Texas ex-arson investigator hung a doll with a noose outside his black neighbor's apartment: police

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Raw Story


Sarah K. Burris
26 JUN 2018 AT 19:07 ET



Dante Petty and his daughter moved to Grapevine, Texas one year ago this June, and that’s when their problems began.

The black family began posting videos on Facebook about their neighbor Glenn Halfin, who threw eggs and dog feces on the Petty’s car, the Dallas Morning News reported.

Petty captured the video with a camera he put outside of his apartment and captured the 64-year-old firefighter and former arson investigator tying a rope around the neck of a doll and hanging it from the railing outside of the Petty’s apartment.

Halfin was ultimately arrested on a charge of stalking in January, according to Tarrant County records. However, on Friday, he was charged with a misdemeanor civil rights offense. The harassment falls under fair housing standards that prevents interference or threats to a person of color’s housing rights.

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Dante Petty, 28, says that when he moved to Grapevine in June 2017 with his young daughter, he immediately began to have problems with his white neighbor in the apartment below him.

Petty, who is black, said in a Facebook post at the time that it began with Glenn Halfin, 64, throwing eggs and dog feces on his car.

Petty could not be reached for comment. But he said on Facebook that a video camera he put outside his apartment captured Halfin, a former firefighter and arson investigator, tying a rope around the neck of a doll and hanging it from a railing in December.

Halfin was arrested in January by Grapevine police and charged with stalking, Tarrant County court records show.



Glenn Halfin (Facebook)

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Dante Petty 
(Facebook)

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[nycbos]

1. Tell us again about civility.

[Afromania]

2. another of those "fine" people on the other side

[kimbutgar]

3. I hope the lawyer fees eat up his savings and retirement money

Twitler has really emboldened the deplorables and brought out the worst in people.

[bitterross]

4. His Career will come in handy when he decides to burn them out

He'll know just how to hide the evidence of arson when he burns their home down. It's also TX. So, the good old boys network where he used to work will probably go to bat for him and help him cover up.

Yes, I'm in a very cynical mood about people today.

[JI7]

5. They should do a review of cases he was involved in that may involved minorities

[marble falls]

6. That's a good idea. Fire inspectors put a lot of people in prison here in Texas.

[Corgigal]

7. That is exactly what I thought.

Got to wonder about his successful crime rate convictions.