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Posted on 11/09/2002 2:38:35 AM PST by KS Flyover
Two black-faced dummies hanging by nooses in a Wichita front yard -- one resident's statement against two men convicted of a killing spree -- does not constitute a hate crime, police said Friday."As disturbing as it may be to our community, it does not rise to the level of a crime," Deputy Police Chief Robert Lee said at a news conference.
Only hours earlier, about a dozen black activists held another news conference in front of the Sedgwick County Courthouse to demand that authorities investigate the yard display as a racially motivated crime.
Especially for black people, they said, a noose is a terrible reminder of the lynchings of African-Americans that occurred in the nation's past.
The demonstrators said they were not defending Reginald and Jonathan Carr, two black men recently convicted of five murders.
The Rev. Wanda McDaniels, president of the local branch of the NAACP, said the display threatened people of color who traveled the street in front of the west-side house.
Earlier this week, some minorities who live in the area had complained about the dummies, which hung for several days before the resident took them down. A sign beneath the dummies said "Carr Bros."
Lee said police did not receive a formal complaint about the display. But they reviewed the situation and determined that no crime had been committed under the city ordinance against bias crimes.
To violate that ordinance, a person would have to commit an underlying crime including assault and battery, disorderly conduct, damage to property, trespass, interfering with telephone service or unlawful use of weapons.
One key factor, Lee said, was that the Wichita display was on the man's property. Although the display offended some people, the man has some right to express himself, Lee said.
The resident, who would not give his name or address out of fear of retaliation, reiterated Friday that he did not intend to offend anyone.
Reach Tim Potter at 268-6684 or tpotter@wichitaeagle.com.
I see your point. How about:
THE CARR BROTHERS SHOULD GET AS GOOD AS THEY GAVE! ...AND WITH EACH OTHER!
"Do you subscribe to Taylor's beliefs?"
#1) Racist (racialist?) or not.......Is the story correct?
#2)I have no idea what Taylor's "beliefs" are.
Would you prefer to (believe) the article were it written by the N.Y.Times?
Are all racists liars? (Racists come in all colors)
Are all those that have no racial bigotry truthful?
And finally, Did this event take place and was it not suppressed by the "main stream" media?
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