Hate Crime Or A Prank?

Racism Hate Crime One man is speaking out after finding a hateful message at a Mobile movie theatre.

by Diana Lucio

Published: Fri, November 07, 2008 - 7:41 pm CST Last Updated: Fri, November 07, 2008 - 7:46 pm CST

A Mobile man is speaking out after making a shocking discovery at a family movie theater.
Walter Henderson is a maintenance worker at the Carmike Cinemas off Highway 90.
He claims when he got to work Wednesday morning he found this noose hanging on the front door.
Henderson believes the noose sends a racially offensive message. "It symbolizes hate and it symbolizes a form of intimidation that most folk would come and hang a noose and that would let you know that you better fear me because I will be back to get you,"Said Henderson.
News Five spoke with the General Manager of the Carmike who says they haven't dealt with an incident like this before.
They tell us anyone caught pulling a prank like this will be reported to the police.

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kedaver Says:

Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 1:58 pm

correction… were not

kedaver Says:

Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 1:56 pm

butterfly..only if effigies of Ghandi, the Pope and the Dalai Lama where dangling from the bottom…

kedaver Says:

Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 1:50 pm

Opinionwriter..my bad, I misunderstood your point. I agree with you it could possibly be harassment, and it probably is but it would be difficult to prove.

butterflykisser101 Says:

Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 1:48 pm

Had it been done on Halloween…Would it be considered a hate crime?? Like the effigy of Sarah Palin and John McCain were perceived.

Opinionwriter Says:

Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 12:58 pm

kedaver, my main point wasn’t that a crime had been committed, but rather that hate crime laws are totally bogus. I’m not going to pick bones about a possible harassment charge, which it could warrant.

kedaver Says:

Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 12:27 pm

Opinionwriter, exactly what crime was committed here? What laws where broken? While I do find it childish and inappropriate, there was no crime committed here.

kedaver Says:

Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 12:22 pm

well said alabamaoutlaw…the noose is no more a racial hate symbol than the electric chair or a guillotine. It was a form of capital punishment and many people regardless or race were executed by it.