Police add patrols in wake of racial slur, vandalism

[gi4obama]

PARK TOWNSHIP -- Police have added patrols after a spray-painted racial slur turned up on a black family's driveway last week -- one of a dozen acts of vandalism in the area north of Holland.

Plainclothes detectives have worked the area, talking to residents, but have been unable to identify suspects.

That could change next week, when students return to the school and talk starts. Police believe several people were involved in the crimes, which included damage to residents' property and at Winstrom Park near 160th Avenue and Perry Street.

"We've probably gotten a dozen incidents altogether," Ottawa County sheriff's Lt. Mark Bennett said Tuesday.

The racial slur and a caricature painted on Avelock Robinson's driveway is a big concern, Bennett said.


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[TaranAlvein]

1. I swear man, some people...

It's been decades since segregation officially ended! Just how long is this ignorant hatred between the races going to continue? The only good thing is that it isn't nearly as bad as it used to be, but that's little consolation to those who continue to suffer it every day. It's a terrible shame, really. I can't wait for humanity to just grow up and get a clue.