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KamaAina

(78,249 posts)
Mon Feb 9, 2015, 02:48 PM Feb 2015

Black family’s $3.5 million mansion firebombed in suspected hate-crime

http://thegrio.com/2015/02/08/black-familys-3-5-million-mansion-firebombed-in-suspected-hate-crime/

Early Wednesday morning the $3.5 million home of Ronald and Malissia Clinton was firebombed.

A tire filled with gasoline was ignited and blew out the front of their house at 2:30am. The sound of the explosions woke Ronald up and he quickly got his three children and dog out of the home. He then used the garden hose to help fight the flame until firefighters arrived on the scene.

Mr. Clinton says that although he has no proof, he believes that this is a hate crime. The Clintons are a part of a small black minority in a Manhattan Beach community that is 84-percent white. They are said to be the only black family living on their street.

“And I tell you- my gut tells me this was racially motivated. And it was somebody that had the intent to harm, injure or even kill us,” Mr. Clinton said to My Fox LA. “I just know there is no other reason to target us. We have no enemies. Why us?” the pharmacist added in The Daily Breeze.


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Manhatten Beach is white trash by the sea . olddots Feb 2015 #1
 

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1. Manhatten Beach is white trash by the sea .
Mon Feb 9, 2015, 02:54 PM
Feb 2015

if you visit Southern California there are many places to avoid although the hype leads people to believe its paradise .

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