Shame on vandals shooting out windows

Quite frankly, we utterly fail to understand the attraction of using BB guns to shoot up glass objects -- apartment and car windows, as was the case Saturday night on W. Kiowa Avenue in Fort Morgan.

Or perhaps we understand the motivation a bit too well.

Those apartments contain a significant percentage of African refugees.

There was a similar incident on State Street, and there are some refugees in that area.

Police are investigating the possibility that the crimes were aimed at members of the refugee community.

These incidents are a slap in the face -- or more accurately, a stab in the back -- of efforts by such organizations as OneMorgan County to help refugees adjust to their new community and their community adjust to them.

Those who commit such crimes are cowards of the worst sort, carrying out anonymous, malicious attacks under cover of darkness, then fading away into the night and hiding themselves.

Anyone so bored that they feel the need to shoot BBs into windows as a means to getting a thrill has to be extremely jaded.

And anyone who expresses his discontent with a segment of the population by resorting to clandestine acts of vandalism has to be extremely warped and cowardly.

While these may be the only acts targeting our refugee neighbors, they are far from the only criminal acts around our area in recent days.

Several Brush businesses were the targets of attempted burglaries , vandals have hit some area mailboxes and Fort Morgan police are still looking for a woman who passed a note to a clerk at a downtown business claiming to have a gun and fled with some cash.

Looks like some Grinches are trying to steal Christmas in our Whoville.

It would behoove all of us to be extra alert, keeping an eye on not only our possessions and personal safety but on the possessions and safety of our neighbors.

There are many temptations out there for those of questionable character -- light displays, cars loaded with gifts and homes full of gifts, televisions and other assorted electronics and the like.

We should keep our eyes peeled to make us and our neighbors as safe as possible from those who would express their hate and/or greed in criminal manners.

Source: http://www.fortmorgantimes.com/ci_19592826?source=rss_viewed

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