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sheshe2

(83,751 posts)
Fri Apr 21, 2017, 04:08 PM Apr 2017

Floridas First Black State Attorney Received A Noose In The Mail***NSFW

State Attorney Aramis Ayala challenged the death penalty in the aggressive capital punishment state.




She should pick cotton for the rest of her life and be whipped.

—Letter sent to Aramis Ayala


Her office says she now regularly receives hate mail, likely due to her decision not to seek the death penalty and her battle with the governor. A spokesperson sent Huffington Post three racist and threatening correspondence she received, one of which was a racist, expletive-laced tirade left in the comments section of her YouTube page:


“Fucking n***rs. n***rs everywhere. the black woman is sticking up for a convicted COP killer. She should be on trial for her job and fired and thrown to the streets. She should pick cotton for the rest of her life and be whipped.”


Another two were Facebook posts, embedded below. None of these three are part of the investigation, but give a clear picture of what Ayala is dealing with. HuffPost has withheld their identities because they are not a part of a criminal investigation.



Read More: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/floridas-first-black-state-attorney-received-a-noose-in-the-mail_us_58fa32d2e4b06b9cb91651cf?hyh&ncid=inblnkushpmg00000009

Reading those make me want to vomit. They show uncontrolled rage that is truly frightening. This is 'tRumps America' and they a slithering out from under their rocks at a rapid pace.

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Floridas First Black State Attorney Received A Noose In The Mail***NSFW (Original Post) sheshe2 Apr 2017 OP
This is horrible, and those "people" are horrifying. CaliforniaPeggy Apr 2017 #1
I can't imagine anyone filled with that much loathing. sheshe2 Apr 2017 #3
Horrible. Horrible. Horrible. NCTraveler Apr 2017 #2
These people are sick. sheshe2 Apr 2017 #5
The usual gang of illiterates. lpbk2713 Apr 2017 #4
Not going to say I'm surprised... Blue_Tires Apr 2017 #6
Florida Republicans DFW Apr 2017 #7
i hope that someone is doing an investigation on these creeps. AllaN01Bear Apr 2017 #8
They are... sheshe2 Apr 2017 #10
Calling them deplorables is being too kind. Initech Apr 2017 #9
I wanted to laugh at this retrowire Apr 2017 #11
in deed ,they haven't evolved onetexan Apr 2017 #13
Slithering out, indeed FiveGoodMen Apr 2017 #12
Florida Man can mail stuff? jpak Apr 2017 #14
I hate my State. William769 Apr 2017 #15

CaliforniaPeggy

(149,611 posts)
1. This is horrible, and those "people" are horrifying.
Fri Apr 21, 2017, 04:12 PM
Apr 2017

And you're right: tRump is authorizing and empowering them, more and more, all the time.

How do we stop them?

sheshe2

(83,751 posts)
3. I can't imagine anyone filled with that much loathing.
Fri Apr 21, 2017, 04:21 PM
Apr 2017

We have Resist as much as we can and stand up for one another.

 

NCTraveler

(30,481 posts)
2. Horrible. Horrible. Horrible.
Fri Apr 21, 2017, 04:17 PM
Apr 2017

In Florida we have places like Moon Lake and the surrounding neighborhoods. Few outside of Florida are aware of these areas. They are white supremacist strongholds.

lpbk2713

(42,757 posts)
4. The usual gang of illiterates.
Fri Apr 21, 2017, 04:23 PM
Apr 2017



It must hurt to be that stupid.






Edit to add: Her judicial district is next to the one where Zimmy
went to court. So the responses are not all that unexpected.

DFW

(54,370 posts)
7. Florida Republicans
Fri Apr 21, 2017, 06:35 PM
Apr 2017

And some people wonder how it could be that people in rural Florida voted overwhelmingly for Trump. Maybe this will provide an answer?

sheshe2

(83,751 posts)
10. They are...
Fri Apr 21, 2017, 06:42 PM
Apr 2017

from my link

Calling the package a hate crime, Ayala forwarded the letters to the Orange County Sheriff’s Office, which launched an investigation, according to the Orlando Sentinel.


An incident report obtained by the paper stated that Ayala “believes the hangman’s noose was meant as a threat to her as a public official.”


Deputies are reportedly working with the U.S. Postal Service to find a suspect. A spokesperson in Ayala’s office said the author of the letters didn’t leave a name.

retrowire

(10,345 posts)
11. I wanted to laugh at this
Fri Apr 21, 2017, 06:52 PM
Apr 2017

Laugh at the stupidity.

But these folks aren't ignorant.

They're racists.

And racism is a primitive Neanderthal thought process.

They are devolved species. I wouldn't call a bird or a whale stupid so I won't call them stupid.

Racists. They're just a less intelligent breed.

FiveGoodMen

(20,018 posts)
12. Slithering out, indeed
Fri Apr 21, 2017, 06:55 PM
Apr 2017

Last edited Fri Apr 21, 2017, 09:07 PM - Edit history (1)

But one horrible thing about all this is that they were there, under those rocks, all along.

Taken on average, Americans are a far worse, more unforgivable lot that most of us realized.

It won't be enough to get rid of Trump and Ryan and a few others at the top.

This base must be dealt with.

And how do you deal with them???

They can't be reasoned with. Merely reading those quotes should put that idea to rest.

It doesn't work to just wait for them to die; they're busy making new ones just like them.

How will America ever be a decent place if populated by the likes of those letter-writers?

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