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Shayne Howe was frightened for his family when he saw a two-metre-tall cross burning on the front lawn of his Nova Scotia home and heard racial epithets uttered early Sunday morning.
Police said they are investigating the incident as a hate crime.
Howe is black and his partner, Michelle Lyon, is white. The couple and their children live in a small community in Hants County, north of Halifax. Howe is the only black person in the community.
"I just seen a big cross out there, and it was on fire and it had the rope around the neck, and it was hanging down, and it was on fire. It was about seven feet tall," he said Monday.
"By the time I got outside, there was nobody around. All we heard was, 'Die, n----r, die.' I was scared for my kids and my life. I don't know what is going to happen next. If it's a joke, then I don't know what it is. I don't know how to take it."
Howe said when he saw the burning cross he thought of the Ku Klux Klan.
"What else can you think of?" he asked.
Family terrified
Lyon said the family was terrorized by the act.
"We were terrified, just terrified. We didn't know if they were still around the house, we didn't know if they were coming back, we didn't know why this had happened. We had no idea," she said.
"We're very well respected in the community. I've been here a long time and Shayne's been here for quite awhile now. Nothing of this sort has ever happened, so we were just kind of in awe and shock of the whole ordeal. It's like something you'd see in the movies, not real life."
Howe, who has lived in the community for six years, said he has never experienced this level of racism before.
"It's 2010. That's supposed to be gone. It wasn't even around when I was a kid," Howe said. "I got called a few names, big deal, but it wasn't nothing like this. That's not a joke to me, that's not a prank."
Howe said he considers the cross burning a threat but doesn't believe anyone in the community did it.
"I can't see it being a community thing. I'm respecting the community. If I'm outside, they're waving. There's absolutely no reason for anybody to do that," he said.
"If it's a hate crime, then I've got to pack up and get my family out out of here. It's not that I'm running, but I've got to protect my children."
Hate crime investigation
The first thing the family did Monday was look for a new home because they're afraid of what may happen next. Lyon said the family fears their house may be set on fire.
RCMP spokeswoman Sgt. Brigdit Leger said police are investigating the incident as a hate crime.
"In this case, with the burning of the cross, and the use of racial terms, we are absolutely exploring the avenue that this may be a hate crime," Leger said.
Police have no suspects yet, and anyone with information is asked to contact RCMP or Crime Stoppers
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02-22-2010, 05:40 PM
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at least it isn't happening in vancouver, thank god for that.
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it could be, theres plenty of racist bastards out there
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02-22-2010, 08:17 PM
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there is still hate crime that happens in vancouver and the gvrd. just because there aren't any burning crosses doesn't mean that it doesn't happen here...
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Originally Posted by BaoXu at least it isn't happening in vancouver, thank god for that. | Racism at that level can't happen here in Vancouver. You know how many crazy nammers, east indians, blacks, mexicans, (maybe hongers? maybe?) have a huge ego?
There's racism like calling each other a racial slur. Whatever. Big whoop.
But putting a cross on someones lawn wishing them to die whole heartedly is another level.
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Originally Posted by seakrait there is still hate crime that happens in vancouver and the gvrd. just because there aren't any burning crosses doesn't mean that it doesn't happen here... | I think there is more gay hate crimes than racial ones.
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wow
never imagined something like that would happen in Canada but i guess that's why something like this hit national news because its insanely rare
i would say the 2 highest forms of prejudice/hate that happen here are towards gays and natives
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Halifax has a very institutional racism problem. There is a school that is always on the news as having racial issues. Much like Cambie here separates the addicts from the "normals" in DTES, there is a street between the North End and South End that separates the blacks from the whites.
It's not a NS wide problem, and there are a lot of great communities in the province. It just so happens that the community I grew up in was whiter than tide.
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didnt think this level of racism still went on in Canada very sad to see.
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Wow, poor kids, I wonder if they'r being picked on @ school since they'r the only dark-skinned people
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"We're very well respected in the community. I've been here a long time and Shayne's been here for quite awhile now.
"It's 2010. That's supposed to be gone. It wasn't even around when I was a kid," Howe said. "I got called a few names, big deal, but it wasn't nothing like this..."
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so im wondering if this was sparked by something else, not because of his race, maybe one of them made an enemy somewhere and the guy just chose this as a way to showcase his anger (im just trying to guess his intent here)
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are they sure it wasn't a lowercase t, for time to get out?
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im quite surprised people from Canada would pull something that horrid off..
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No more. Either of you posts again, I will ban you for a week.
Clear this fucking thread up.
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