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NBC/Los Angeles
Noose Found at Orange County (California) Gay-Rights Organization
By ERIN RICHARDS
Updated 3:50 PM PDT, Fri, Oct 29, 2010
Equality California
A black noose was found on the front door of the Santa Ana chapter of gay-rights organization Equality California on Thursday in what some are calling a hate crime against supporters of gay marriage.
Employee Mel Distel was on her way to work at around 6 p.m. when she found the noose.
According to the Orange County Register, Distel called the police and now plans to file a formal complaint on their response after she said police dismissed the noose, saying, "Sometimes, you just have to live with being the victim."
Distel said finding the noose "was shocking," Distel told the Orange County Register. "It struck me as something that could escalate, something that was definitely meant to be hurtful."
"The dismissive and deeply offensive conduct of the police officer who responded to this incident is nothing short of appalling and sends the message that LGBT community members cannot rely on the police for protection against the kind of hatred and prejudice that can lead to violence," said Equality California director Geoff Kors in a statement.
Santa Ana Police are denying any negligence, telling the Register that they are treating the case as a possible terrorist threat and it has been assigned to investigators.
Volunteers were working in the office Thursday evening to make calls for Assembly candidate Melissa Fox's campaign. Fox, a gay marriage supporter, said in a statement that the noose was a "despicable and hateful act, clearly intended to threaten and intimidate Equality California and other supporters of marriage equality."
The Orange County and Long Beach chapter of the Anti-Defamation League also condemned the noose and alleged police dismissal.
"Our community and its policing agencies must treat such incidents seriously, and send a strong message that such attempts to intimidate an entire community will not be tolerated," said ADL Regional Director Kevin O'Grady. "Law enforcement should make every effort to …send a clear message that they will protect the gay and lesbian community."
Santa Ana police are now treating the incident as a hate crime.NBC/Los Angeles
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Well yeah that might do more damage then good for the whole state of arizona if everyone decides to pull out the state and takes business other places. In Retrospect it might turn Arizona into a "hate" state if everyone decides to boycott it and then arizona will more then likely never change there opinion or views about immigration reform and keep this current bill in place. Its really tough when it comes to seeing what side is going to win in this battle.
There is TONS of jobs normal americans would not do especially in arizona (i do not see many people just dying to live there in the desert thats for sure). It makes up 80% of arizona's economy to keep there business(s) in business due to all the illegals they put to work in some of the most remote and crappy locations in the desert and also yeah some of the jobs they do they can keep them.
What i find depressing is that they actually tried to say they would be even willing to deport all of the spanish people who were born here but there family is illegal. yeah major failure and that i would totally boycott i do not think that it should be the kids or teens conflict or go thru that drama or stress since there parents were not legal. the united states is the only thing a lot of these kids and young adults and teens know they would be totally shell shocked if they had to be deported for that reason.
I could just imagine everyone who is spanish in the united states going to arizona to boycott it, that might change some laws and regulations right quick LOL. But also that might cause some massive chaos and destruction from protests and minutemen and other radical racists who are against hispanic or mexicans in general.
I was watching Larry King live tonight and i had picked up on something that they all talked about and that was about the whole racial profiling and also letting it take its course to see if that will actually happen and from what i have seen so far there has already been 2 lawsuits filed and i can just imagine about a zillion more coming into action, but on a state level that really will not do much since pretty much 70% of the state wants this new bill.
The Federal Government got shit up to there knee's now and i cant wait to see what they do to try and put a giant bandaid over this whole deal. Do you think a national boycott will really be effective or will it mostly cause riots and chaos? Do you think this might be our next WAR? trying to battle with instead of terrorists but battle with the mexican population.
I have spanish people in my family i am glad they are ALL Legal. i hope they never venture to arizona and i hope that california since it is so close does not adopt the arizona immigration bill that there state has passed i feel its a sad day for america and a sad day for the statue of liberty.
Wait does the statue of liberty still stand for anything or have they put it in storage yet?Well yeah that might do more damage then good for the whole state of arizona if... more
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"The former William McBeth had undergone sex-reassignment surgery and was now Lily McBeth. The schools' 2006 decisions to keep her on as a substitute were hailed around the nation as a model of tolerance and acceptance of transgender Americans.
But the storybook ending never happened: She got only a handful of assignments since then and is resigning in frustration.
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Before her transition from male to female in 2005, McBeth said she averaged between 15 to 18 assignments a year as a substitute teacher for elementary students in the Eagleswood school district, and 16 to 20 a year in the Pinelands Regional School District, teaching high school students."
Just goes to show discrimination is alive and well. I understand the lack of comfortability that may arise from those that are not familiar with transgender people, but even though she's a substitute, isn't this a violation of worker's rights?"The former William McBeth had undergone sex-reassignment surgery and was now... more
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Hello all.
I put this video/audio/dialog together as a way to sum up my thoughts on the issue of gay rights. It's the civil rights movement all over again, just segregation of a different part of the population.
Please let me know what you think about it.
Please forward this on, especially to anyone you might know that is anti-equality.
Hello all.
I put this video/audio/dialog together as a way to sum up my thoughts... more
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No matter what your personal beliefs are, if you want to protect the constitiutional rights of every american, sign this petition.No matter what your personal beliefs are, if you want to protect the constitiutional... more
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