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Wait Wut

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Mon Jul 2, 2012, 03:16 PM Jul 2012

Gay couple w/ 4 kids bullied in Arizona for months, kids threatened with gun [View all]

This is a fairly long article with some really upsetting information. Please, read the entire article.

http://www.examiner.com/article/gay-couple-w-4-kids-bullied-arizona-for-months-kids-threatened-with-gun



In the last 120 days the Bermea's family vehicles have been vandalized, with gay slurs scratched into them. Their property has been set on fire, and their home has been broken into -- again with slurs and profanity left behind. One of the children's rooms was vandalized, and they now are afraid to sleep there. Can you blame them? How would any child be able to sleep knowing that there are people outside your walls who want to do harm to you and your family? The trauma on the minds of these children is heartbreaking, as they will likely carry these moments terror with them for the rest of their lives. It is despicable, deplorable and truly tragic that these innocent children have learned at such an early age what it means to live in fear.

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Just recently over the weekend of June 30th two of the children were accosted by at least two men in a white SUV, one who had with a gun! According to the new Facebook group created to support the family it was reported that a man drove along side them and another got out of the vehicle and pointed a pistol at the defenseless, blameless children. The children then fled home, with both men giving chase. One on foot, and the other slowly following in their vehicle. Upon arriving they told their parents what happened, who again called the police. Again, no leads -- and no help.

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Oh my God! HappyMe Jul 2012 #1
The article calls the perps in the SUV *men* lpbk2713 Jul 2012 #2
+++ The Doctor. Jul 2012 #4
Exterminated like rabid vermin... I HEAR THAT!!!!! Zalatix Jul 2012 #11
It's Arizona. Wait Wut Jul 2012 #13
Fight hate crime: Shoot back! backscatter712 Jul 2012 #24
Arrested as violent predators. Where are the LEOs during this flagrant criminality? freshwest Jul 2012 #16
In their white sheets, burning crosses. n/t backscatter712 Jul 2012 #31
I lived in Gilbert for nearly a decade. It is a town dominated by Mormons. The elementary AzDar Jul 2012 #3
What were the adults like? Wait Wut Jul 2012 #12
Oh God. Gilbert is a cesspool. blueamy66 Jul 2012 #14
Okay, that answers my question about LEOs to the Doctor, then. freshwest Jul 2012 #17
Pulling guns on children. Nt xchrom Jul 2012 #5
Tough guys. Wait Wut Jul 2012 #10
If I were them - I'd get the hell out of Arizona. Initech Jul 2012 #6
Especially after this. HappyMe Jul 2012 #7
Not everybody can afford to live in San Francisco or Massachusetts. There aren't enough jobs. yardwork Jul 2012 #8
You're absolutely right. HappyMe Jul 2012 #15
Go where and live on what money? yardwork Jul 2012 #19
Those were the first two places I could think of. Initech Jul 2012 #21
Yo, Portland. boppers Jul 2012 #34
That was my first thought. Wait Wut Jul 2012 #9
There are rumor mills talking about dissolving the USA. This is a form of ethnic cleansing. freshwest Jul 2012 #18
That's not always a possibility, and many will refuse to MineralMan Jul 2012 #20
Do you know what a place with room for four kids would cost in San Francisco? LeftyMom Jul 2012 #33
This is not America ryan_cats Jul 2012 #22
For those not familiar with AZ, Gilbert is in Maricopa County, a suburb of Phoenix. rufus dog Jul 2012 #23
Ah, so when you call the cops, you get Joe Arpaio and his buds. backscatter712 Jul 2012 #32
I am with you on that one. rufus dog Jul 2012 #37
No, you are a smart person for saying it blueamy66 Jul 2012 #40
At least the people in the West Valley aren't freaking hypocrites! blueamy66 Jul 2012 #38
I can't tell you all how KKK this is. nolabear Jul 2012 #25
This family needs to arm themselves to the teeth and use their weapons kestrel91316 Jul 2012 #26
It's absolutely legal to do so. Wait Wut Jul 2012 #27
This message was self-deleted by its author EarthGurl2012 Jul 2012 #28
Thanks for posting your thoughts. lpbk2713 Jul 2012 #29
This message was self-deleted by its author EarthGurl2012 Jul 2012 #30
It takes a while to get over the Monsoons. boppers Jul 2012 #35
This message was self-deleted by its author EarthGurl2012 Jul 2012 #43
Welcome to DU. Scuba Jul 2012 #48
So can you ascertain from the information provided what cops are doing about it? lonestarnot Jul 2012 #36
Why bother speaking to the gilbert police dept? blueamy66 Jul 2012 #39
Why bother doing anything then? lonestarnot Jul 2012 #41
Um, you didn't answer my question. blueamy66 Jul 2012 #42
What does that have to do with anything... We have lots of smarm running around the Valley, most lonestarnot Jul 2012 #46
Might has well have been born here. blueamy66 Jul 2012 #47
but guns make peace possible... didn't ya hear!? fascisthunter Jul 2012 #44
People read the lies foisted by Freepers and other right wing liars and they take action Bluenorthwest Jul 2012 #45
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