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Newsjock Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-23-08 12:04 AM
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Swastika spray-painted on interracial couple’s shed under investigation
Source: Terre Haute Tribune-Star

Terre Haute police were investigating an incident in which a swastika was painted on a shed at the home of an interracial couple.

... The couple, who live south of Voorhees Street and west of First Street, say the swastika is the latest in a series of harassing incidents against them that they believe are racially motivated.

... The man said he has filed three other police reports since August 2007. In one incident, a dead rooster was placed in their yard, and in two other incidents, someone damaged their yard with tire tracks.

There have been other incidents they have not reported, including a dead fish being placed at their door. Also, someone used a BB gun to shoot at a window in their home, and there was pellet gun damage to the grandmother’s car.

... Theressa Bynum, president of the Terre Haute branch of the NAACP, ... noted that this is the third incident of swastika graffiti since May. The two other incidents occurred at a Thai restaurant on South Third Street and at the Allen Chapel AME Church at 218 Crawford St.

Read more: http://www.tribstar.com/local/local_story_266235837.html
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firedupdem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-23-08 12:17 AM
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1. There are some really hateful people in this world. n/t
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Indenturedebtor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-23-08 01:05 AM
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2. Yah and Terre Haute is known in Indiana as being one of them
Also avoid Whitestown (shocking I know) and Martinsville.
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bean fidhleir Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-23-08 05:27 AM
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5. I was surprised to read that Indiana has historically been a sort of center of racism
even compared to, say, Mississippi or Alabama. Bigger Klan membership, etc.
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Indenturedebtor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-23-08 08:54 AM
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6. Yes there are certain towns that one just doesn't go to. n/t
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Taverner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-23-08 10:00 AM
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7. Yes - didn't the Klan get "reborn" in Indiana?
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bean fidhleir Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-23-08 10:56 AM
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8. I think you're right - they were just about washed up elsewhere when
they suddenly got a big membership increase in Indiana. Very weird.
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Taverner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-23-08 11:42 AM
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10. Two Ad Men at the time revived it
If I remember correctly, some time around the 1920's.
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orleans Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-23-08 03:22 AM
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3. well, you know what they say about those aryan klansmen
who do weird shit with fish and roosters and paint nazi flags around--THEIR DICKS ARE SO SMALL THEY CAN'T FIND THEM WITH TWEEZERS!

(what a bunch of assholes!)
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1Hippiechick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-23-08 05:17 AM
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4. Why is their shed under investigation?
Edited on Tue Sep-23-08 05:17 AM by 1Hippiechick
LOL - couldn't pass that up. Sorry - no offense - it's early in the a.m., and it just hit me that way. Thanks for starting my day with a chuckle. :)
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Buenaventura Donating Member (269 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-23-08 11:21 AM
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9. my thought, too :) the klan and headline editors are gonna give Indiana a bad rep!
'course some of us still remember dan "potatoe" quayle
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