Racist graffiti in (San Diego) County leads to teen arrest

[Newsjock]

Source: Associated Press

A 16-year-old had been arrested on suspicion of vandalizing an interracial San Diego County family's minivan with a swastika and other racist graffiti.

... Michael Lee, who is black, says it was the second time he and his Hispanic wife have been the victims of racist vandalism. He says someone carved a pair of swastikas on their porch post shortly after they moved into the neighborhood five years ago.

Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/07/12/state/n173413D47.DTL&tsp=1

[BlooInBloo]

1. Clearly the only prudent thing to do is withhold judgment until all the facts are in...

Obviously it's just too soon to tell if anything racist really happened.

[BumRushDaShow]

3. I agree

We can't jump to any conclusions as the teen may have just been having a little fun. Oh my, what a mischievous kid!!!

[BlooInBloo]

6. What a scamp.

[BumRushDaShow]

9. A true ruffian! n/t

[tooeyeten]

5. maybe, maybe not

but why would he use such a deplorable symbol?

[Hissyspit]

7. Poster is being sarcastic. nt

[BlooInBloo]

10. Bah. Killjoy.

[fishwax]

11. The family had a minivan, not a high-end SUV--clearly this was more about class than race

:eyes:

[Newsjock]

2. What liability should the parents have?

One can imagine what this 16yo has been "taught" at home.

[ProgressiveProfessor]

4. Per the article, the parents are the one who brought it to light

[ThomCat]

8. The parents deserve a lot of credit for making their kid take responsibility

for his actions. Obviously they tried to teach him not to be a bigot, and tried to teach him to be responsible too. If he hasn't learned those lessons yet, obviously they're still teaching. Good for them.

This is a parent's nightmare, to have a child do something criminal that goes against what you tried to instill. :(