Noose Hung At Equality California: Police "Sometimes you just have to live with being a victim"

Noose Hung At Equality California

Workers arrived at the Santa Ana office of Equality California to find a small string noose hanging from the door. Local police were uninterested. EQCA employee Mel Distel relates her exchange with the cop who responded to her call:

"There was nothing they could do, of course, there was no suspect and no crime had been committed. The officer said 'what it is, is a string on a door.' My vision got blurry, I was embarrased and felt stupid for making the call. I took a deep breath and said 'Do you see any correlation between the fact that this is a gay office and there was a noose left on our door in the wake of all of these teen suicides?' The officer said, 'Sometimes you just have to live with being a victim,' and proceeded to mention that his car had been broken into before." That didn't exactly sit well with Distel. "As if that's the same. As if having your stereo stolen is anything like the message 'You should kill yourself.' As if random theft is anything like an act meant to convey hate and stir up fear in the heart of a minority group."

http://joemygod.blogspot.com/2010/10/noose-hung-at-equality-california.html

It makes me want to hang a butchered pig on HIS door....and tell him:

"Sometimes you just have to be live with being a victim".

Dickead. I hope this gets reported to less dense "higher ups".

I had an interloper about a month back trying to get through my security gate. Called 911 and was told they would not send a unit for trespassers. It took me point out that I was armed and willing to use it to get a response. Its the way things are these days.

you got someone to come out.

Budget cuts on the police force?.....Just fabulous.:eyes:

Not sure one way or the other.

In my case I live out in the twigs in what amounts to a private valley. There is no public access. I have had trouble with OHV users since I bought the property. I finally put in the mother of all security gates and a choke point on the private road. Violators have tapered off since then. However, every so often, one of them gets persistent. If you climb the rocks, you can get to the release pins (required for safety). That is what this guy was doing despite signs saying private property, no trespassing, and that violators would be towed (a controversial but effective tactic). He was climbing back over the rocks when the deputy showed up. At that point, I rode up on my quad. The bubba was quite defensive, possibly because his girlfriend/wife was with him, but got a clue and moved on.

More on where I live here: http://journals.democraticunderground.com/ProgressiveProfessor/25