Tuesday, January 1, 2008

Vandals Deface A Vietnam Vets Memorial


This is despicable. Vandals in the Connecticut area who claim some sort of association or "admiration" of the violent Hispanic gang "MS-13" defaced a Vietnam War Veterans memorial.
Is there anything, ANYTHING for cowardly than this act? Hunt these pigs down, arrest them, make a mockery of them in front of the nation, and then send them to prison for the rest of their lives - I'm assuming Connecticut doesn't have the death penalty.
To deface the memory of troops who died for this country is one of the lowest acts known to man and it quite frankly, makes my blood boil. Read the words here of one veteran:

"This irks me. This hurts me deep to my heart," Vietnam Army veteran Emery Linton Sr. told the station.
By the way, the message written on the memorial?
"Kill whites MS 13"

Here's the full story.


'MS-13' vandals deface Vietnam memorial

Vandals claiming a relationship to the violent Hispanic street gang MS-13 defaced a Vietnam War memorial in Connecticut with graffiti, angering local veterans.
"Kill whites MS 13" were among the threatening words spray-painted on the Vietnam War Memorial at Long Wharf, Conn., reported WTNH-TV in New Haven.
"This irks me. This hurts me deep to my heart," Vietnam Army veteran Emery Linton Sr. told the station.
Linton, who served in Vietnam from 1969 to 1972, noted he lost friends there and called the mess on the memorial a slap in the face to veterans who made the ultimate sacrifice for their country.
"People here respect these names. They gave their lives for everything, for the freedoms they have," Linton said.
Police are investigating whether the vandalism is the work of the violent MS-13 gang.

An attorney prosecuting MS-13 members said the gang follows the "rape, kill and control" philosophy," using guns, knives and machetes. The group traffics in drugs, weapons and humans. Last summer, police in the Boston area conducted a major round-up of MS 13 members.
New Haven police told WTNH they have not documented any MS-13 activity in the city.
Another veteran said she was heartbroken over the vandalism.
"I don't know who would want to do this," Lori Grenfell told the New Haven station. "They have the right to say what they want to say. They can thank these guys for that right."
Linton had a message for the perpetrators.

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