In yet another example of rising hate crimes in the aftermath of Trump effect, this interracial couple that had gone through a very painful tragedy few years ago when their son ended his life due to bullying for being biracial is leaving through another nightmare.
Swastikas and the words “white power” were spray painted across the walls and doors of Joe and Pat Jude’s rental property.
Thieves stole the refrigerator from their kitchen, poured concrete down the drains in their bathroom and kicked down the railings on the stairs.
You have to watch the video to show the extent of the damage to the home and this family.
"We got through that,” Pat Jude said. “You never get over it, but then you come in here, and it's the same kind of stuff."
Whoever broke into the home opened the pipes upstairs, which flooded areas of the top level and caused parts of the ceiling to collapse.
"When I walked in... it just shook me,” Pat Jude said. “It just floored me that somebody could spread so much hate."
I begged and warned that this election was not like any others and many of my friends refused to pay attention and stayed home or voted 3rd party. Now all of us have to live with this as the new norm. I don’t know if I have strength to live through this for another 4-8 years or more...