btldreef
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Tonight I had explosives set off on my front lawn at 2am and my car tampered with.
I blame the media, here's why.
A little unknown fact that I'll now have to share with you all so that you know why I blame the media:
How many of you have heard of the "Patchogue 7", referring to the seven teenagers that assaulted and murdered an Ecuadorian immigrant 2 years ago in Long Island, NY. The story made national headlines. The teens are accused and have admitted to assaulting hispanics simply because they were hispanic. There is a major illegal immigrant population in this area and until this incident, no light was being shed on it.
My brother in law happens to be one of those Patchouge 7. He was sentenced Wednesday.
When the story was first released, the local newspaper listed the addresses of each of these teens. Keep in mind that all of these boys were minors and still lived at home with families, some even in apartment complexes or two family homes. I am one of those that lives in a two family home, so not only did the newspaper post the address of this teenager, but ALSO of my home. I don't think they should be allowed to do this. What about those of us that still live in this house and had no part in this crime? Personally I think the little ba$tards should have been punished more severely, but that's neither here or there. Why do I have to be harassed at my own home?
Do you think that the media has a right to post addresses or ACCUSED criminals? At the time that the addresses were posted, they were all accused. What happened to innocent until proven guilty? And even once proven guilty, what about those who may still live at the address? We barely have anything to do with this family even though it's my husbands family other than living in the same 2 family home, but now the reporters harass me for comments on my way to work, we're mailed threats on a daily basis and this is not the first time someone has set something on fire on our front lawn.
So when we called 911 to tell them that someone had set off explosives on our front lawn and we feel that we are being targeted once again, the woman on the other end said, "Why do you feel that way?" So we responded, "Because someone from our address was just sentenced and it was in the paper." She then askes, "What for?"
Does it matter what for? Do we need to have an in depth conversation here. Fact is, $hit was lit on fire on my front lawn at 2am and my car was tampered with, send a damn cop over!
I blame the media, here's why.
A little unknown fact that I'll now have to share with you all so that you know why I blame the media:
How many of you have heard of the "Patchogue 7", referring to the seven teenagers that assaulted and murdered an Ecuadorian immigrant 2 years ago in Long Island, NY. The story made national headlines. The teens are accused and have admitted to assaulting hispanics simply because they were hispanic. There is a major illegal immigrant population in this area and until this incident, no light was being shed on it.
My brother in law happens to be one of those Patchouge 7. He was sentenced Wednesday.
When the story was first released, the local newspaper listed the addresses of each of these teens. Keep in mind that all of these boys were minors and still lived at home with families, some even in apartment complexes or two family homes. I am one of those that lives in a two family home, so not only did the newspaper post the address of this teenager, but ALSO of my home. I don't think they should be allowed to do this. What about those of us that still live in this house and had no part in this crime? Personally I think the little ba$tards should have been punished more severely, but that's neither here or there. Why do I have to be harassed at my own home?
Do you think that the media has a right to post addresses or ACCUSED criminals? At the time that the addresses were posted, they were all accused. What happened to innocent until proven guilty? And even once proven guilty, what about those who may still live at the address? We barely have anything to do with this family even though it's my husbands family other than living in the same 2 family home, but now the reporters harass me for comments on my way to work, we're mailed threats on a daily basis and this is not the first time someone has set something on fire on our front lawn.
So when we called 911 to tell them that someone had set off explosives on our front lawn and we feel that we are being targeted once again, the woman on the other end said, "Why do you feel that way?" So we responded, "Because someone from our address was just sentenced and it was in the paper." She then askes, "What for?"
Does it matter what for? Do we need to have an in depth conversation here. Fact is, $hit was lit on fire on my front lawn at 2am and my car was tampered with, send a damn cop over!
