AN INTERRACIAL COUPLE IN OHIO WHERE
THE LATEST VICTIMS OF BIGOTRY AND RACISM SIMPLY BECAUSE THEY
ARE A BIRACIAL COUPLE.
THEY WENT ON A TRIP FOR THANKSGIVING.
WHEN
THEY CAME HOME THEY FOUND THEIR
PROPERTY DESTROYED.
WE HAVE DONE A NUMBER OF STORIES OF SWASTIKAS
PAINTED ON PEOPLE'S GARAGES.
TAKE A LOOK.
>>TOP TO BOTTOM, THEIR HOME WAS VANDALIZED.
POLICE SAY THIEVES BROKE INTO THEIR HOME FROM THE TOP WINDOW.
>> THE TOP WINDOWS HAVE BEEN BROKEN, AND TRASH THROWN ABOUT.
I AM WALKING THROUGH THE ROOM, AND THERE ARE NAZI SIGNS.
>>THE COUPLE HAD JUST MOVED SOMEONE OUT.
THE NEXT RENTERS WOULD'VE MOVED IN THIS WEEK EXCEPT ñ
>>
THEY OPENED THE PIPES UPSTAIRS SO THE WATER RAN FREELY.
>>THE WATER CAUSED THE WALLS TO COLLAPSE.
>>THEY POURED PAINT IN THE STOVE.
THERE IS NOTHING THAT IS SALVAGEABLE.
>>THE THIEVES ALSO STOLE A FRIDGE, A BOOKCASE, AND LEFT
BEER CANS AND FOOD.
>> I DON'T KNOW WHO HAS THAT MUCH HATE IN THEIR HEARTS TO
TAKE THAT MUCH TIME TO DO THIS.
>>A
PAINFUL BATTLE WITH RACISM THE FAMILY HAS ENDURED FOR YEARS.
>>WE GOT MARRIED AT A TIME WHEN IT WASN'T ACCEPTABLE.
>>IN 2010 THEIR SON COMMITTED SUICIDE AFTER THEY SAY HE WAS
BULLIED FOR BEING BIRACIAL.
>> WE GOT THROUGH THAT, BUT THEN YOU COME IN HERE AND IT IS THE
SAME KIND OF STUFF.
IT'S NOT NECESSARY.
>>IN THE BEGINNING OF THE STORY I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT HAD
HAPPENED TO THEIR SON.
>> IT'S REALLY HARD TO WATCH THAT.
I DON'T KNOW, THE STORY IS
SO HEARTBREAKING.
>> IT'S SAD TO SEE THAT MUCH HATE IN THE WORLD.
THAT'S WHEN
MARTIN LUTHER KING WAS THE
GREATEST GUY I HAVE EVER READ ABOUT.
HE SAID WHEN HE WENT DOWN
TO THE SOUTH, HE WAS NOT JUST GOING TO LIBERATE
AFRICAN-AMERICANS, HE WAS GOING
TO LIBERATE THE WHITE RACES THAT LIVED IN THE SOUTH BECAUSE HE
WANTED TO LIBERATE THEM FROM THE HATRED IN THEIR HEART.
THAT IS
AMAZING.
I KNOW I AM NOT THAT GOOD A PERSON.
AS YOU LOOK AT
WHAT THOSE GUYS DID TO THAT POOR COUPLE, YOU REALIZE THAT DR.
KING IS RIGHT, THEY HAVE SO MUCH
HATE IN THEIR HEART.
DO YOU THINK IT HELPS THEM?
NO.
THERE
IS NO WAY THE GUYS WHO DID THAT
ARE NOT MISERABLE.
YOU DON'T GO TO THAT AND INFLICT THAT KIND OF
PAIN TO OTHERS UNLESS YOU HAVE PAIN IN YOUR HEART.
I AM A
GENERALLY HAPPY GUY.
I'M NOT GOING TO TRY TO FIND PEOPLE ñ
THE DEEP INSECURITY.
ARE YOU AFRAID OF THE FREE MARKET?
WHAT
ARE YOU AFRAID OF?
THEY ARE AFRAID THAT THEY ARE NOT MAN
ENOUGH SO THEY GO DO THIS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT.
THAT IS WHY
WE ALL HAVE TO BAND TOGETHER.
I
KEEP THINKING ABOUT THAT GUY, JUSTIN NORMAND, IN TEXAS
STANDING BY THE MOSQUE.
HE WAS
JUST A COWBOY THAT WENT OUT THERE WITH A SIGN THAT SAYS I AM
WITH YOU BROTHERS.
IF YOU ARE AMERICAN, I AM HERE TO PROTECT
YOU.
WE ALL HAVE TO STAND TOGETHER NOW AND SAY NOT ON OUR
WATCH.
MAYBE THE COMMUNITY CAN GET TOGETHER.
>>THEY HAVE ALREADY.
THERE IS A GO FUND ME PAGE FOR THEM.
LAST
TIME I CHECKED ñ THEY HAD A GOAL
OF $2000.
>> OH, COME ON.
>>THEY RAISED 30,000 THE LAST TIME I CHECKED.
PLEASE, IF YOU
HAVE ANYTHING HELP THEM OUT.
THEIR PROPERTY IS COMPLETELY DESTROYED.
>> THE OTHER PART OF IT IS ñ
>>PROTECT ONE ANOTHER REGARDLESS OF YOUR IDEOLOGY [VIDEO
EVEN IF YOU ARE THE MOST CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICAN OR
THE MOST PROGRESSIVE LIBERAL.
PLEASE JUST PROTECT EACH OTHER.
AT THE END OF THE DAY THEY ARE
POLITICAL OPINIONS.
WE ARE ALL HUMANS WE NEED TO PROTECT EACH
OTHER WE CAN'T KEEP LETTING STUFF LIKE THIS HAPPEN.
>> THOSE GUYS OBVIOUSLY DON'T REPRESENT THE MAJORITY OF
REPUBLICAN VOTERS, TRUMP VOTERS.
GO GRAB A TOOLBOX AND SAY I'M
HERE TO HELP BROTHER.
HELP ONE ANOTHER BECAUSE IF WE LET THIS
CONTINUE IT GETS WORSE AND WORSE.
IF WE ALL BAND TOGETHER
AND SAY IT IS NOT COOL, THEN MAYBE TOGETHER WE
MAKE IT
BETTER.