這是關於本社區一起種族歧視案件的追蹤報道，因為受害人中，包括了中國人。案件的緣起，是感恩節的長周末，在社區一條街上，有7-8家居民的房子前門、車庫門上、汽車窗戶上、信箱上、垃圾箱上、停車場上，全部給噴上了藍顏色的德國納粹的符號。另外有4輛汽車的輪胎被紮。在臨近的社區，從萬聖節到感恩節，也有100多輛汽車的窗戶被砸。所以警察十分重視，當地三個電視台和兩家報紙，都進行了報道。
第三天，警察逮捕了鄰居一個16歲的高中生，警察沒有透露名字，但據悉是從紐約搬來的，家裏四個孩子，一個哥哥和兩個妹妹。父親是一個建築工人，成天起早貪黑幹活，沒時間管理和教育自己的孩子，母親看起來人還可以。據他揭露，還有另外一個19歲的罪犯，仍然在逃。
一個星期後，警察逮捕了第二名罪犯，從名字看，是一個南美裔。
1、VANDALS DESTROY PROPERTY IN WELLINGTON NEIGHBORHOOD
Reported By: WPTV Staff
November 27, 2006
Vandals destroyed property and left several hate messages in a Wellington neighborhood.
They spray painted garages, sidewalks, and cars with anti semitic and racist language on Primrose Lane. They also slashed several tires in the neighborhood.
Homeowners suspect young people were responsible.
"I don't think it's just boredom, I think it's stupidity and I want to know where the parents are in all of this."
"I think it's disgusting and I think they should be prosecuted to the full extent of the law."
"It's not just an expense and inconvenience -- it's ugly and hate is ugly."
The Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office is investigating the vandalism.
2、Wellington neighborhood falls victim to racial vandalism
By Stephanie Horvath
Staff Writer, South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Posted November 27 2006, 5:42 PM EST
| WELLINGTON -- Ming Chen should have been at work Monday morning, doing water quality research in the Everglades. Instead he was trying in vain to pressure wash the blue words "Jew Haters" off his driveway and explain the hateful act to his eight-year-old daughter. "She got scared this morning. She said, 'What's the meaning of that?'." he said. "I told her it's not a safe world." Chen, a Chinese immigrant who's lived in his Wellington home for five years, is one of six victims in the Sugar Pond Manor neighborhood whose homes or cars were slammed with spray painted racial epithets and swastikas late Sunday or early Monday morning, Palm Beach County Sheriff's deputies said. Someone had spray painted blue swastikas on the street and on Chen's yellow recycling bin. On his front door and garage door were more swastikas. His Toyota Corolla had all four tires slashed and blue spray paint on the license plate. Chen discovered the vandalism Monday morning when his neighbor knocked on his door. Next door, his neighbors awoke to their garage door and fence marred with blue swastikas and another racial epithet. Across the street, another neighbor found swastikas all over his white SUV and garage door. Around the corner, another SUV was covered with swastikas and a vulgar expression. Most of the neighbors said the worst vandalism they've had over the years are smashed mailboxes and egged cars. Nothing like this. "I don't think there's anybody on this street who has anything against anybody of any color," said Lil EurichÖ, whose garage door and son's SUV were vandalized with backward swastikas. Sheriff's Deputy Dennis Dempsey said no other homes in Wellington were vandalized Sunday night. He said investigators will compare the images and words to prior reports and gang tags to see if there's any resemblance. He said a W-shaped symbol found on one of the homes appears to be a tag. "The belief is that it's kids," he said. "We don't know anything at this time." Lt. Jay Hart said deputies couldn't even remember when the last racial vandalism appeared in Wellington. "It's so rare we don't even have an account of the last time it actually happened," he said. "It's been long enough to where we'd have to go back in our files to find it." Jerry Nicholas, the criminal planner at the Wellington Sheriff's Office substation, said this kind of vandalism goes beyond the smashed mailboxes the department routinely sees in the village. "Any time someone does the swastikas and racial slurs, it's a little bit more concerning," he said. 3、Hunt's on for vandals who defaced Wellington homes, painted swastikasPalm Beach Post Staff Writer Tuesday, November 28, 2006 WELLINGTON — Deputies are looking for vandals who spray painted racial epithets and swastikas on eight properties in Wellington, authorities said. Garage doors, driveways, cars, signs and even pavement outside homes in the 1100 and 1200 blocks of Primrose Lane were blanketed with blue spray paint late Sunday or early Monday morning. Some of the damage seemed juvenile: an arrow and the words "I'm With Stupid" and knocked-over mailboxes, according to the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office. Other vandalism at the homes in the Sugar Pond Manor neighborhood was more sinister: epithets about Jews and blacks scrawled in blue letters, along with numerous swastikas. Ming Chen, 40, said swastikas were spray painted on his front door and garage door, as well as his Toyota Corolla. The vandals also painted "Jew Hater" on his driveway and slashed the Corolla's tires. Chen said his daughters, ages 7 and 8, were scared when they saw the damage. "They said, 'Is this a safe country?' " said Chen, who emigrated from China more than 10 years ago. "I said, 'This is a part of life.' It's shameful." Alberto Acosta, 55, said the vandals spray painted his beige Lexus. "It was a big mess," Acosta said. "I don't think it's anything racial. It's just kids with nothing else to do. This is a really good neighborhood." The occupants of the vandalized homes were neither Jewish nor black, investigators said. The homes appeared to have been chosen at random. The incidents spurred deputies to increase their patrols of the neighborhood, said sheriff's office spokeswoman Teri Barbera. "Whoever did this went crazy out there," she said. Anyone with information about the perpetrators is asked to call Crime Stoppers at (800) 458-8477. 4、Wellington teen charged in racial graffiti casePalm Beach Post Staff Writer Tuesday, November 28, 2006 WELLINGTON — Deputies on Tuesday arrested a 16-year-old they say helped spray paint racial epithets and swastikas on properties. The teen, who lives on the same street as the defaced houses, was one of two people who blanketed garage doors, driveways, cars, signs and even pavement outside homes in the 1100 and 1200 blocks of Primrose Lane with blue spray paint late Sunday or early Monday morning, Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office investigators believe. The teen told deputies he was with a friend who did most of the damage. The vandalism at the eight homes in the Sugar Pond Manor neighborhood included epithets about Jews and blacks scrawled in blue letters, along with numerous swastikas. Car tires were also slashed. The teen was charged with four counts of criminal mischief and taken to the Juvenile Assessment Center. He was expected to be released into parental custody. Investigators are following leads in the case. No other arrests had been made late Tuesday. |
發生了打砸搶，WELLINGTON政府企圖大事化小，小事化了。因為當地正在舉辦一年一度的冬季世界馬術比賽。下麵是當地報紙THE WELLINGTON TOWN-CRIER (VOL 27, NUMBER 48, DECEMBER 1 -DECEMBER 7, 2006) 對這件事情的報道。
5、Teen Arrested In Connection With Wellington Graffiti Spree
Ron Bukley 01.DEC.06
Nov. 28 — Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office investigators arrested a Royal Palm Beach High School junior on charges of criminal mischief Tuesday afternoon for spray-painting racist graffiti early Monday morning on and around two Primrose Lane residences in Wellington, and slashing the tires of the residents’ vehicles. According to a PBSO report, the 16-year-old suspect confessed to the crimes after being tracked down by a detective. The suspect said that in the pre-dawn hours Monday, he and a friend used a can of blue spray paint to draw swastikas on the doors, driveways, vehicles, garbage cans and fences around the residences, as well as slashing the tires on two vehicles. The suspect reportedly told the detective he had only known his accomplice a month and knew nothing of his whereabouts.
6、Second youth charged in Wellington's racist vandalism
Palm Beach Post Staff Writer
Tuesday, December 05, 2006
Deputies today arrested a 19-year-old they say was involved in a vandalism spree that resulted in racial epithets and swastikas being spray-painted on properties in Wellington.
Angel Diaz is the second person charged in connection to the vandalism.
Garage doors, driveways, cars, signs and even pavement outside homes in the 1100 and 1200 blocks of Primrose Lane were blanketed with blue spray paint Nov. 26 or Nov. 27, county sheriff's office investigators believe.
A 16-year-old was arrested last week.
The vandalism at the eight homes in the Sugar Pond Manor neighborhood included epithets about Jews and blacks scrawled in blue letters, along with numerous swastikas. Car tires also were slashed.
Diaz is expected to be charged with multiple counts of criminal mischief and is being held without bond at the Palm Beach County Jail.
6、NEWS RADIO 1290 WJNO
Thursday, December 7, 2006
A
second teen charged with vandalizing several Wellington properties has
gone before a judge. 19-year old Angel Diaz is charged with criminal
mischief for allegedly spraypainting swastikas and other racial
graffiti on eight homes along Primrose lane last week. A 16-year old
has also been charged. Neither suspect will face a hate crime charge
because Sheriff's investigators say the victims were all picked at
random.
7、
Town-Crier
DEC. 5 — PBSO investigators arrested a Wellington man on criminal
mischief charges Tuesday in connection with a vandalism and graffiti
spree on Primrose Lane last week. PBSO detectives arrested 19-year-old
Angel Diaz and charged him in connection with several instances of
tire-slashing and spray-painted hate graffiti that he reportedly
performed Nov. 28 in the company of a 16-year-old Royal Palm Beach High
School junior. The juvenile had been arrested the day after the
incidents occurred, as reported in the Town-Crier last week.
