Halloween decoration mistaken for hate crime

Post by **Roofus** » Wed Oct 20, 2004 6:25 pm

"It had the face of Frankenstein and the hands of a werewolf. Outfitted in jeans and flannel shirt, the creature - stuffed with crumpled newspaper - hung by the neck on a homemade gallows outside a home in the Allendale neighborhood. To its owner, 'Bob' was a Halloween decoration. But to Omali Yeshitela, it was a racially charged symbol of hate. On Tuesday, as police officers on the scene scrambled to contact the homeowner at work, Yeshitela and others from the International People's Democratic Uhuru Movement tore the dummy down... Colleen Watson was surprised and upset when police called her at work to say the display her 15-year-old son had spent two days creating had been torn down. She said it had never occurred to her it would offend anyone... Last year for Halloween, the family beheaded 'Bob,' replicating a guillotine. The year before, 'Bob' lay in a casket. But on Tuesday, 'Bob's' latest incarnation sparked anger."

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DaMadFiddler · Post by **DaMadFiddler** » Wed Oct 20, 2004 6:42 pm

Roofus wrote:But to Omali poop, it was a racially charged symbol of hate.

Roofus wrote:poop and others from the International People's Democratic Uhuru Movement tore the dummy down...

The swear filter strikes again

Post by **Roofus** » Wed Oct 20, 2004 7:45 pm

I fixed it.

Post by **|darc|** » Wed Oct 20, 2004 7:57 pm

Similar local story here...
http://neworleans.cox.net/cci/newslocal ... leId=73624

Orange_Ribbon · Post by **Orange_Ribbon** » Wed Oct 20, 2004 8:43 pm

That is horible. The same thing happened in my town last year to someone I know. It was a straw stuffed man with a jackolaturn head and the ACLU was contacted about it cause it was being hung.

Sir Slash · Post by **Sir Slash** » Thu Oct 21, 2004 2:50 am

People are so F*CKING retarded........ i swear

go to hell you over sensitive retarded ignorant public.... next what? a ghost is representing the KKK? its freakin haloween get lives.... if it doesnt hurt you dont freaking bitch

Post by **Roofus** » Thu Oct 21, 2004 8:57 am

I wonder if these people just drive around all day looking for things to get offended about.

AgentGreen · Post by **AgentGreen** » Thu Oct 21, 2004 10:43 am

The only people that should be offended are the monster-headed werewolf-hand people who have suffered years of oppression from the human race! But since they don't exist there isn't anything to be bitching about. I can see if the thing was wearing a Funkenstein mask though...

CoasterKing · Post by **CoasterKing** » Thu Oct 21, 2004 5:03 pm

Roofus wrote:I wonder if these people just drive around all day looking for things to get offended about.

The world is full of nosey, PC loving, brainless do-gooders who act before they think.

Three years ago me and my friends were driving to a Halloween party and two of us in the backseat were wearing "wasssssssuuup" stoned scream masks (pictured below)

The morning after (7:30am to be precise. I'd had 2 hours sleep

) there were three policemen nearly breaking down our door, demanding to know where the four of us had been the night before. It turns out some moronic old wanker had reported my flatmates car registration number, saying that we were on our way to commit an armed robbery

Luckily when we showed them the masks they had a good laugh about it.

I mean it was Halloween night for crying out loud... Whoever reported us was lacking good eyesight and quite possibly a brain too!

impetus · Post by **impetus** » Thu Oct 21, 2004 7:31 pm

^ lol, that's too funny

as for the news article, GEEZ retarded people! A hate crime? No, invading someone's private property and vandalising - THAT's a crime.

Orange_Ribbon · Post by **Orange_Ribbon** » Thu Oct 21, 2004 8:17 pm

It is funny because you can make a drunk irishman joke at a bar, but you can't hang a werewolf effigy. Personally I would press charges, and ask the judge to have to rebuild it instead of a prision sentence. What ever happened to just ASKING what the meaning of things are.

weeperofsouls · Post by **weeperofsouls** » Thu Oct 21, 2004 8:20 pm

people are stupid.

ragnarok2040 · Post by **ragnarok2040** » Thu Oct 21, 2004 9:00 pm

That's strange, no one's said anything about the child's leg sticking out of the dirt in my front yardlet.. thingie, but it's white and plastic.

mariobro · Post by **mariobro** » Fri Oct 22, 2004 2:48 pm

But if someone put together a beheading scene on their lawn, you BET some people would get worked up...

int80h · Post by **int80h** » Fri Oct 22, 2004 3:42 pm

the ACLU was contacted about it cause it was being hung.

Uh-Oh, I hope nobody calls the ACLU on me because I'm hung too.

Halloween decoration mistaken for hate crime

Halloween decoration mistaken for hate crime

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