Raw hatred: Vandals break into interracial couples home, spray-paint slurs and swastikas

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Washington Post

By Cleve R. Wootson Jr.
December 5 at 6:30 AM


The damage was substantial but fixable, but for Pat and Joe Jude, the hateful things spray-painted on their family’s Cincinnati home brought back some of their most painful memories.

The Judes had just returned to Cincinnati after visiting their daughter in Chicago. The house was hers, but she had moved after getting a promotion a year ago and asked her parents to help rent it out. Pat and Joe planned to retire there, according to a GoFundMe page the couple set up.

In the meantime, they rented the house and new tenants were about to move in. The Judes knew they’d be out of town a few days for Thanksgiving, so they locked it up tight.

. . .

Vandals had poured cement into the stove and down the tub’s drain. Walls and staircase railings were kicked in. A ceiling had collapsed.

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2016/12/05/raw-hatred-vandals-break-into-interracial-couples-home-spray-paint-slurs-and-swastikas/?utm_term=.4bbf56526e36

[sakabatou]

1. Sounds like it's been building up for a long time against the family

And because of Trump's campaign, hate has been allowed to come to the surface even moreso.

[BainsBane]

2. I guess this is another protest against globalization

because we've been assured the election had nothing to do with racism.

[Sunlei]

3. worse is the pipes they broke and extensive water damage throughout the house.

[PatSeg]

4. So this is what post-racist America

looks like.

[LittleGirl]

5. shared on facebook

because this truly disturbs me. I am married to an Indian (raised in the UK) and one of the reasons I don't want to live back in my home state is the racism. OMG

[LakeArenal]

6. Thanks Trump.