Teens try to burn cross on man's lawn

Spokesman-Review ^ | April 18, 2K4 | Sara Leaming

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Teens try to burn cross on man's lawn

Sara Leaming
Staff writer

Several teenagers were caught by an Elk, Wash., resident Sunday while trying to burn a cross in his front yard, the Spokane County Sheriff's Office said.

The man heard a noise outside his home Sunday morning in the 39000 block of North Hardesty Road and looked outside to see a cross on his front lawn, said sheriff's spokesman Cpl. Dave Reagan.

The man ran outside and saw three teenagers riding away from his home on bicycles, and two more teenagers approaching, Reagan said.

The resident stopped the two approaching teenagers and got the names of the three who had left. All are students at Riverside Middle School, Reagan said.

The wooden cross was about 4 feet tall, Reagan said. The teens had tried to ignite the cross, but were unsuccessful. ‘‘They tried to get it to burn but couldn't get it to go,” Reagan said.

The man is an American Indian, and has two adopted sons who are African American, Reagan said.

Reagan said an investigation into the incident is ongoing. No arrests have been made.

[Southack]

Here in Alabama during the civil rights struggle there was an unwritten rule about the use of force. It's why white racists used firehoses and dogs, but not guns. The unwritten rule was that if a *certain* line was crossed (pun intended for those who like to light up such things), then there would be a bit more than retaliation.

Well, we all know now that the story eventually turned out fine for all involved...but in the heat of the moment it was the fact that Blacks in 'Bama were armed that kept everyone from ....ummmmm....losing their cool, so to speak.

And lets just say that you get a lot fewer cross burnings in even the most racist of regions...when everybody knows that everybody else is armed.

Which suits me just fine, I might add.

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And lets just say that you get a lot fewer cross burnings in even the most racist of regions...when everybody knows that everybody else is armed.

Which suits me just fine, I might add.

I bet it did cool off some hotheads, knowing that you just might get popped.

All men and women should be armed, IMNSHO. All the time. Everywhere they go.

A.K.A. Sleepy Brown

[risk]

Dang! A brotha playing the bagpipes!

Their unit clearly has weapons of Scotish destruction. Insurgents will have soon found out that when they hear that brother piping, it's not a good day for their sniping.

[cyborg]

Dumbasses *LOL*

[cyborg]

LOL!!! Wow here I was thinking they need their ears grabbed.

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They may qualify to be on the next "Jackass" movie. But I ain't mad at them, though. Some folks just don't know any better.

A.K.A. Sleepy Brown

[steve-b]

how can anyone claim to be an exemplar of some "master race" if they don't know about simple s#!* like lighter-fluid? I mean, come the hell ON, skinheads... the rest of us mastered fire back in the Stone Age.

Nazis - Buffoons or wankers with room temperature IQs?

[Skooz]

Someone (we assumed it to be the KKK) burned a cross on my grandfather's lawn about 30 years ago.

Nothing funny about it. He was terrified.

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Did he have any idea as to why it happened?

A.K.A. Sleepy Brown

[Skooz]

No. We never could figure that out. He's white and was recently retired from the Army, and moved back to his native Montgomery, Alabama.

He started a landscaping business when he retired and hired many local black kids and young men. The closest he could figure was that maybe he had hired some black guy over a white guy who wanted the same job.

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He started a landscaping business when he retired and hired many local black kids and young men.

Say no more. There's the answer.

A.K.A. Sleepy Brown

[Eala]

Dang! A brotha playing the bagpipes! That's strange. You don't see that every day.

Click on the picture...

[Vigilantcitizen]

Can you say, "idiots?" I knew you could.

A much milder adjective than what I'm thinking.

[BibChr]

Does Washington law allow for a good, stiff beating?

I'd be one white guy who'd be inclined to sign up. I bet they could get a lot more without breaking a sweat — and not liberals, either.

Dan

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Does Washington law allow for a good, stiff beating?

No, but I wish it did.

A.K.A. Sleepy Brown

[bc2]

In many places it is illegal to shoot at someone without the express intent of killing to defend your life or property. Here in NY, shooting to wound is illegal. See Rights of NY Landowners to Use Force (Display Guns) to Stop, Expel and Arrest Defiant Trespassers (or Theives)

I use #4 or #6 3" mags. If it's serious enough to warrant me pulling out my shotgun, it's serious enough for me to shoot and kill you. If you put me in that position, you won't get a warning or a second chance.

[OXENinFLA]

Hold on there kiddies, Let an old pro show you how this is done.

[Sloth]

"Robert C. Byrd, in my view, would have been right at any time... I cannot think of a single moment in this Nation's 220-plus year history where he would not have been a valuable asset." -- Chris Dodd.

[festus]

;-) Good point ;-)

[King Prout]

yes, exactly. thanks for the belly-laugh!