{"id":76017,"date":"2017-11-14T09:21:10","date_gmt":"2017-11-14T16:21:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/racist-vulgar-note-on-car-prompts-police-inquiry\/"},"modified":"2017-11-14T16:21:10","modified_gmt":"2017-11-14T16:21:10","slug":"racist-vulgar-note-on-car-prompts-police-inquiry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/racist-vulgar-note-on-car-prompts-police-inquiry\/","title":{"rendered":"Racist, vulgar note on car prompts police inquiry"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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This note was left on Michael Berry\u2019s car, which was parked at the Durango Recreation Center last week. The Durango Police Department is investigating.<\/span>Courtesy of Michael Berry<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>

Durango Police are investigating who might have placed a racist and vulgar note that included political and personal attacks on the windshield of a car parked at the Durango Community Recreation Center last week.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhoever this suspect was made it personal,\u201d said Cmdr. Ray Shupe. \u201cThey weren\u2019t just attacking an ideology. They were making personal attacks.\u201d<\/p>\n

On Friday, Michael Berry and his wife went to work out at the rec center about 1 p.m. When they returned to their car at 2 p.m., a vulgar note was on the windshield, written on the back of a flier for Veterans Day events.<\/p>\n

Berry, a regular at the rec center, at 2700 Main Ave., said the note was filled with political and personal attacks, likely sparked by the anti-President Donald Trump apparel he and his wife wear to the gym.<\/p>\n

Berry said he and his wife have a few shirts that express their dislike for Trump. Some wording on the shirts include \u201cResist,\u201d \u201cThis is not normal,\u201d and \u201cNo Es Mi Presidente.\u201d<\/p>\n

Most of the note\u2019s contents is not suitable for print.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt gives me and others here pleasure to see you two old snowflakes with your (expletive) up t shirts still protesting almost a year later \u2026 must be miserable for you both!! Great. Go Trump \u2026 done more good in 10 months than the (racial slur) Muslim did in 8 long years.\u201d<\/p>\n

The note then goes on to personal attacks:<\/p>\n

\u201cYou should spend your money not on t shirts but getting all that bad plastic surgery redone on that \u2018Joker Looking\u2019 faced wife including her fake (expletive) \u2026 And you \u2026 get some regular classes so you don\u2019t look like a bigger liberal (expletive).\u201d<\/p>\n

Berry, who has lived in Durango three years, said he initially felt angry,. But then shock set in.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s really what\u2019s out there,\u201d he said. \u201cThat is the extreme right of the Trump supporters who would say anything like that, especially the racism involved.\u201d<\/p>\n

Berry alerted rec center staff, then called Durango Police.<\/p>\n

Police plan to acquire tape from a video surveillance camera outside the rec renter, which might have captured who left the note on Berry\u2019s car.<\/p>\n

Shupe said if a suspect were caught, it\u2019s likely he or she would be charged with disorderly conduct, a misdemeanor.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnytime you\u2019re exchanging words with someone in a manner to provoke a violent response, that\u2019s disorderly conduct,\u201d he said. \u201cThe other thing, it was a personal attack. A political debate is one thing. But when you start making it personal, it\u2019s something different.\u201d<\/p>\n

District Attorney Christian Champagne said a disorderly conduct charge is usually a Petty Offense 1 in most circumstances, carrying a penalty of up to six months in jail, with possible fines attached.<\/p>\n

However, a disorderly conduct charge can be a misdemeanor 2 or 3, which could hold a maximum jail sentence of a year in jail or five years of probation.<\/p>\n

jromeo@durangoherald.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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