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After Several Attempts, Swastika Remains

by KREX News Room
by Courtney Griffin

Story Created: Jan 24, 2013 at 7:35 PM MDT

Story Updated: Jan 24, 2013 at 10:29 PM MDT

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo.- A Grand Junction neighborhood is still talking about a racist symbol that was spray painted on a man's garage.

In an area near 10th Street and Colorado Avenue, a swastika remains on a garage, after several attempts to paint over it.

Neighbors who have lived there for a year say this has never happened before, and they're now concerned about their own property being vandalized.

"I normally come out and look around, and when I seen that I said wow, that's all racists stuff right there," said Benjamin Raulston, neighbor.

"I think it was more of a shock to me because it was close to the day of the inauguration, if not the same day. The president had just spoken about equality and the fact that we all have civil rights. Every single thing that we talked about that day, and then this shows up. It's just, I think, a form of disrespect to not only us as neighbors but us as a community," said Alicia Achierno, neighbor.

Neighbors say the property owner of the garage was outside trying to paint over the swastika all day.

They say they'd like to see the city help out to cover up the sign.

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Anonymous said on Friday, Jan 25 at 7:07 PM

WHATEVER 3:00. The point is, there is help and resources available to the homeowner to clean up the mess. OK, it's from the County. Nobody suggested the school district, except you.

Anonymous said on Friday, Jan 25 at 4:00 PM

The City does not have a vandalism program, but the County does. Also, there is no such thing as a City inmate or jail, that is also the County. People need to learn the difference between City, County, and School District. They are all different entities!

Anony said on Friday, Jan 25 at 11:34 AM

And this makes the news head lines in G.J.,and to top it off we are subjected to Red Neck education on what these symbols mean.

Fugg said on Friday, Jan 25 at 10:09 AM

Sombody get this home owner a can of "killz" and get the mess covered up. The best deterent to graffiti is to paint over it immeditially. Not wait for goverment to solve all you problems.

Anonymous said on Friday, Jan 25 at 8:52 AM

There you go. The loser kid did it. Glad you caught him in the act before. He should clean it.

Anonymous said on Thursday, Jan 24 at 11:15 PM

The guys sons who lives in that house is the kid around the nieghboorhood who's spray painting fences I caught him putting south side 13 on my fence why working on my truck he didn't realize I was on the other side I grabbed him till the cops arrived but they didn't seem to do anything about it wouldn't surprise me if he tagged his own garage

David said on Thursday, Jan 24 at 10:42 PM

Hitler also ruined the narrow mustache, yet the peace sign lives on amongst the hippies even though it was used as the regiment symbol for his 3rd Panzer Division during WWII. Go figure.

Anonymous said on Thursday, Jan 24 at 10:30 PM

Anonymous at 9:13 PM Yep written like a true obozo voter. Never help your neighbor when the guberment will do everything for you.

Anonymous said on Thursday, Jan 24 at 10:13 PM

Hey fool at 8:42, maybe because vandalism is a crime and I pay plenty of taxes on my house/lot to live in this City and County without the fear of vandals tagging my garage, my house, or my back alley fence. Maybe one night your house will be painted purple/pink with polka dots, would you mind?

Anonymous said on Thursday, Jan 24 at 10:00 PM

Floyd, the reason is because they have a vandalism program, but also due to lack of policing vandalism and lack of comment/response. Remember when somebody tagged the HOUSES of several residences along Walnut Street. Well the City used their resources, like current inmates, to clean it up.

Anonymous said on Thursday, Jan 24 at 9:50 PM

Did you all know that before the White Supremacists and before the Nazis that the symbol of the Swastika has a long, archeological history of meaning "good". Too bad they wrecked. And the vandalism should be taken seriously and should be looked at by GPD as a hate crime. This kind of vile vandalism should not be tolerated. Where are the leaders of this City denouncing this? The spotlight is on.

Floyd said on Thursday, Jan 24 at 9:43 PM

Why should the city help out with covering the paint up? was it the city who put the paint there in the first place?

Anonymous said on Thursday, Jan 24 at 9:42 PM

If it bothers you clowns so much how about YOU help out. Why is it always the governments job to baby sit and give you cradle to grave hand outs.

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