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Source: Think Progress
Last week, a man threw a 20-pound rock through a window of an Iraqi restaurant in Lowell, Massachussetts with the motivation behind the act of vandalism still remaining unclear. The Lowell Sun reports that the owner of the restaurant, Leyla Al-Zubaydi, was driven to tears, and [it] prompted her to question whether the family should close the restaurant.
But this week, a group of military veterans changed her mind with an act of solidarity. Patrick Scanlon, a Vietnam veteran and a coordinator for Veterans for Peace, organized so many veterans and other supporters to come and patronize the restaurant that they ended up filling every seat twice. For someone to come and throw a rock through this window, in what we consider a hate crime, is totally unacceptable, said veteran Pat Scanlon. The Lowell Sun captured video of the outpouring of support for the restaurant. Watch it:
This solidarity gives us the courage to stand, said Al-Zubaidi. There is no more fear in my heart because there are such nice people behind us. (HT: Reddit user rootGrapefruit)
http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2012/01/12/402852/veterans-flood-iraqi-restaurant-to-show-support-after-rock-thrown-through-its-window/
Damn, members of Veterans for Peace are good people. :sniff:
Moondog
(4,833 posts)have style as well as conscience.
HopeHoops
(47,675 posts)G_j
(40,367 posts)dipsydoodle
(42,239 posts)Good on the Vets.