Home Is Burglarized, Defaced in ‘Hate Crime’
Vandals who broke into Jill Williamson’s Pacoima home Wednesday did more than steal a VCR and jewelry--they defaced the home with racial slurs in what police are calling a hate crime.
The incident occurred between 7:30 a.m. and noon Wednesday. Vandals ransacked a room, slashed a water bed and scrawled racial slurs on the walls of the living room, Los Angeles Police Detective Larry Queen said. “The fact that someone marked the epithet on the walls classifies it as a hate crime,” Queen said.
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