Is this racist?

[GMDino]

So, back story:  Pittsburgh had an incident where an officer was charged for shooting and killing a suspect who was running away after a car he was riding in was stopped following a drive by shooting.

Officer was found not guilty.

You had the usual marches and protests.  At least one idiot smashed out a window somewhere, but for the most part peaceful.

Of course there have been lots of arguments and discussions about the case and trial.

And now there is this:

Quote:Borough says there's nothing it can do about racially charged billboard
Updated: Mar 25, 2019 - 6:03 PM

WORTHINGTON, Pa. - A billboard in Worthington, Armstrong County is causing more controversy after messages over the weekend zeroed in on the Michael Rosfeld verdict, and other racially-charged messages. 



It’s drawing criticism, complaints and even damage to the sign itself. 

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"The messaging is toxic. It’s in my opinion it’s racist and divisive and no good is going to come of it," Mary Lou Mitsch told Channel 11 after driving by the billboard.

People were so outraged, someone pulled the electrical wiring down causing the billboard to go completely dark.


Worthington Borough officials said they've been swamped with complaints, but the council president says there is nothing they can do legally.

"It’s out of our control. The borough has no control, no authority to control the sign or anything else. It’s a privately owned sign," George Kerr said.

The owner of the sign, John Placek, told Channel 11's Melanie Marsalko over the phone he realizes he pushed the envelope.  Placek says he was trying to highlight the dialogue of race issues.

I think if I posted what the one billboard says it would be a violation of the COC so I'll let y'all see it at the link.

My two cents is that if someone thinks paying to post racist crap on a billboard makes them a patriot we have a lot of problems in this country.  And based on the number of people who support him it might not be a small problem.