23 February 2004
Joe Louis 'Fist' Vandalism
hmmm...
Two Ypsilanti men, ages 27 and 45, were in custody after police say they coated the suspended statue with gallons of white gloss paint. The fist is a downtown landmark that commemorates the boxing great.
yes, the two suspects are white. the story continues...
Detroit police spokesman Glenn Woods said there was no reason to believe the vandalism was racially motivated, though he acknowledged it was a possibility. Louis, who died in 1981, was black. "Maybe these guys don't like Detroit or they have something against Joe Louis," Woods said.
Mr. Woods must have a wry sense of humor. otherwise, if he did not intend his understatement to be facetious, then we can chalk this up as an exemplary case of the American tendency to avoid discussion of racial tensions either out of fear or some misguided desire to appear politically correct. the clear evidence of white paint being applied to a symbolic black fist in the city of Detroit is plain enough reason to believe that race played a part in motivating these two to act, and it's surely safer to assume that the 'something' they have against Louis is his race, unless we find out that the perpetrators are not vengeful scions of Max Schmelling but some other disgruntled, non-Nazi opponent from the past...
Yahoo! News - Joe Louis 'Fist' Vandalism Fuels Community Concerns
Two Ypsilanti men, ages 27 and 45, were in custody after police say they coated the suspended statue with gallons of white gloss paint. The fist is a downtown landmark that commemorates the boxing great.
yes, the two suspects are white. the story continues...
Detroit police spokesman Glenn Woods said there was no reason to believe the vandalism was racially motivated, though he acknowledged it was a possibility. Louis, who died in 1981, was black. "Maybe these guys don't like Detroit or they have something against Joe Louis," Woods said.
Mr. Woods must have a wry sense of humor. otherwise, if he did not intend his understatement to be facetious, then we can chalk this up as an exemplary case of the American tendency to avoid discussion of racial tensions either out of fear or some misguided desire to appear politically correct. the clear evidence of white paint being applied to a symbolic black fist in the city of Detroit is plain enough reason to believe that race played a part in motivating these two to act, and it's surely safer to assume that the 'something' they have against Louis is his race, unless we find out that the perpetrators are not vengeful scions of Max Schmelling but some other disgruntled, non-Nazi opponent from the past...
Yahoo! News - Joe Louis 'Fist' Vandalism Fuels Community Concerns
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