Posted on 12/30/2007 8:19:28 AM PST by LurkedLongEnough
New Haven (WTNH) _ Veterans are outraged that a war memorial in New Haven has been vandalized.
The Vietnam War Memorial at Long Wharf was spray painted with the threatening words "Kill whites MS 13."
Seeing this just crushed the veterans we spoke to. The names on that wall that are covered in paint, are the names of those who fought and died for this country in the Vietnam War. Tonight, police are investigating whether this is the work of a violent street gang, but the veterans we spoke to, say whoever they are, aren't as tough as they might think.
"This irks me. This hurts me deep to my heart," Vietnam Veteran Emery Linton Sr. said.
Linton looked in disgust at the graffiti covering New Haven County's Vietnam War Memorial at Long Wharf.
Linton, who served in the Army, fought in Vietnam from 1969 to 1972. He lost friends there and he says the mess, on a memorial to honor veterans who made the ultimate sacrifice for their country, is a slap in the face.
"People here respect these names. They gave their lives for everything, for the freedoms they have," Linton said.
Whoever did it sprayed "MS-13" all over the place. According to law enforcement, MS 13 is a violent international gang with roots in El Salvador. Members are involved in drug trafficking, weapons trafficking and even human trafficking and their presence is growing in the U-S. Just this summer, police in the Boston area did a big round-up of MS 13 gang members.
That said, New Haven police say there hasn't been any documented MS-13 activity so far in the city. But they are investigating this incident.
"I don't know who would want to do this," said Lori Grenfell, another veteran who is heart broken over the vandalism. "They have the right to say what they want to say. They can thank these guys for that right."
While it's unclear if these are true gang markings, Linton has a message for those responsible. "If it is a gang related thing and if you guys really think you're bad, join the service, get in the action and see what it's really like," Linton said.
It's unclear how much money it will cost to get rid of this paint, but members of the New Haven County Vietnam Veterans Group vow they will have it cleaned up.
More than likely, he would be a Duke professor.
But I did take some pics of this: 
Note that the letters are supposed to be white and you can see the MS in the stones on the ground (it said MS13).
Sorry my camera phone was upside down
The Orange paint pretty much wiped off the granite, but the lettering and stone is painted orange. There was a fellow standing there when I took these picutres. He said him and a friend of his cleaned off the granite best they could.
The home of Yale University? Do bears poop in the woods?
MS-13 is an Hispanic gang. They are ignorant of history. A lot of Hispanic-American blood was shed in Vietnam. Many Mexican nationals also fought and died there.
THANK YOU PRESIDENT BUSH, DEMOCRAT CONGRESS, AND SOME OF THE SPINELESS RINOS that go along with this crap.
When the MSM starts to tug on your heart strings with little Pedro with the puppy eyes worried about Mama being sent back to El Salvador, just remember the images in this thread and DONT let the MSM get away with demoralizing our cause. Stand your ground, everyone. Man your stations.
Do we need any more reasons to round up every single one of these MS13 sh!tbags and publicly execute every last one of them?
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Once again, do the dhue, thank you for your superb photos.
And for your deeply loving heart.
AR
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It is not much but it is my honor AR.
I respect all the Vietnam Vets and y’all don’t deserve this.
Maybe someone should point out to the MS-13 guys that someone is taking their name in vain... Wonder what would happen then?
On the other hand, if they aren’t there already, we probably don’t want them going there.
Concur. Too easy to ID the perp. Plus Day-Glo Orange isn't the usual color taggers use.
But we shall see...
It don't matter, let MS-13 do what they gotta do to the perps. I don't care who did it, they should pay and our Justice system couldn't do the justice that MS-13 guys could do. Our justice system will have them watching Oprah, getting an education, and lifting weights. Unless we sent them to Sheriff Joe in Arizona, of course.
I went there today. On my way there I was thinking that it was some college punks trying to do some race baiting and make an anti war statement at the same time. When I got there, I saw Mexican roach coaches all over the place. And they were flying the Mexican flag over their roach coach and one had a Puerto Rican flag flying. I imagine the flags were to show what kind of ethnic food they were serving. I saw enough people there to wonder if it could be some gang bang wanna bes. I don't know, but I know this: I saw plenty of cameras on light poles along the highway and wondered why they can't put a camera on a light pole near the memorial.
Oh, that might violate someone’s 1st Amendment Rights!
do I need the end-sarcasm tag here?
No, you don’t need the end sac tag here. I was talking to some folks who were there and I asked them why we can’t put cameras at the memorial and they told me that the Mayor of New Haven loves illegals and would never do such a thing. I can’t help but think, ‘who gives a damn about illegals here, we are talking about protecting our memorials’. Apparently, the people driving roach coaches have fake IDs. From the sounds of things, the Mayor of New Haven needs to go.
The Mayor is a Democrat idiot
This is a hate crime.
Why hasn't that weenie mayor of New Haven and the State's Attorney General demanded that the Justice Dept. call in the FBI and use all resources to find the perps and bring them to justice?
Are we smelling a double standard?
They're already there, but hate crimes are a notch under nightly murders.
Yes, and MS-13, based on the pics by FReeper >b?do the dhue in post 62 I'd say these guys just shat in the wrong woods.
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