A black family living in California was shocked to discover that someone had apparently vandalized their car with a racial slur and a swastika over the holidays.
“I couldn’t believe this happened to me in San Pedro,” said Reginald Scott in an interview with KTLA-TV.
Scott said the vandalism happened sometime between Christmas and New Year’s day. Someone used black spray paint to write “Merry Christmas” followed by the N-word on one side of the car. On the other side, they wrote, “Happy New Year,” and added a swastika on the back of the car. They also punctured the tires.
Scott said that he believes someone vandalized his Ford Mustang because it was parked in front of someone else’s home.
“Even if you’re parked where you’re not supposed to be, I don’t think that gives you the right to spray-paint somebody’s car and call them a racial slur,” said his son, Reginald Scott II. “That’s hurtful.”
Scott said that his car has been vandalized in previous incidents as well.
On Halloween, someone cut his truck tires and sprayed some substance over it. He says that someone also lit his truck on fire in another incident about two years ago.
He is afraid that the incidents are escalating, and although his family has lived in San Pedro for 20 years, they no longer feel safe in the city.
Scott started a GoFundMe donation page to seek support from the community so that they could move.
“Having a racial slur spray painted on the family vehicle is shameful, embarrassing, and difficult to explain to my child. We also, no longer feel safe,” he wrote on the donation page.
The median home price in San Pedro is about $800,000, according to Realtor.com.
Here’s a news report about the incident:
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