A Hate Crime?

An interracial couple and their three children move into a quiet cul-de-sac in Charlotte, NC in February. Since then they say they have had their tires slashed twice, and on Tuesday morning what appears to be a small cross was burned into the grass in their back yard.

Hate crime, right? Well ... ...

It seems that the burning just happened to coincide with a visit to Charlotte by Extortioner Extraordinaire Jesse Jackson, who greeted this news with great wailing and gnashing of other people's teeth.

It also seems that there are quite a few interracial (is that a word?) couples in that neighborhood and, "if this were a Hate Crime, it would have started long ago, and you could pick a house" according to one resident. He also said that, in his opinion, their being targeted for their race is "totally bogus. It's no hate crime."

A couple of things about this aren't passing the Smell Test with me. The biggest is, why was the "cross" burned in the back yard and not the front? And why a "small cross?" Would that be because it's easier and cheaper to re-sod a smaller area? How old are these kids of theirs and who could they be pissing off?

Can you say Tawana Brawley? Say it - I can't even f'kin spell it!