Posted on 05/26/2021 5:34:01 AM PDT by Red Badger
A black-owned automobile shop had been targeted for weeks by vandals leaving racist graffiti but the owner was surprised to find out the suspects were also black after he set up surveillance cameras.
The incident unfolded at Dwayne Haynesworth's Auto Body and Repair Shop in Spring Lake, North Carolina.
Haynesworth told WRAL that he was confused by the racist images left on cars by vandals over several weeks.
"I mean I'm not bothering anybody. I'm just out here trying to do business. I don't really know anybody out here," he said.
The spray painted swastikas and KKK figures on his cars and left the message, "please leave." They also damaged several vehicles. The owner said that the vandalism started after one of his vehicles was stolen from the lot he rents.
Haynesworth then set up surveillance cameras to capture images of the vandals.
Just 24 hours later, he showed the video to WRAL's Gilbert Baez.
The video showed two young males who appear to be black trying to steal one of Haynesworth's cars. The shop owner says there was more damage done to his vehicles, including paint scratches and windows broken.
One clue that might have tipped off the police to the incident being not a legitimate instance of white supremacy was that the swastika had one of the arms painted backwards.
Baez noted that the suspects appeared to be smoking a "blunt" on the video captured of them, and added that police didn't take any fingerprints at the scene of the crime.
The Spring Lake Police Department posted screenshots from the surveillance video on their Facebook page and asked for the public's help in identifying the suspects.
VIDEOS AT LINK..........................
They have to manufacture hate. There should be stiff penalties for this.
MAybe a competitor trying to drive him out..................
I wonder why the perps didn’t just ask the owner for a job and become productive members of society?
As another Freeper once pointed out, this occurs when the demand for racism exceeds the supply.
They hardly ever “take fingerprints” unless it was a felony crime of violence.
Isn’t there monetary limits on felony charges. I’d say there was way more than $5000 dollars damage. I call the cops racist because it’s a black shop owner.
Maybe competition..................
There is rarely follow up to these.......for the life of me, I cannot figure out why anyone would do this.
This.
Well, if they were black, then it’s okay.
/sarc
Another hoax to create white supremacy where there is none.
All at the expense of a minority. Thanks libtards.
Well, the shop owner said he was not from there, so it may be local auto shop owners trying to drive him out of town...................
Beyond that, hate crime or fake hate crime, it’s a felony.
The penalty for this MUST be the same penalty as for a Whitey! No exceptions!
Some pigs are more equal than others.......................
Increased incidents like this may portend an upswing in security dog sales along with the cameras that business people are already investing in. Buy dog stocks.
A Facebook-friendly swastika.
The spray painted swastikas and KKK figures on his cars and left the message, “please leave.”
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Classified under fake, polite hate crime.
Had it been real, there would have been no ‘please’....................
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