Wait, what?
Cary man charged with placing racist stickers at Mexican restaurants. What they said
A Cary, NC man has been arrested after police say he placed “I (heart) being white†stickers in and around two Mexican restaurants over the weekend.
John Kantz, 60, has been charged with ethnic intimidation, said Capt. John Reeves, a spokesman for the Cary Police Department.
Stickers were placed on cars outside On the Border on Walnut Street, and in the restroom of Totopos Street Food and Tequila on Kildaire Farm Road, Reeves said.
Both incidents were reported between 4:30 and 5:30 p.m. Saturday, according to police reports obtained by The News & Observer.
In a statement Tuesday, On the Border said it was working with law enforcement to “identify the individuals and take appropriate action.â€
“We deplore the actions of these individuals and stand in solidarity with all communities of color,†the emailed statement said. “We will never tolerate behavior of this kind and these individuals are no longer welcome in our restaurants.â€
Huh what? I can certainly understand the person (and if there are any more “persons of interest”, as further noted, them) being banned at the restaurants. I could even understand a very minor vandalism charge for damaging cars (of course, most of the people who rioted last year were let off scott free. Same with those who damaged the Confederate statues. Regardless of the propriety, and I’ve never been a fan of them. They lost), but, what the heck is “ethnic intimidation? Is that like Wrongthink? I’m pretty darned sure that both the federal Bill of Rights and the NC Constitution (Article 1 Section 14, most specifically) allow freedom of speech. There’s no threat of bodily harm or other harm. Free speech is to protect speech that people do not like/agree with. I think he’s an a-hole for doing this, but, he’s Constitutionally allowed to be an a-hole in this manner.
He was seriously arrested on this minor misdemeanor. For Free Speech.
If this was a Dem with a banner that said "Fuck Trump", think the NY Times would call this "a sad reality"? https://t.co/lRY8c8DM6H
— William Teach2 ??????? #refuseresist (@WTeach2) July 28, 2021
BTW, I’m against the banner for it’s use of the F word, obscenity and such has no place in public, poor morals, decorum, and propriety. I don’t like it regardless of whether political or not. And, before anyone says it, we’ve seen just as bad, and usally worse, from Trump haters, Bush 43 haters, Cruz haters, etc.
