Hummer car dealer burns in West Covina, CA by E.L.F. enviro-terrorists

KTLA | 8-22-03 | KTLA

[bonesmccoy]

A Hummer dealership has been burned by ecoterrorists. KTLA has a chopper over the scene.

Video shows rows of Hummers vandalized by spray paint with words like "I love pollution" and "polluter".

Yellow hummers were vandalized with black spray paint.

Black hummers were vandalized with white spray paint.

Video shows a large building on the site burning.

Willa Sandmeyer is on the scene and reports that fire authorities are coordinating investigation with FBI.

Fire still burning.

0642 hrs New video just put on TV... fire knocked down... but numerous vehicles vandalized.

[rusty millet]

"PETA SHACd with ELF"

No wonder they are so intimidating.

People for Earth Liberation Front and the Ethical Treatment of Animals...

"PELFETA"

Behold! the Power of Cheese!

[Lazamataz]

It's Vick's Vapor-Rub.

How come every single thread in Free Republic finally ends up with the comment "It's Vick's Vapor-Rub"?

[dc27]

Everytime I get on the freeway, I try and set a new record for 0-60mph. They will have to pry my V-8 from my dead body.

[tallhappy]

There was enough damage and law breaking done in this case to prosecute and send them away for a very long time.

Yes. And I am sure they stod there until police came and witnesses saw them in action.

[wjcsux]

I'm one of those nuts who believes it is perfectly OK to blow some scumbag away if they trash your place of business.
I don't have a problem with this.

[stands2reason]

I knew from your post that you were from Texas before I even clicked your name....

[stands2reason]

Smear some Vick's Vapo-rub on your upper lip and tell them you just came from a rave...

[Mr. Mojo]

Are we in a War on Terrorism or what? Why does the DOJ find it so easy to go after non-violent people who sell marijuana to cancer patients but so difficult to go after terrorist crimminals like ELF? This PC bullsh/t has gone way too far. Are we afraid that the enviromarxists will paint all Republicans as enemies of the biosphere? Too late, they already have. Time to arrest these freaks and shut down their operations.

[stands2reason]

OMG!! Don't tell me you're one of them "furries"!!

[.cnI redruM]

I thought we were fighting a war against terrorism.

[Mark17]

I'm one of those nuts who believes it is perfectly OK to blow some scumbag away if they trash your place of business.

So did the Koreans from LA, during the 92 Rodney King riots. I think you are preaching to the choir here. Most of us agree with you. These slime sucking scum bags have no right to destroy private property.

[Weimdog]

Convicted Arsonist and PETA Grantee Spoke at San Diego 'Animal Liberation'
Event Hours Before Condo Development Blaze

WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- As the frightening images of a massive
August 2nd arson are seared into the minds of San Diego residents, many are
left to wonder just who the Earth Liberation Front (ELF) is and who pays its
bills. As law enforcement begins to look for answers, members of the public
should know that the shadowy ELF enjoys financial backing from at least one
tax-exempt, above-ground group -- the activists at People for the Ethical
Treatment of Animals (PETA).

A recent federal income tax return filed by PETA shows a $1,500 cash
payment to the "North American Earth Liberation Front." And Rodney Coronado, a
convicted arsonist who previously received $70,400 from PETA, was in San Diego
on the day of the University City arson.

Coronado spent 57 months in federal prison for firebombing a Michigan
State University research lab. When ABC News's John Stossel confronted PETA
President Ingrid Newkirk earlier this year about her organization's financial
support of Coronado, she said that he is "a fine young man."

http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/08-04-2003/0001994926&EDATE=

[Dead Corpse]

Not necessarily. There are "compassionate" conservatives here on FR who say "its only property" as if the thief's life outweighs the value of my Right to keep my property.

All of my property I attained via trading pieces of my life for things I felt I wanted. Stealing said property is akin to stealing pieces of my life.

I hold a rather dim view of thieves and those that try to protect them and justify their actions.

[Marysecretary]

What really makes them any different from the KKK and al qaeda?

[Marysecretary]

She sounds like a real winner, huh? These people make me sick.

[Aquinasfan]

This is war.

Not to diminish the evil of this act, but I have to wonder about the security at Hummer and SUV dealerships. A 24 hour armed guard would be a relatively inexpensive investment.

[kezekiel]

One night, I had all 4 tires slashed on my Suburban, and my neighbor had all 4 slashed on his F-150. Thank heavens I had a spare set, or I would have been out a pretty penny.

[mhking]

Updated photos from KNBC-TV/DT Los Angeles:

[Aquinasfan]

He really, really wants one.

We all do. We just can't afford one 8-)

[Aquinasfan]

Ashcroft won't do a damn thing about them

Think the gov't's going to use the RICO Act against them? < /rhetorical question>