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Michelle Obama's father among those buried in Burr Oak cemetary
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Posted on 07/14/2009 10:08:23 AM PDT by harwood

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Just mentioned by Andrea Mitchell, who breathlessly reports this now gives the story a political angle...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; US: Illinois
KEYWORDS: cemetery; flotusmichelle; obama; obamafamily
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To: harwood

The correct spelling is cemetery.


21 posted on 07/14/2009 10:23:23 AM PDT by murron (Proud Marine Mom)
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To: harwood

This is awful. Hopefully her father is still buried where he should be. I can’t believe how cruel people are here sometimes. If this was Palin’s father’s gravesite would we say the exact same thing....Oh better yet what if it was Ronald Reagan’s grave?????


22 posted on 07/14/2009 10:24:39 AM PDT by napscoordinator
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To: ClearCase_guy

That was my thought.


23 posted on 07/14/2009 10:24:47 AM PDT by kalee (01/20/13 The end of an error.... Obama even worse than Carter.)
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To: harwood
Prosecutors said 200 to 300 bodies were dug up and dumped in an isolated, weedy area of a cemetery at which many prominent African-Americans are buried, including civil rights icon Emmett Till. Exposed bones, chunks of concrete and broken coffins litter the hilly, overgrown area about four blocks long, authorities said.
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"This crime, it's a whole new dimension that shows us what lengths people will go to for financial gain," said State's Atty. Anita Alvarez.

Sheriff Tom Dart said investigators, including dozens of FBI agents, would be at Burr Oak for months sorting through the discarded piles of bones. Not only were remains heaved into a "dump area" at the cemetery, bodies were allegedly double-buried in existing plots, Dart said.

"Literally, they were pounded [down]," he said. "They pounded the other [body] down and put someone on top."


Oh my Lord this is terrible. I feel so bad for those families. What a horrible thing to have happen. This is like that case someplace down South (I think?) where they were taking the money and basically dumping the bodies in the woods. That was a funeral home though I think.
24 posted on 07/14/2009 10:27:06 AM PDT by visualops (portraits.artlife.us or visit my freeper page)
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To: italianquaker

What the heck are you talking about?
This is a serious story and how anyone can feel anything but sympathy for the people involved, including the Obama family, is beyond me.


25 posted on 07/14/2009 10:30:52 AM PDT by visualops (portraits.artlife.us or visit my freeper page)
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To: harwood

I saw a couple of these familes on Fox and Friends yesterday. Pretty sad story.

I don’t blame the familes for being upset. They paid for the plots and gravestones for their family members to RIP.


26 posted on 07/14/2009 10:31:17 AM PDT by dforest (Anyone dumb enough to have voted for him deserves what they get.. No Pity!)
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To: Hardastarboard

((Gulp, no comment!!)) LoL


27 posted on 07/14/2009 10:31:23 AM PDT by Freedom2specul8 (Please pray for our troops.... http://www.americasupportsyou.mil/)
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To: harwood
Prayers for all of the families affected by this. I can't begin to imagine their pain.

It appears Illinois is trying to get on top of it.

Trust funds of Burr Oak Cemetery owner frozen by Illinois comptroller

28 posted on 07/14/2009 10:32:14 AM PDT by anonsquared
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To: harwood
This is a black on black crime. The perps.



They took used plots and with different nefarious methods reused them again. Sounds like the "Obamas" are between a headstone and a hard place on this one. The occupation media spin should be entertaining.
29 posted on 07/14/2009 10:33:10 AM PDT by PA Engineer (Liberate America from the occupation media.)
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To: visualops

3 people have been arrested for digging up bodies and piling them in a field then reselling the empty plots.


30 posted on 07/14/2009 10:34:06 AM PDT by DJ MacWoW (Make yourselves sheep and the wolves will eat you. Ben Franklin)
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To: harwood

I hope this doesnt get in the way Michelle’s father voting for Obama again in the next election.


31 posted on 07/14/2009 10:34:40 AM PDT by DogBarkTree (Support The American Tea Party)
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To: visualops

That was in Georgia if memory serves me.


32 posted on 07/14/2009 10:34:41 AM PDT by GoDuke
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To: buccaneer81

I don’t see as it’s racist to post the story. It is unimaginable to have a loved one dug up and piled somewhere. I don’t care whose family it is. It’s horrible.


33 posted on 07/14/2009 10:35:59 AM PDT by DJ MacWoW (Make yourselves sheep and the wolves will eat you. Ben Franklin)
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To: DogBarkTree

The ACORN census numbers for Chicago should be interesting.


34 posted on 07/14/2009 10:36:35 AM PDT by PA Engineer (Liberate America from the occupation media.)
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To: DJ MacWoW
I don’t see as it’s racist to post the story. It is unimaginable to have a loved one dug up and piled somewhere. I don’t care whose family it is. It’s horrible.

Agreed 100%

35 posted on 07/14/2009 10:37:00 AM PDT by buccaneer81 (Bob Taft has soiled the family name for the next century.)
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To: TexasCajun

Okay, that sign on the right is scary. Mr. Western’s body went missing SIX DAYS after being buried at Burr Oak? The news reports I’ve seen all said that the perps were “recycling” graves that were old and/or had not been visited recently. If that woman’s sign is for real, this problem is a lot bigger than we’ve been led to believe.


36 posted on 07/14/2009 10:37:20 AM PDT by GovernmentShrinker (Vote for a short Freepathon! Donate now if you possibly can!)
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To: harwood

I have wondered if those reporters do breathing exercises and take acting classes to give us the news.


37 posted on 07/14/2009 10:37:55 AM PDT by freekitty (Give me back my conservative vote.)
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To: visualops

The perps are sick puppies. While this will take a long time for investigators to complete their jobs, I ponder why it took so long for the crime to be discovered?!? Wouldn’t the more recent burials, or current family members have noticed the desecration? Like michele obama’s family on memorial day? I don’t understand that part. Maybe I missed that part of the story.


38 posted on 07/14/2009 10:39:04 AM PDT by Freedom2specul8 (Please pray for our troops.... http://www.americasupportsyou.mil/)
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To: harwood

That’s a shame. The perps should not have desecrated the cemetary.


39 posted on 07/14/2009 10:40:10 AM PDT by popdonnelly (Yes, we disagree - no, we won't shut up - no, we won't quit.)
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To: GovernmentShrinker

I thought it was the older graves too. If the newer graves were violated, I’m shocked they weren’t discovered sooner.


40 posted on 07/14/2009 10:41:07 AM PDT by Freedom2specul8 (Please pray for our troops.... http://www.americasupportsyou.mil/)
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