Race of culprits in Confederate monument defacing surprises some

Southern AP News ^ | December 17, 2007 | DESIREE HUNTER

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MONTGOMERY, Ala. - When vandals sprayed black paint on the faces and hands of statues on the Capitol's Confederate monument and left a reference to a rebellious slave's hanging, many assumed it was the work of blacks looking to make a statement.< snip >

But the apprehension of three white 17-year-olds raised questions Monday about the motive and whether they should be charged with a hate crime as originally proposed.

< snip >The letters and numbers "N.T. 11 11 31" were also written in black paint on the monument's limestone base, an apparent reference to slave Nat Turner who was hanged on November 11, 1831 for starting a bloody rebellion.

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Dixie Ping

News from Montgomery

[wardaddy]

could have been just vandals or maybe a pc freeper

has anyone seen NS?

[BnBlFlag]

“Has anyone seen N-S?”

ROTFLMAO!
(Although the topic isn’t funny by a long shot.)

[TomServo]

LOL!! You’re bad...;-)

[Between the Lines]

"I could have betted $100 million that they weren't black. Black people don't do things like that," he said. "I knew they were white and they were educated whites because of the Nat Turner reference."

Ain't no blacks know nothing about no Nat Truner.

[unspun]

Note to a few nuts in the South, of whatever stripe:

This is 2007. Get a life and move on.

[Between the Lines]

The Southern Poverty Law Center put them up to it.

[RobinOfKingston]

The Southern Poverty Law Center ...

For some reason, I find that to be a creepy name for an organization.

[VeniVidiVici]

Ain't no blacks know nothing about no Nat Truner.

Sure they do. He's that black singer.

[lentulusgracchus]

Make it perfectly clear that you understand that they're young, white liberals trying to send a message and "do right" -- and then hang their ass with their own damned law, and let their liberal elders watch while you do it.

[tet68]

Ain’t no blacks know nothing about no Nat Truner.
Sure they do. He’s that black singer.

Right, he just died not long ago.
Nat and Tina Truner.

[Christopher Lincoln]

How many 17-year-olds, of any race, could name the date on which Nat Turner was hanged?

[Dr.Zoidberg]

A punk ass thug is a punk ass thug regardless of color or age.

Throw the book at them and as part of their punishment, make them scrub the paint off the monument with toothbrushes until it shines.

[csvset]

Same thing in a similar case earlier this year in Portsmouth, VA.

Authorities arrest man in vandalism to Confederate Monument

[ishabibble]

Here’s another case of guilty white jacka@@es making a statement. I hope these three and the statue vandals do some serious time in prison.

http://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/03/08/alabama.churches/

[AbeKrieger]

Isn’t it ridiculous that how a crime is prosecuted depends on what color the perpetrator is... not even what their intentions might be (the “spirit” of hate crimes legistlation brought to you by the liberal thought police).

This case should be used to illustrate that.

[RegulatorCountry]

Just another bunch of SPLC-spawned hate-haters, showcasing their irrationality. It’s on the same level as all the good little liberal white college students, destroying nativity scenes ... impinges upon their freedom of religion, don’tcha know. So much pent up rage, but they’re not the haters, oh no.