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By Dean Close · 2:34pm September 27th, 2015
The Benton County Sheriff's Office has received several reports of mailbox vandalism today. Although the authorities have not identified a suspect, one witness has.
"We had high school boys come by in a truck draped in confederate flags screaming 'N****r" phrases at our house and then taking a bat to our mailbox before speeding away" ...
... "I just thought everyone should know and I thought I would pass that word along to anyone who thought the flag issue was not about hate" ...
Other Vinton residents reported seeing and hearing high school students shouting "White power" as they drove past .. with Confederate flags on their vehicles.
http://www.vintoniowa.org/articles/News/article1015757.html
BlueJazz
(25,348 posts)...of the climate deniers. You show them all the facts, papers written on the subject, percent of CLIMATE scientists who say it's true and all you get are blank stares and firm disbelief. Tell them that we all came from Africa?? Get ready to fight. (I've been there).
One fun thing I'd love to do> Put a spring loaded trigger in one of those mailboxes with a gallon of oil-based black paint that will spray out like a fire-hose when hit. Hallelujah!! I'd love to watch THAT scene at night.
struggle4progress
(118,285 posts)BlueJazz
(25,348 posts)..toward individuals even when (I think) they don't deserve it. One of my failures.
MineralMan
(146,316 posts)3' deep with a concrete footing will take care of that nonsense. If I lived there, I'd make up a few of those and install them on request for people in that neighborhood.
struggle4progress
(118,285 posts)Sheriff Randy Forsyth said .. damage to 48 mailboxes .. ranged from a few dents to having the box separated from the post.
One homeowner whose mailbox was vandalized said he saw people inside a pickup truck flying a Confederate flag hitting the mailbox while using racial slurs ...
http://wcfcourier.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/benton-county-investigating-vandalized-mailboxes/article_08a10c0e-aa74-5176-bbba-314538e142d4.html
Omaha Steve
(99,645 posts)Yet after all this time there are still mind sets like this here.