Texas man confesses to scrawling 'N----- lover' on his home, setting family cars on fire

[TexasTowelie]

DENTON -- A North Texas man has confessed to his wife that it was he who spray-painted their garage with hateful rhetoric and lit their truck and motorcycle on fire earlier this month.

Jenny Williams lamented the actions of her husband David on Facebook Dec. 21, saying he confessed to staging the crimes their family awoke to Dec. 12— "N----- lover" was cast across their garage in black spray paint and the family's motorcycle and truck were set ablaze, she said in a since-deleted blog post. In photos on her blog, accessed through a cached version, the family's truck is burned and missing headlights.

Nine days later, Jenny Williams posted an update regarding the incident on her Facebook page.

"My children and I are in a state of shock and sadness, so this will be my only statement. Yesterday, Tuesday morning, David confessed to spray painting our garage door and starting the fire at our home, Monday December 12," she said. "David is currently at a mental health facility and will be arrested upon his release."

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At the time of the incident, Jenny Williams said on her blog, the family's homeowner insurance would not cover the cost of the damage to their garage and vehicles. Ashlee Lynch, David Williams' sister, set up a GoFundMe page to cover the family's expenses to repair their home and provide Christmas gifts for the family. The crowdfunding page is no longer accepting donations and Lynch is working on returning the $5,155 raised.

Read more: http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local/texas/article/Man-confesses-to-vandalizing-N-lover-on-10821084.php

[HoneyBadger]

1. Well that did not go like he hoped

[jmowreader]

2. Is it too much to ask...

...that Mr. Williams face a jury of 12 African-American men all shaped like Ndamukong Suh?

[TexasTowelie]

3. I'm not going to go that far.

It appears that he does have some type of mental illness so he would likely be able to plea on some type of insanity clause. If he intended to commit fraud against his insurance company, then that has been mitigated since the insurer denied the claims. The people that have suffered the greatest are his family--his wife cannot even afford to pay the 3% fee that gofundme takes out of any donations while his children didn't get to have a Christmas.

If he had no other criminal background and there is no other indication of racial bias in his prior actions then he should make restitution to the police for investigating the crime, then placed under probation if it is shown that he intended to commit insurance fraud and he should be considered for admittance into a mental health hospital. Throwing the book at him will most likely only hurt the people that weren't involved with his actions.

[lunasun]

4. So this is a white guy who uses hate against blacks to get false insurance payouts?

I guess that is one way to get a new truck for Christmas....