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uppityperson

(115,677 posts)
Fri Jun 19, 2015, 12:33 PM Jun 2015

Police confront man who was threatening members at South Richmond (black) church

http://www.richmond.com/news/local/city-of-richmond/article_8764390a-079c-530a-9ee0-11c58084ec5f.html
Police confronted a man outside a South Richmond church who was beating on a church door, yelling racial slurs and threatening the congregation during a regular Thursday night service, according to police and one witness.

A police officer who was working security at United Nations Church International in the 5200 block of Midlothian Turnpike pointed a gun at the man, thinking he had a knife, according to police Capt. Chris Gleason.

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The incident started about 8:45 p.m. when children inside the black church saw a white man banging on the door, using a racial slur and saying, "You're taking over," according to Lydia Jones, a church member.....
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Rex

(65,616 posts)
1. Cue the foaming, racist shitstains - emerging from whatever rock they live under.
Fri Jun 19, 2015, 12:37 PM
Jun 2015

Great. Just what we need, more crazy-evil-stupid white men foaming at the mouth. Intent on hurting innocent black people. These assholes listened to Hate Radio for decades and now they want the race war they fantasize about as they watch life pass them by.

uppityperson

(115,677 posts)
3. Edited the headline to clarify that as the story said, it is a black church, racist slurs were yelle
Fri Jun 19, 2015, 12:57 PM
Jun 2015

Locrian

(4,522 posts)
10. sorry
Fri Jun 19, 2015, 03:23 PM
Jun 2015

I missed the tag on my post.

Referring to the idiots on talk shows claiming the recent obvious racist attacks were actually attacks on christians because they were in a church....

 

Eleanors38

(18,318 posts)
7. Actually, the "taking over" crap is rather old...
Fri Jun 19, 2015, 01:09 PM
Jun 2015

When I was young, that B.S. was fairly common among racists; even heard it from a relative.

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