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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsBe Black in the army: Get "Die N----r" spray painted on your car, tires flattened.
Staff Sgt. Jonathan Charlot was just about to head home for Christmas when he found a racially-charged death threat painted on his car.
Charlot was just leaving Fort Hood on Dec. 23 with the intention to drive home to Houston for the holiday season when he found the words Die N****r sprawled in spray paint across the side of his car. Whats more, all four of his tires had been slashed, a window was smashed, and someone had poured gasoline all over the inside of the car.
Charlots friend, John Martinez, started an online donation fund for Charlot to pay for the damage done to his car among other things, and Martinez wrote in the caption for the fundraising page, Although racism still exists in this country, I never thought I would realize this kind of hatred personally.I cant imagine the emotions my best friend is experiencing but my hope is to raise enough money for him to purchase a new vehicle since his insurance will not cover such an incident.
As for Charlot, the incident has left him feeling disillusioned and upset with the country he is sworn to protect.
It makes me feel disgruntled, unwanted that the America I love isnt the same anymore, he said.
Charlot was just leaving Fort Hood on Dec. 23 with the intention to drive home to Houston for the holiday season when he found the words Die N****r sprawled in spray paint across the side of his car. Whats more, all four of his tires had been slashed, a window was smashed, and someone had poured gasoline all over the inside of the car.
Charlots friend, John Martinez, started an online donation fund for Charlot to pay for the damage done to his car among other things, and Martinez wrote in the caption for the fundraising page, Although racism still exists in this country, I never thought I would realize this kind of hatred personally.I cant imagine the emotions my best friend is experiencing but my hope is to raise enough money for him to purchase a new vehicle since his insurance will not cover such an incident.
As for Charlot, the incident has left him feeling disillusioned and upset with the country he is sworn to protect.
It makes me feel disgruntled, unwanted that the America I love isnt the same anymore, he said.
They flattened his tires too.
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/black-army-sergeant-finds-die-n-r-spray-painted-car-article-1.2937111Verified by the NY Daily News
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Be Black in the army: Get "Die N----r" spray painted on your car, tires flattened. (Original Post)
Feeling the Bern
Jan 2017
OP
A new era of hate continues to rear its ugly head. I wonder what is fueling it!
mfcorey1
Jan 2017
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mfcorey1
(11,082 posts)1. A new era of hate continues to rear its ugly head. I wonder what is fueling it!
Could it be the new, waiting to be installed, administration has awaken the Krackens?
HipChick
(25,532 posts)2. It has always been there..
but Cheeto encourages them to be out in the open...
ProfessorGAC
(71,520 posts)3. On An Army Base?
To a non-com. And army bases don't have security cameras. Geez, they have them on the parking lot here at work and an army base doesn't.
If they catch the perps, someone is going to the stockade for a long time.