Posted on 09/23/2008 12:28:47 PM PDT by lwd
ROCKWELL — A Depot Street couple discovered Sunday that someone did more than just disagree with their choice for president.
Someone spray-painted a racial slur on the Barack Obama campaign sign in their front yard.
Sharon Osetek, who is black, and her husband, Alan Osetek, who is white, were leaving their Depot Street home Sunday morning when they discovered someone had spray-painted the word "n-----" on the Obama sign in front of their house.
The sign is blue with the names Obama and Biden printed in white. The sign is outlined in white and a lighter shade of blue.
Someone had sprayed the slur in white across the sign.
The couple were on their way to Obama's campaign rally in Charlotte Sunday and were leaving their home around 7:45 a.m.
On their way out of the driveway, Sharon noticed the writing.
"It was shock," she said. "Even though I knew I was in that type environment, it didn't really bother me until yesterday."
Alan was driving, and he didn't immediately get a good look at the sign. But Sharon did.
"I could pretty much make it out at the time," she said. "It was written on both sides."
Alan was a bit skeptical at first. He told his wife he didn't believe someone would actually write the "N word" on their sign.
But he soon saw it, too.
The couple decided to continue on to the rally, leaving the sign in place at the edge of their yard.
The Oseteks chose to leave the sign up to "show the ignorance that still goes on," Sharon said.
"I was hoping I didn't live in this type community," she said.
When they arrived home, the sign was gone. As they approached their front porch, it was lying near the steps.
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The one and only 0bama sign in Rockwell, NC gets vandalized.
The Oseteks say they don't understand why it wouldn't be classified as a hate crime.
I’m calling BS...
Gee, I wonder if they painted it themselves to bring attention to the “race” issue?
I hope they washed the paint off their hands before calling the press.
Like this is the FIRST time this has happened.
In 99% of the time these stories, the victim and the perp are the same person.
Ditto here. BS
That’s been the case in about 3/4 of the “racial incidents” in the past decade.
Anybody seen Professor Kerri Dunn?
This isn’t the way we do business...
Either they did it themselves or other Obama supporters did it.
Do you have the documentation on that number? I’ve got some folks I’d really like to show that to!
Tawana Brawley anyone?
We joke about it but if you look at the history of these types of incidents, the overwhelming majority were people painting the racist or sexist signs themselves. The percentage goes up to 100% if the incident occurred on a college campus or to a professor.
Could this be another Madonna Constantine moment?
Agree with all of the above. Inside job.
Total garbage! Keep it up though folks! It seems to be working! I’m really starting to get the urge to vote BO! ~sarc
It should be classified as one and the Oseteks should get an additional two years tacked on to their sentence for the hate crime enhancement. Live by the sword, die by the sword.
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