Biracial Arizona Couple Finds Burnt Cross on Front Lawn
- Posted on December 25, 2011 at 11:25am by
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Image source: KSAZ-TV
A biracial Arizona couple awoke the morning of Christmas Eve to find a large wooden cross had been constructed on their lawn — and that someone had tried to set it on fire.
Iggy Griffin of Gilbert, Ariz. told Phoenix Fox affiliate KSAZ-TV he‘s afraid he and his wife are being targeted because they’re a biracial couple. A few feet away from the cross was a rock wrapped in what the station described as a “nasty” note.
“I’m sitting up here, just like it’s 2011, almost 2012. I got biracial kids, the whole nine yards,” Griffin told KSAZ.
He made the discovery around 5:30 a.m. Saturday. At first he only saw the cross, but when police arrived he saw that it had been partially burned.
“I got maybe about three feet from it and you could smell where it was burned and as it got lighter, we were able to see that they tried to ignite it,” he said.
Neighbors recalled seeing a bright light from the Griffins’ yard around 1 a.m. but thought it could be Christmas lights.
Police collected evidence and the case will be turned over to detectives who specialize in hate crimes.
According to KSAZ, the note left implied the incident may have been related to Iggy Griffin’s business. He’s an independent contractor who installs satellite dishes. But either way, he said it’s unacceptable.
“It ain’t something that you expect in this day and age, in addition to that on Christmas Eve morning,” he said. “Dealing with the police and seeing something like that..something that should have been gone…a way long time ago.”



















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ThemDemsLie2much
Posted on December 25, 2011 at 2:01pmFirst biracial couple to run for president wins!
Report Post »waspanglosaxon
Posted on December 26, 2011 at 3:25amThis is pointless except to show that some people still disapprove of this nonsense. Miscegenation used to be outlawed in a majority of states as late as 1960. This is what happens when such people thumb their noses at society’s norms.
Report Post »HAPPYRWE
Posted on December 26, 2011 at 11:47amWake up everyone the OWS, ELF, Anarchy groups are on the loose, using their old tactics as usual. Christians are “boring” in the comparison of everyone else, and they stay home for Christmas with their families, or they go out and help others for Christmas.
Report Post »This act is clearly OWS mentality. The war on Christianity is on. Anarchist, anti-Christian, anti-freedom, anti-goodwill is rearing their ugly head, bottom- up, inside out……….Modus operandi, by their evil fruits you will know them.
wildbill_b
Posted on December 26, 2011 at 3:31pmIf you want to get rid of racism the government is the place to start. This is what CURRENT law says about “marriage license” people. Black’s Law Dictionary defines “license” as, “The permission by competent authority to do an act which without such permission, would be illegal.”
Marriage License: “A license or permission granted by public authority to persons who intend to intermarry”. (5th 1990 Ed page 877)
Intermarriage: “See Miscegenation” . (5th Ed page 731)
Miscegenation: “Mixture of races; marriage between persons of different races, as between a white person and a *****”
No requirement for whites to marry or for blacks to marry. Only to “intermarry”. Racism is a creation of government for the purposes of propaganda and obfuscation. Google Edward Bernays to see behind the curtain. Peace
Report Post »wildbill_b
Posted on December 26, 2011 at 3:52pmWhen you state your marriage vows, you enter into a legal contract. There are three parties to that legal contract: 1) you; 2) your spouse; and 3) the state of Ohio. The state is a party to the contract because under its laws, you have certain obligations and responsibilities to each other, to any children you may have, and to Ohio. http://www.ohiobar.org/Pages/LawFactsPamphletsDetail.aspx?itemID=35 ………….Permission and a contract with the “state” IF you get a license. However, the court is clear that marriage is a “common RIGHT” which can not be licensed: “”Statutes in many of the states, it is true, regulate the mode of entering into the contract, but they do not confer the right.”" MEISTER V. MOORE, 96 U. S. 76. Secondly, NO ONE can force you to enter ANY contract or agreement against your will. So how can the state force you to contract with IT in order to contract with your spouse? Answer is they can not. It merely makes the “state” the superior party in your marriage allowing them to tell you how to raise their children and take care of their property you “voluntarily” granted to them, albeit unknowingly. Peace
Report Post »Americaisalwaysrightevenwhenitswrong
Posted on December 26, 2011 at 7:02pm@HAPPYRWE – wow, really? You honestly think that such a horrendous, vile act as burning the cross on this couple’s lawn is proof of OWS/anti-Christmas agenda? Where is the connection? You may also find it interesting/enlightening to know that while some OWSers were indeed protesting and annoying people in markets nationwide, there were also a huge number who were feeding the homeless of cities throughout the country. seems like honest volunteer work to me.
Report Post »and @waspanglosaxon – with respect to your anti-miscegenation laws reference, black people were also not considered to be people according to US law. Does that make it right? If something should be respected because it is law, how do you feel about Health Care Reform?
cgnick
Posted on December 27, 2011 at 6:59amTypical Republican. Burning crosses in the biracial neighbors yard.
Report Post »FlatFoot
Posted on December 27, 2011 at 11:49amThat’s kind of a silly comment… Barack Hussein Obama is bi-racial in and of himself.
Also, this ‘bi-racial couple’ quite possibly erected and burned the cross themselves and then reported it as a crime. Quite often it is a planned and executed faux ‘hate crime’ that the so-called ‘victim’ perpetrate themselves in their attention whoring endeavor to paint themselves as victims of racial crime. The media absolutely loves these stories and short of child abuse stories nothing else will elicit raw emotions and pure drama more so than ‘nooses’ and ‘cross burning’ stories.
Report Post »smithclar3nc3
Posted on December 27, 2011 at 12:08pmThey probably burned the cross themselves to create the controversy and put them in the victim spotlight.
Report Post »Yeah_Buddy
Posted on December 27, 2011 at 4:58pmI‘m shocked there isn’t a city ordinance or HOA rules against front lawn fires. It causes Global Warming!
Report Post »sensibleadult
Posted on December 25, 2011 at 1:55pmSo what’s the problem?
Report Post »1776freedomofspeech
Posted on December 26, 2011 at 12:08amdrama
Report Post »Tony Phillips
Posted on December 26, 2011 at 1:04amHey Lather, you Jackass, there are racist people all over the world, not just in the south you Ignorant Wretch. Try the Middle East for the most racist people on the planet, or you can just knock on your Far left Liberal Neighbors door for a closer look.. Stay in whatever screwed up area you are living in, the South don’t need your ignorance down here.
Report Post »SouthSideLib
Posted on December 26, 2011 at 2:21pmReally!? a person calling him/herself sensible doesn’t see the problem with this!?
Report Post »scruffycat
Posted on December 27, 2011 at 3:53amfrom the looks of it they didn’t use enough lighter fluid
Report Post »jdog777
Posted on December 25, 2011 at 1:33pmI live in Gilbert… and I am very skeptical. This is the most diverse and tolerant city I have ever been to. It is also very family oriented. I smell a rat.
Report Post »robert
Posted on December 25, 2011 at 1:55pmI wouldn‘t be surpreised if they didn’t put it there themselves, trying to pretend anyone cares about their sorry a**es and whether they’re married or not.
There’s been so many hoxes lately this has got to be anotherone. Nothing else makes sense.
progressiveslayer
Posted on December 25, 2011 at 7:25pmPeople can be devious to further their agenda and that could have happened.
The Blu Morpho
Posted on December 25, 2011 at 8:41pmRobert is a racist *******
The Blu Morpho
Posted on December 25, 2011 at 9:00pmYou’re skeptical because your A RACIST!!
1776freedomofspeech
Posted on December 26, 2011 at 12:09am@Robert
I think you nailed it. Let’s see how it plays out.
Report Post »brian8793
Posted on December 26, 2011 at 1:39amI live in Tempe and it is the most diverse and tolerant place I’ve ever been to(I’ve to a lot of places in America btw)
Gilbert’s the same. I hope they find whoever did this and send them to tent city. I know the WOODS would let The Kin Folk have em!
Report Post »Ready2Rumble
Posted on December 31, 2011 at 7:09pmDitto Robert.
When I was in school many years ago, a black kid found the “N” word written in magic marker on his door; a couple of days later, a few other black kids in the same building found the same epithet on their respective doors as well. Naturally, the school’s fuzzy-minded administrators were outraged and the kampus kommunists wrung their hands about the “racism” on their pretty little kampus.
Under questioning by the police, the first “victim” admitted writing the “N” word on his door, as well as on the doors of the other black kids. In his mind, this was a way to begin a dialogue on kampus, over a problem, which did not exist. In the end, he was quietly tossed out and the fuzzy-minded administrators and kampus kommies had egg on their faces.
Report Post »NOBALONEY
Posted on December 25, 2011 at 1:31pmHatred
Report Post »HK
Posted on December 25, 2011 at 8:30pmShylow, where in the bible does it say this?
Report Post »ShyLow
Posted on December 25, 2011 at 10:07pmRead your bible…and if you find a pattern of people being told not to mix with others that are not like them,then please take note of that…if you say such a pattern doesn’t exist,then you are a liar
Report Post »HK
Posted on December 26, 2011 at 4:39pmShylow,
Report Post »The bible is referring to cultural differences, not differences in skin tone. That being said, even if there is a mixing of cultures, the people doing the mixing are responsible for facing those challenges. It is not the place of man or government to tell them that they are wrong. In other words, it’s none of our business who marries whom,
certified ethical hacker
Posted on December 25, 2011 at 1:31pmIT is really sad that the mainstream media is all over little stuff like this but they can not find the time to condemn real hatred such as when a person like farakauhn , wright come out and call whites devils and call for the cleansing of all Jews. They seem to condone such actions as a whole country (saudi school text books) calling for killing all jews but let one little incident involve a black person and all hell breaks loose?
Report Post »The Blu Morpho
Posted on December 25, 2011 at 8:44pmAnother racist idiot heard from.
Cat Ballou
Posted on December 26, 2011 at 1:57pmWell stated, truth & reality don’t seem to be very important these days to a lot of people. People will pile on a small story, when there are so many other stories out there that will actually destroy our country unless people are willing to stand up & fight for their freedom & way of life. .
Report Post »gunslingerpatriot
Posted on December 26, 2011 at 8:46pmThe problem is even worse than that, I live in the Memphis area and have heard from black college students and professors that blacks are incapable of being racist since they are not the dominant group in charge right now, and that any examples of racism coming from minorities is simply dismissed as hyperbole or dismissed outright without any acknowledgement of the slurs.
OT-CHE: When were you with VFA-105?
Report Post »lukerw
Posted on December 25, 2011 at 1:20pmDivide… and… Conquer!
Report Post »LANE131
Posted on December 25, 2011 at 1:15pmI would bet it’s a fake and a set up somehow. I am a white guy with a black girlfriend, we been all over the U.S.A together, and the only people we have come across who give us a bad time about being together are other black people to the point they want to harm us, white, asian, latin ect., really are very welcoming to us or could care less (in a good way) that we are together seeing it as our business only. We have been to AZ many times, very nice people.
Report Post »certified ethical hacker
Posted on December 25, 2011 at 1:26pmIt is odd how blacks view things differently when a black woman is with a white man, then their views totally change.
Report Post »ThemDemsLie2much
Posted on December 25, 2011 at 2:04pmSilly SingleParent, Blacks can’t be Racist!
The Blu Morpho
Posted on December 25, 2011 at 9:04pmAnother RACIST POS heard from.
brian8793
Posted on December 26, 2011 at 1:41amI live in Tempe, Arizona, and the bi-racial couples I see seem very relaxed and comfortable. This State is very diverse and tolerant. I hope they catch the weirdo’s who did this…
Report Post »HAPPYRWE
Posted on December 26, 2011 at 11:54amThanks for sharing Lane131, it is obvious who the real racists are…..those who use the word “Racist”, and with Saul Alinsky anger wield it as a weapon of mass destruction. America is being pushed and divided with destruction and conquest is the goal, very sad and unthinkable………….sigh
Report Post »John 3:16
Posted on December 25, 2011 at 1:11pmThis commercial was brought to you by ACORN and the George Sorros foundation for a one world government.
Report Post »John 3:16
Posted on December 25, 2011 at 1:07pm70% to 95% likely a staged event by the real racists, those who hate and will always reject a Non-Racist America. It’s all about race for the Al Sharpton, Jesse Jackson crowd AKA: The Democratic Socialist Party of Communists and non-thinking useful idiots and theives.
Report Post »The Blu Morpho
Posted on December 25, 2011 at 9:06pmJohn 3:16 won’t save your dumb behind unless you obey John 3:1-8 and if you did you would be BORN AGAIN for REAL instead of that false doctrine that you know and you wouldn’t BE a racist POS!
Report Post »The Blu Morpho
Posted on December 25, 2011 at 9:12pmI see the RACIST MORONS PRETENDING TO BE CHRISTIANS are out in full force!
HAPPYRWE
Posted on December 26, 2011 at 12:01pmThank you John and the others who see this as it really is (bait and switch?)……..and Blue Morph is scary, angry and spewing hatred by twisting Christianity. Christians need to truly start living their religion better, repent, pray and be like Christ, the forces of evil are growing around us stronger……..so so sad.
Report Post »Lather
Posted on December 25, 2011 at 12:53pmArizona is chock full of Racist. Remember the Prescott School mural story?
Report Post »Racist Governor, Bad state, really a shame, I would go climbing in Arizona every year .. That ended a few years ago and I will not be back.. see ya!
therealconservative
Posted on December 25, 2011 at 1:04pmWe don’t want you back, too many lib’s here already
Report Post »AZDude
Posted on December 25, 2011 at 1:41pmArizona is NOT a RACIST STATE,,, WE believe in the Constitution that This Great Country was Founded on. We Believe that The Border should be protected..(and YES we are a Border State for those Libs that Failed Geography),, We welcome Immigration that comes in legally thru the Front Door,,We believe in the Right to Bear Arms. ( this keeps the criminal in check),,Yes every State has the Morons,, (and thank YOU for Choosing to Live elsewhere,,) but MOST of our Morons live in Tucson with that Moron Sheriff Dupnick,,
Report Post »JBARRANCHAZ
Posted on December 25, 2011 at 3:00pm@Lather
You have no idea what you are talking about. California is far more racist than Arizona. AZ is concerned with the rule of law, outside of that the majority of people in AZ don’t care about your skin color. It is the opposite of racist, we just don’t care.
I’m calling BS on this, I know folks in Gilbert, been there often, most of Gilbert is LDS or well to do families, HOAs rule which means plenty of busy-bodies, just not buying this.
Next time you think AZ is racist, try walking through S. Central LA.
Report Post »scola91660
Posted on December 25, 2011 at 3:44pmYou sound like a deluded fool. Stay home. We don’t need or want you in AZ.
Report Post »scola91660
Posted on December 25, 2011 at 3:49pmLather, you’re clueless.
Report Post »The Blu Morpho
Posted on December 25, 2011 at 9:17pmAny state that didn‘t want Martin Luther King’s birthday as a national holiday is a RACIST POS STATE!
AZDude
Posted on December 27, 2011 at 7:45pmHey Mr RACIST aka BLU Morpho,.. what is “La Raza”,, and what does that group Condone,,, ??? are they Racists,,, ? Un-American?,,,
Report Post »AZGodGoldGuns
Posted on December 25, 2011 at 12:35pmAs a resident of Arizona I see this as a disgrace. Please when you read this article don’t think everyone from Arizona is like this. These few need to be hunted down and prosecuted by the law and the community.
http://www.conspiracyofcrisis.com
Report Post »Ballot_Box_Revolution
Posted on December 25, 2011 at 12:42pmI can’t help but feel this is staged….It just has odd timing, and when was the last time someone has done this……why would it be staged?? hmmmmm there was something in the news recently i can’t remember what it was……it had something to do with race…………..Oh yeah that‘s right Ron Paul’s racist news letter that wasn’t written by him…..
Report Post »Doug Piranha
Posted on December 25, 2011 at 12:22pmIf this turns out to be a hoax, and many of these cross burning do, don’t expect to hear the MSM report it.
Report Post »singleparent
Posted on December 25, 2011 at 12:47pmI didnt see the black panthers get punished why should these people….. see how people think when you let one group get by with it you cant say anything about the others… Obama and Holder have no right to say sh it about this…who ever did this are haters and should be locked up…..just like the black panthers should have been….
Report Post »ThemDemsLie2much
Posted on December 25, 2011 at 1:59pmKids these days!
Report Post »Black Panther Thugs can preach the killing of Whites on a city street corner and you’ll never hear about it! LIBERAL MEDIA MARKETING at its best!
steve5150
Posted on December 25, 2011 at 12:20pmHow many days will this story run before the “biracial couple” admits they put the cross up themselves?
Report Post »I have four days in the pool.
drago
Posted on December 25, 2011 at 1:12pm@Steve5150
Report Post »I’ll give it nine, this is b/s and nothing more than a reason take a shot at the right, and the Tea Party, libs are truelly nothing but losers……..
mikenleeds
Posted on December 25, 2011 at 12:11pmyou can t expect everyone else to accept the sin you two are living in ,,,
Report Post »America has more sin than all countries in the world put together , we mix races , we kill our babies , we shack up or get divorces , GOD is not please with our sin so my point is just because America lives in sin you can t make everyone accept it
AmericanStrega
Posted on December 25, 2011 at 12:25pmSo just because a person is of a different race of human they shouldn’t intermix? What the French Toast? God loves ALL his children. Even evil ones like you. I’ll include you in my prayers.
Report Post »beverlee
Posted on December 25, 2011 at 12:27pmSeriously???
Report Post »TXJackrabbit
Posted on December 25, 2011 at 12:32pm@mikenleeds
Report Post »Under what god do you claim mixed racial marriages are a sin? Neither Jesus nor his father taught that. That’s only a sin as judged by man not by God. God doesn‘t plant burning crosses in anyone’s yard, other men do. Either ignorant bigoted men or possibly people who want to pretend it was “right wing bigots” for political gain.
Lather
Posted on December 25, 2011 at 1:08pmYou are a sick person.
Report Post »ShyLow
Posted on December 25, 2011 at 5:16pmGod will divide America just as he did with Israel…I don’t know what bible you people are reading that would lead you to beleive God is alright with this stuff…You people over-look Ezra every single time
Report Post »The American People
Posted on December 25, 2011 at 12:04pmHow long do you think it will take for the Left and Liberals in this country to claim that it was the Tea Party?? lol. I’m glad they are ok.
Report Post »DirectlyUnPCman
Posted on December 25, 2011 at 12:02pmIf they catch the guy, they will certainly charge him with a hate crime. But all those black flash mobs that ran around attacking only white people this year, well, that was just a random act of violence. Had nothing to do with hate. But the guy who left the cross……needs serious jail time. Go Eric!
Report Post »NOBAMA201258
Posted on December 26, 2011 at 12:40amWe all know what holder be holdin’, don’t we?
Report Post »Jenny Lind
Posted on December 25, 2011 at 11:58amNeed way more info- but this is not right whatever the reason.
Report Post »TH30PH1LUS
Posted on December 25, 2011 at 11:55amRacist idiots tick off the Messiah on His birthday by burning a cross.
1776freedomofspeech
Posted on December 26, 2011 at 12:12amOr so it is implied.
Report Post »red_white_blue2
Posted on December 25, 2011 at 11:54amSatin is alive and well folks! Better start figuring out who’s side you stand on, figure out who you are are and what you believe and why you believe it…cause all hell is about to break loose!
Report Post »wifezilla
Posted on December 25, 2011 at 1:37pmSatin is luxurious and shimmery…and a fabric. I think you mean SATAN.
Report Post »AZDude
Posted on December 25, 2011 at 11:53amI bet it was that dastardly Eric Holder trying to label Arizona as a “Racist State”,,I’ll also bet that our Teleprompter in Chief will be here to hold a Memorial Service/Campaign Rally,,,with t-shirts and all the other Campaign Rally buttons and bumper stickers,,,
Report Post »SamIamTwo
Posted on December 25, 2011 at 11:45amTaking bets that it was a liberal leftist that did it to cause more chaos. The far left are seriously taking it to the next level.
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on December 25, 2011 at 11:54amNormally I would have to agree with that on the matter – however here in AZ we do not suffer a shortage of the idiocy of radical and racially bigoted people whos brains are receiving moment by momment weggies.
No matter which group did it, I can almost expect that Obama and Holder will use this matter to hound on matters of the race-card to try and discredit AZ more and more while it distracts from the fast and furious criminal syndicate.
Report Post »The-Monk
Posted on December 25, 2011 at 11:59am@Snowleopard
Merry Christmas Snow. Thanks for all the great posts this year.
The-Monk
Report Post »HorseCrazy
Posted on December 25, 2011 at 12:10pmgreat post snow. there are many idiots among us in every state. I feel for these people. Merry Christmas
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on December 25, 2011 at 2:11pm@Monk and HorseCrazy – Merry Christmas.
Report Post »barber2
Posted on December 25, 2011 at 2:30pmAgree with all of the above. Thanks.
Report Post »lel2007
Posted on December 25, 2011 at 11:38amLike ferrel pigs, these KKK wanna-bees suck enough slim to keep a few alive.
historyforgotten
Posted on December 25, 2011 at 11:36amRush has called ‘Cross Burning’, ‘Conservative Free Speech’.
lel2007
Posted on December 25, 2011 at 11:44amDo you have any facts to back-up that claim?
Report Post »Doug Piranha
Posted on December 25, 2011 at 12:17pmThat’s a lie. Rush has never said any such thing.
Report Post »ThemDemsLie2much
Posted on December 25, 2011 at 2:09pmThat was Obama that said that in his book. Were’s my Father at? Or something like that.
Report Post »barber2
Posted on December 25, 2011 at 2:29pmHISTORYFORGOTTEN: Notice you joined the Blaze just this month . One of our new Trolls. Perhaps your name should have been HISTORYMADEUP….
Report Post »UlyssesP
Posted on December 25, 2011 at 11:34amBesides being stupid, that’s very risky in this modern age of home video surveillance.
Report Post »Sure, some of the systems aren’t cheap, but it‘s worth every penny to watch the fools squirm when they’re shown the video in court.
Detroit paperboy
Posted on December 25, 2011 at 11:32amRelated to his bussiness? There’s more to this fishy story, stay tuned….
Report Post »grannyjojo
Posted on December 25, 2011 at 12:31pmYou know what? Who CARES if it is somehow related to this man’s “business”. It was nothing but a hate crime, a disgusting thing to happen any day of the week but to happen at Christmas is reprehensible. The Lord does not care what color you are, all He cares about is our souls. I hope justice is handed out swiftly for this family’s sake. God bless them and I hope they have a blessed Christmas. Please remember “the reason for the season” this year as Christmas itself is under attack more and more. Its time for Christians to take a stand. God bless all and I hope everyone has a blessed Christmas. “Every knee will bow and every tongue confess”
Report Post »The Blu Morpho
Posted on December 25, 2011 at 8:56pmYOU’re a RACIST IDIOT.