leave Early Cuyler alone. Lol

I’m from North Georgia, and I got a distant relative that is Early Cuyler to the tee.

[UCANSEE2]

I found the culprits.

CLAN OF THE DUCK

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7074781622991454300#

[AeWingnut]

Has everyone heard about the stories where someone has found a noose, and that’s supposed to be an expression of anti-black bigotry? I have lost count of the number of those specific cases in which a black person him/herself planted a noose in a public place, so as to stir things up. It turned out that there was no racist KKK member demonstrating hatred in these cases. But, the MSM dutifully reports that a noose was found, and doesn’t do the follow-up when the black culprit is discovered.

Yes especially the failure to follow up

My workplace subscribes to Diversity Magazine and I had to quit looking at it. Completely and totally offensive. They do the same thing. Report absurd stories and are no where when the story is later retracted.

[philman_36]

The picture contained in this thread shows some kind of white louvered wood work.
It doesn't reach the ground.
It can't be a garage door, nor a window.
It looks like the side of a house. See the brick at the bottom? (usually 6-8" high) The "louvered wood work" is simply siding. (about 4" each x 8/9)
Rough height about 40" (approx 3 1/2' - 4').
Kids!

Another view...(which I found after the above assessment)

[philman_36]

I don’t care how much clout you have here.

How do you get clout here? All I usually get is ignored. (which can be a good thing sometimes)

[philman_36]

Another instance of “I need to read the rest of the thread before responding” for me.

[UCANSEE2]

Thanks. I saw that other picture just a little while ago.

[UCANSEE2]

How do you get clout here?

I don't know. But I have heard there is a cure for it.

All I usually get is ignored.

I start with the assumption that no one reads my comments. Makes life easier.

[UCANSEE2]

How do you get clout here?

I don't know. But I have heard there is a cure for it.

All I usually get is ignored.

I start with the assumption that no one reads my comments. Makes life easier.

[UCANSEE2]

Another instance of “I need to read the rest of the thread before responding” for me.

Now THAT is a disease I often catch myself, here on FR.

[UCANSEE2]

Oops. Sorry for the double post. My fault.

[Spike Knotts]

I think it’s higher than that. The siding used there is “beaded smooth” Hardieplank. It has a 7” exposure. There are 11 planks painted, for a total of 77”. I count 4.25 bricks there of regular residential type. Each brick is 2.25”. That gives us 9.5” for brick. 86.5” total, or 7’ 2.5”.

http://www.jameshardie.com/homeowner/products_siding_hardieplankLapSiding.py
http://www.thebricksite.com/

I think it would be very interesting to have Mr. McKinney demonstrate his reach next to the graffiti.

[philman_36]

But I have heard there is a cure for it.
I'll pass on the square needle in the testicle and just suffer.

I start with the assumption that no one reads my comments. Makes life easier.
I don't know "no one". Have they been a FReeper long?