[Vision2020] Hate Crime on the Palouse

[Donovan Arnold]

I don't think that is jumping too much to any conclusions:

I could see how someone would think that garbage thrown all over a Muslim 
center was intentional act of malice.

It certainly is more reasonable then thinking that a naked insane man that 
thought he knew kong-fu and just happened to walk by a full garbage can and 
decided to dump it out on the drive way. I mean geez, I am sure this is far 
more likely then the chance of someone from the Northwest would dislike 
Muslims even though we are at war with many of them.

The article did not say that the man dumped the garbage, just that he 
happened to be near it (in it, or playing with it), and it seems likely that 
he committed the act, nobody saw him do it. Not to mention, it would be 
easier for the police to link the two directly rather then investigate the 
possibility that someone else did it and the insane man came across it later 
and decided to play with the garbage.

Donovan Arnold






>From: WMSteed@aol.com
>To: dkaag@turbonet.com, vision2020@moscow.com
>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Hate Crime on the Palouse
>Date: Thu, 3 Apr 2003 21:22:17 EST
>
>
>In a message dated 4/3/03 4:47:42 PM, dkaag@turbonet.com writes:
>
><< I hope they find and prosecute the idiots who
>
>perpetrated this embarrassing episode. >>
>
>Pretty quick on the trigger aren't we?
>
>Re the garbage at the Islamic Center on Stadium Way in Pullman today, MDN
>tonight reported on page 3A about an individual taken into protective 
>custody
>on a mental health hold after taking off his clothes and tossing garbage
>around property on Stadium Way.  A police Lt. stated, "This is clearly a
>mental health issue."  An apparent spokesman for the Islamic Center stated 
>"I
>think this incident has no relationship with any hate crime and was not
>targeting anyone in the Muslim community."
>
>Walter Steed
>
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