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| Liberty County Veteran's Grave Vandalized |
| 2007-10-22 |
| HOUSTON -- The family of a fallen Marine is dealing with another shock -- their son's new grave was vandalized. Lance Cpl. Jeremy Burris, 22, of Liberty, died in Iraq and was buried at Cook Memorial Cemetery earlier this week. The cemetery has a locked gate at the front and a fence around the perimeter, but vandals managed to get in sometime between Wednesday night and Thursday morning, less than two days after the Liberty marine was buried, officials said. Bill Offutt, a Vietnam veteran, was one of the people who helped clean up the mess before anyone could see it. "It was trashed," said Offutt, "The wreaths that had been around the grave -- they ripped them apart and stuff was strewn everywhere." Burris was laid to rest on Tuesday. Huge crowds lined the streets to bid him a final farewell. The community is now in shock. Tom Smathers, a Liberty resident said, "It's terrible. You can't believe someone would do something like that." "They're doing their best to keep us safe. It's horrible," said resident William Dozer. Liberty police said they have no leads and no idea who would do this or why, but even the chief is outraged. "This is a despicable act. In 30 years of policing, it's probably the lowest event I have witnessed," said Chief Mike Cummings. He stressed that vandalizing a grave is a crime, and asked for the public's help in figuring out the culprits. This country is full of people who think that anarchist blackshirts have First Amendment protection when they swarm down the street assaulting passersby, defecating on the sidewalk, vandalizing property, and threatening all who oppose them. It is not much of a step from that to this, especially if the media culture gives it the stamp of righteous rebellion. |
| Posted by:Lord Piltdown |
| #4 You only have to shoot a few and the rest get the message. The sad thing about our current impasse is how little force is necessary now to stop events from coming to a head. Our inaction encourages our enemies and later comes the fire. |
| Posted by: Excalibur 2007-10-22 09:10 |
| #3 If a person was to encounter an act of vandalism like this, and shoot and kill the perpetrator, would a jury convict? Likely not in Houston. Likely so in San Franscisco. That would be a good question for distinguishing 'true' America from false America. Sadly, I fear true America is fast becoming the minority. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2007-10-22 07:22 |
| #2 |
| Posted by: gorb 2007-10-22 02:55 |
| #1 No, they do not have any right to do this Piltdown. None at all. I have had enough of it.Have not the rest of us? |
| Posted by: newc 2007-10-22 00:17 |