Vandal Spray Paints House: ‘Dumb N**ger Black Lives Matter For Target Practice’

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Police in Pinellas Park, Florida, say that a serial vandal has recently been targeting the homes and cars of residents in the community and spray painting racist messages on their property.

The most recent incident occurred at the home of Wayne Scott. Scott is an African-American military veteran and returned from visiting his mother in Virginia to find this message written in black spray paint on the front of his house:

“Dumb n**ger black lives matter for target practice.”

Scott’s neighbor, Jamal Clark, was the first to notice the vandalism, and he asked police not to cover up the hateful message until Scott returned home:

“I think the message should stand. I think it should stay there for a little while so that the community knows what’s going on. So, it’s not just isolated to the few people… that are being targeted.”

But police said they would prefer to remove the message so it doesn’t encourage copycats.

And it’s not just black residents who are being targeted.  Last week,  a white man found the message, “Impeach Obama stupid n-word” spray painted on his car door.

Neighbor Kristen Gericke said that she’s pleased the police covered up the graffiti so children do not have to see it on their way to school:

“I’m glad it’s been fixed because right here is a bus stop with 20 kids and I don’t want my kids seeing those words. I personally feel like it’s somebody that lives in our neighborhood that knows where everybody lives.”

There are some who claim we live in a post-racial country and that the days of blatant racism in America are a thing of the past. But seeing this kind of hate speech being plastered on people’s homes should make all of us realize that we still have a long, long way to go.