Posted on 09/17/2008 12:34:48 PM PDT by Darren McCarty
Racist slurs were spray-painted across a large Barack Obama presidential campaign billboard alongside a heavily trafficked stretch of US-23 in Pittsfield Township sometime overnight Tuesday.
And the U.S. Secret Service is investigating what now appears to be two threatening letters against Obama that were received in Livingston County, according to news reports.
Michigan State Police were on the scene of the billboard Wednesday morning, and have called in for tracking dogs, police said.
Black spray paint was used to draw three swastikas, symbols of Klan hoods and to write "KKK," "Rebel" and two racial slurs.
The billboard, roughly 10 feet tall by 50 feet wide, is located where Textile Road deadends near US-23, east of Carpenter Road.
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It's not clear how many similar incidents have happened nationwide. Mark Potok, executive director of the Southern Poverty Law Center, an Alabama-based organization that tracks hate crimes, said he's aware of only one other incident in Virginia - and that appeared to involve a regular campaign sign rather than a billboard. In that case, "KKK" was painted on the sign.
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Must have been one of the millions of Ann Arbor right-wingers. (not!)
Unless and until proven otherwise, I’ll maintain that this was a frame-up and smear by scummy leftist stooges.
And regardless, whomever did it was a bleeping a-hole.
Just like the bleeping a-hole who did this:
Sarah Palin’s personal Yahoo account hijacked, e-mails posted online
ZDNet | 9/17/2008 | Ryan Naraine
Posted on 09/17/2008 11:15:26 AM PDT by Domandred
Edited on 09/17/2008 2:32:08 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2084481/posts?page=0
Black spray paint was used to draw three swastikas, symbols of Klan hoods and to write "KKK," "Rebel" and two racial slurs.
Michigan also is know for its militias. Yes, there are rebel flags in odd places: basketball backboards, hanging in windows, flying in yards, and that’s in my small town. Doesn’t really explain a person’s political persuasion—they could be Southern Democrats.
Don’t put up McCain-Palin signs, though, ‘cause the teen thugs will destroy them.
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