2004 or moving back to 1954?

[aNoodle]

"Edward Wooten and his family spent most of Saturday moving their belongings from their Acworth home to their new residence in the Brookstone Country Club subdivision in west Cobb County [largely traditional suburb of Atlanta].

When they returned from one last trip to Acworth, they discovered a horrifying sight --- threats and racial slurs spray-painted on their new home.

The Wootens returned home to find "KKK" painted over the entire front of the two-car garage --- along with threats, racial epithets and a reference to slavery painted on his driveway.

The graffiti also covered gutters and parts of his front porch.

A Cobb police car also was parked in front of the house, Wooten said, after a neighbor saw the graffiti and called 911.

"I got home, and I just couldn't believe it," Wooten said Monday.

Alexis Balkum, a family friend, said "the experience was just devastating. Edward wouldn't even allow his family to stay in the house Saturday night because he didn't know what to expect.

Two boys who live nearby were charged with second-degree criminal damage to property in the incident. Police did not release the boys' names, who are ages 10 and 14, because of their age........."

http://www.ajc.com/hp/content/auto/epaper/editions/today/metro_142aad16605d613e007c.html

Should the parents be arrested instead?

 

[jrt67ss350]

Should've hauled those two kids down to jail and let them spend the night in an Atlanta inner-city jail. Would've been a pleasant experience for them - they would have learned a thing or two about racism.

I have no tolerance for crap like that.

Law suits are a-coming.

 

[Kirby]

Unfortunately, 50s racism is still alive and well everywhere. There was an attempted cross burning in a family's front yard back at Halloween, about 10 miles from where I live. A neighbor tried to catch the guy but he bolted before he could get it lit. WTF?

 

[poboyis]

i say kick both their asses till it hurts so much thet cant shit

 

[gizzy]

Why should the parents be arrested? Unless it can be proven that the parents taught this type of behaviour (which is a real possibility) then yes, they probably should be. There is also the parent that forced his son to appologize. I think that kids this age should already know that this type of behavior is wrong and deserve a swift kick in the butt by the parents (maybe the neighbor too), but with our current laws, that could be considered child abuse. Due to the age of the kids the parents will still need to pay for damages.

 

[adrean8j]

The parents shouldnt be arrested buuuuuut.....those kids were 10 & 14! Where do you think they learned stuff like that from? TV? VIDEO GAMES? RADIO or CD's? NO, NO, AND DOUBLE NO! Children that age dont learn that from out of no-where...not saying it was the parents directly but it had to come from somewhere...I dont think kids at that age have had enough history to truly understand what they were doing unless it WAS taught in the home.
At age 10 I barely knew what the heck the KKK was.....and I am a black man(granted I grew up in the burbs-military brat-so somewhat sheltered with the natural integration that comes from being in a military community)!!! Man if my parents caught me doing something like that(it happens in reverse all the time too...maybe not to that extreme but it is VERY prevalent in the black community and dont let anyone tell you it isnt)I would have had my A$$ scarred! LOL....ah the memories! And I dont feel abused one bit either....

 

[Big Daddy]

adrean8j interesting insight, thanks. I too grew up a military brat and was quite ignorrant about racism as all my playmates were military brats and of various races.

 

[adrean8j]

Yeah people like us have never really experienced it the way others have.....I mean my playmates growing up were always a mix of white, black, hispanic, asian, and many mixes of the four! I remember in grade school this little punk white girl used to call me darkie all the time......I never really got it til years later.......I know its sad but true. None of my friends really cared.......if you could dribble a basketball or tackle someone or play nintendo then you were just another kid like them......I mean you can tell segregation is inherently unnatural.......put a bunch of little kids(3-5) in a room together and they will all play together...they dont really care if you are darker or lighter....I see this at my sons school all the time......

 

[MrElussive]

Absolutely UNBELIEVABLE. I would sue those nieghbors if I were them. That is NOT the type of warm welcome the new neighbors should be receiving.