Racists terrorize interracial N.C. couple

[Ichingcarpenter]

​Allen McGee is white. His fiancee, Cyd McDaniel, is black. And some goobers in Lowell, North Carolina are not happy about their pending nuptials. Last month, one of these goobers left a brick with a noose around it on McGee's front porch.



McGee told WBTV that the note said, "If your daddy knew what you were doing right now, he'd flip over in his grave or something."

He never reported the incident. The beefy McGee, who works in a Charlotte auto body shop, figured he could take care of the offending goober himself.


Some North Carolina goobers are unhappy that Cyd McDaniel is engaged to McGee
​But it happened again last week. As he was leaving home Thursday morning with his 12-year-old son, the boy noticed something spray painted on the side of the house. "We will burn you out," it said, accompanied by a crude drawing of a stick man being hanged.

McGee admits that some of his friends aren't happy about his relationship with McDaniel, who works in family counseling. But he's in love with his wife-to-be and, frankly, doesn't give a shit what anybody thinks. He says she's the best woman he ever met.

He also says his grandma was black, so he doesn't expect any of his relatives to be turning over in his grave. But he does look like a man dainty goobers should avoid trifling with.

http://www.truecrimereport.com/2010/03/allen_mcgee_and_cyd_mcdaniel_i.php?rss

[Drunken Irishman]

1. WTF IS THIS? 1960? JESUS CHRIST.

[951-Riverside]

2. I think its a hoax. n/t

[FrenchieCat]

3. What makes you say that?

[Ichingcarpenter]

4. Police: Hate crime in Lowell (updated at 6:16 p.m. and video link)- local news report

LOWELL — Threatening words painted against the blue siding of a Birch Street home aim to intimidate the white man who lives there and loves a black woman.

“We will burn you out,” the words state.

An adjacent image of a stick figure hanging from gallows sends its own message.

A hate crime, says Police Chief Mark Buchanan.

A coward, says Allen Doug McGee, the target of these threats.

“This is very rude,” said McGee, 39, his thick arms bulging from a work shirt bearing his name. “I don’t go to anyone else’s house and tear things up, writing racial slurs.”

Not the first time

Not all of McGee’s friends approve of his girlfriend, Cyd McDaniel, who also lives in Lowell and works in family counseling, he said.

Thursday’s racially motivated message was not the first.

On Feb. 23, someone put a brick on McGee’s front porch along with a noose. Police wouldn’t disclose the contents of the note, but McGee and McDaniel did.

“We don’t approve. End it,” the note stated, according to the couple. “If your daddy knew what you was doing he’d flip over in the grave.”

Ironically, McGee’s maternal grandfather was black, he said.

“This is the 2000s now, and life doesn’t have to be about color or race,” he said.

Federal law requires states to keep separate records on hate crimes. No police agency in Gaston County reported any hate crimes in 2007, the most current year for which statistics are available. Across the state that year, police agencies reported 85 incidents, including 55 involving race, most of them anti-black.

In 2006, police agencies reported 99 hate crimes in North Carolina, including eight in Gaston County, according to state records kept by the state Attorney General’s Office.

This ranks as a hate crime, Chief Buchanan said.

“It’s definitely racially motivated by the statement left on the brick,” Buchanan said Thursday morning. “There’s no way to get around that.”


LOWELL — Threatening words painted against the blue siding of a Birch Street home aim to intimidate the white man who lives there and loves a black woman.

“We will burn you out,” the words state.

An adjacent image of a stick figure hanging from gallows sends its own message.

A hate crime, says Police Chief Mark Buchanan.

A coward, says Allen Doug McGee, the target of these threats.

“This is very rude,” said McGee, 39, his thick arms bulging from a work shirt bearing his name. “I don’t go to anyone else’s house and tear things up, writing racial slurs.”

Not the first time

Not all of McGee’s friends approve of his girlfriend, Cyd McDaniel, who also lives in Lowell and works in family counseling, he said.

Thursday’s racially motivated message was not the first.

On Feb. 23, someone put a brick on McGee’s front porch along with a noose. Police wouldn’t disclose the contents of the note, but McGee and McDaniel did.

“We don’t approve. End it,” the note stated, according to the couple. “If your daddy knew what you was doing he’d flip over in the grave.”

Ironically, McGee’s maternal grandfather was black, he said.

“This is the 2000s now, and life doesn’t have to be about color or race,” he said.

Federal law requires states to keep separate records on hate crimes. No police agency in Gaston County reported any hate crimes in 2007, the most current year for which statistics are available. Across the state that year, police agencies reported 85 incidents, including 55 involving race, most of them anti-black.

In 2006, police agencies reported 99 hate crimes in North Carolina, including eight in Gaston County, according to state records kept by the state Attorney General’s Office.

This ranks as a hate crime, Chief Buchanan said.

“It’s definitely racially motivated by the statement left on the brick,” Buchanan said Thursday morning. “There’s no way to get around that.”

McGee said he plans to take care of the matter, and won’t need help from police.

“I want to hurt this person,” McGee said.

http://www.gastongazette.com/news/lowell-45230-police-involves.html




He's not asking for police help which makes me wonder?

Why? But who knows?

[blondeatlast]

6. Do tell. "Thinking" is fine if you keep it to yourself, The whole point of DU, tho,

is opinions--and challenging them.

And, I'm challenging you to make your argument cogent.

[CBR]

9. Why? nt

[blondeatlast]

10. Almost 18 hours and no response. Methinks Mr. Riverside has no valid reason.

The silence speaks volumes, IMHO.

[951-Riverside]

12. There is no valid reason for me to believe them.

Its not the first time someone has fabricated this type of crime. Some people do it for money, fame and self glory.

http://www.nctimes.com/news/state-and-regional/article_6b341cef-54bb-50cd-a064-b57e4bf95d1e.html
http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=qn0pAAAAIBAJ&sjid=VNgEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5221,1015723

[HillWilliam]

5. By and large, this is a live and let live state

but every once in a while I get a call from a couple who tell me they can't find a minister to marry them so they've found me as a professional officiant. I say love is rare and ought to be celebrated wherever it finds itself. I've married quite a few interracial couples.

Still, there are a few "ignernt" corners left in NC, sigh. I'm a little surprised at Gaston County, but only a little. The southeast end of the state may as well be SC, ugh.

I wish the McGee's the best and I hope karma catches up with whoever's trying to intimidate them.

[supernova]

11. Yeah, things like this are rare

now, thank goodness. It makes me sad and angry when it happens.

Still, it being in Lowell makes me think Mr McGee knows exactly who did it.

[BrklynLiberal]

7. Love his statement to the paper and what the article says in response...

As he told the Gaston Gazette, he won't be needing any help from the cops. "I want to hurt this person," he said.

In related news, look forward to our coming story, "Goober Found Badly Beaten, Quivering Like Small Child in Lowell, North Carolina."

[NoSheep]

8. I missed the part where the article said "Look forward to our coming story"