Secret Service Eyes Racist Hate Mail
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Posted By: Michael King
Reported by: Kevin Rowson
CLAYTON COUNTY, Ga. -- Think of going to your mail box and finding a letter that threatens your life. That's what has happened to several residents of a neighborhood in Clayton County.
The letters are the subject of a hate crime investigation and now the Secret Service is involved -- that's because some of the letters include threats to the life of a presidential candidate. The letter targets people for their specific race or ethnicity.
Debbie Johnson says she was one of the first people to move into the Bear Creek neighborhood 23 years ago. The bucolic neighborhood that surrounds a small lake has been a peaceful respite away from the hustle and bustle of the city. She said she has never been more devastated by what is happening to her and her neighbors.
"I was in shock," she said. "I was embarrassed -- I was devastated to think someone actually thinks like that."
Someone is putting hate letters in several residents' mail boxes. Part of it has attracted the attention of the US Secret Service -- a threat to get rid of Barack Obama if he gets into the White House.
Secret Service Special agent Forrest Pruitt dictated a statement to 11Alive News: "The Secret Service takes any threats directed toward presidential candidates very seriously and will investigate this matter as a top priority."
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