Waaa waaa waaa we were make up and dress like freak and someone made fun of us. So to prove we were hard we spray painted other peoples homes 20 miles away. Sometime I wish there was drain on the gene pool.
Teen: Goth vandals upset by earlier slurs (single page view) (view as multiple pages)
By Julie Manganis</FONT> Staff writer</FONT>
writePage("SALEM — Chrystopher Clarke, Richard Card and two of their friends were having a bad night Sunday. While attending a concert at Dodge Street Bar and Grill, the teens, dressed in Goth-style makeup and clothing, had been taunted with sexual and anti-Semitic epithets, one of them later told police.
Then, after deciding to head into Boston, the four were taunted again, this time by the driver of a car stopped next to them at a red light, Clarke told police.
"They were picking on us for how we were dressed and wearing makeup," said Clarke, who lives in Lynn.
Back in Salem, one of the teens, a kid nicknamed "Demon," fell fast asleep. But the other three teens were still upset.
"Dude, let's go paint up the Common to see what (their harasser) would say," their friend, a 16-year-old Salem boy, allegedly said.
So they spray painted swastikas, satanic symbols and other symbols of hate all over the Salem Common neighborhood, defacing private homes and public monuments.
Now, they're each facing a dozen counts of malicious destruction and civil rights violations. Clarke, 19, was arraigned yesterday, and Card, 18, who is believed to be homeless and living in Lynn, turned himself in to Lynn police around 10 p.m. Salem police — who had issued a warrant for Card's arrest — were headed to Lynn to pick him up late last night, police said.
The juvenile was scheduled to appear today in Salem Juvenile Court.
Lt. Conrad Prosniewski said Detectives Stephen Bona and Peter Baglioni followed tips that led them to the 16-year-old's home on Harrison Avenue, where they also found Clarke and Card on Tuesday.
Card, dressed in the Goth style with pale makeup and black clothing, told police he didn't know anything about the vandalism, Prosniewski said, but said that if he could be of any help, they should let him know.
Later, however, police spoke again to the 16-year-old, this time with his mother. This time, the boy told police that after they had left, Card began laughing and said, "You're looking at the guy who did the damage."
Police then confronted Clarke, who eventually described how their evening had soured after they were taunted.
Clarke denied painting any of the anti-Semitic or satanic graffiti, saying he simply painted his own computer nickname. But police say he is also responsible for the hate messages because he acted as a lookout.
Anthony Rossi, Clarke's lawyer, said his client has cooperated with police and is not responsible for most of the vandalism. He called the two dozen counts against his client "excessive."
Rossi said he is doubtful most of the charges against Clarke will stick.
Clarke left court without commenting.
The properties that were vandalized include four homes on Boardman Street (including a garage fronting on Emerton Street); a home on Park Street; the Salem Waterfront Hotel and Finz Restaurant, both at Pickering Wharf; the Congress Street bridge; the Salem Common gazebo; a statue on Hawthorne Boulevard; the Immaculate Conception Church on Hawthorne Boulevard; and the Knights of Columbus Hall on Washington Square.
Judge Robert Cornetta set bail for Clarke at $2,500, the same amount set by a bail clerk and which Clarke had posted before coming to court. The judge added a string of conditions, including a 9:30 p.m. curfew, an order that Clarke stay away from the areas he allegedly vandalized and an order that he not be in possession of spray paint. He is due back in court on May 9.
Detectives yesterday would not comment on the specifics of the investigation but did say they worked tirelessly on Monday afternoon and then Tuesday to identify the vandals. Baglioni said detectives seized a can of red spray paint they found discarded in a trash can on Salem Common. The paint can was being processed for fingerprints yesterday.
"We talked to a lot of different people, concerned citizens, young adults," Baglioni said. "It wasn't glamourous. ... A lot of legwork, painstaking work."
Baglioni also had a warning: "As far as this type of crime goes, the community and the police will not tolerate these types of hate crimes."
Staff reporter Jill Harmacinski contributed to this story.
",false,true);SALEM — Chrystopher Clarke, Richard Card and two of their friends were having a bad night Sunday. While attending a concert at Dodge Street Bar and Grill, the teens, dressed in Goth-style makeup and clothing, had been taunted with sexual and anti-Semitic epithets, one of them later told police.
Then, after deciding to head into Boston, the four were taunted again, this time by the driver of a car stopped next to them at a red light, Clarke told police.
"They were picking on us for how we were dressed and wearing makeup," said Clarke, who lives in Lynn.
Back in Salem, one of the teens, a kid nicknamed "Demon," fell fast asleep. But the other three teens were still upset.
"Dude, let's go paint up the Common to see what (their harasser) would say," their friend, a 16-year-old Salem boy, allegedly said.
So they spray painted swastikas, satanic symbols and other symbols of hate all over the Salem Common neighborhood, defacing private homes and public monuments.
Now, they're each facing a dozen counts of malicious destruction and civil rights violations. Clarke, 19, was arraigned yesterday, and Card, 18, who is believed to be homeless and living in Lynn, turned himself in to Lynn police around 10 p.m. Salem police — who had issued a warrant for Card's arrest — were headed to Lynn to pick him up late last night, police said.
The juvenile was scheduled to appear today in Salem Juvenile Court.
Lt. Conrad Prosniewski said Detectives Stephen Bona and Peter Baglioni followed tips that led them to the 16-year-old's home on Harrison Avenue, where they also found Clarke and Card on Tuesday.
Card, dressed in the Goth style with pale makeup and black clothing, told police he didn't know anything about the vandalism, Prosniewski said, but said that if he could be of any help, they should let him know.
Later, however, police spoke again to the 16-year-old, this time with his mother. This time, the boy told police that after they had left, Card began laughing and said, "You're looking at the guy who did the damage."
Police then confronted Clarke, who eventually described how their evening had soured after they were taunted.
Clarke denied painting any of the anti-Semitic or satanic graffiti, saying he simply painted his own computer nickname. But police say he is also responsible for the hate messages because he acted as a lookout.
Anthony Rossi, Clarke's lawyer, said his client has cooperated with police and is not responsible for most of the vandalism. He called the two dozen counts against his client "excessive."
Rossi said he is doubtful most of the charges against Clarke will stick.
Clarke left court without commenting.
The properties that were vandalized include four homes on Boardman Street (including a garage fronting on Emerton Street); a home on Park Street; the Salem Waterfront Hotel and Finz Restaurant, both at Pickering Wharf; the Congress Street bridge; the Salem Common gazebo; a statue on Hawthorne Boulevard; the Immaculate Conception Church on Hawthorne Boulevard; and the Knights of Columbus Hall on Washington Square.
Judge Robert Cornetta set bail for Clarke at $2,500, the same amount set by a bail clerk and which Clarke had posted before coming to court. The judge added a string of conditions, including a 9:30 p.m. curfew, an order that Clarke stay away from the areas he allegedly vandalized and an order that he not be in possession of spray paint. He is due back in court on May 9.
Detectives yesterday would not comment on the specifics of the investigation but did say they worked tirelessly on Monday afternoon and then Tuesday to identify the vandals. Baglioni said detectives seized a can of red spray paint they found discarded in a trash can on Salem Common. The paint can was being processed for fingerprints yesterday.
"We talked to a lot of different people, concerned citizens, young adults," Baglioni said. "It wasn't glamourous. ... A lot of legwork, painstaking work."
Baglioni also had a warning: "As far as this type of crime goes, the community and the police will not tolerate these types of hate crimes."
Staff reporter Jill Harmacinski contributed to this story.
Posted by: badogg88
This is what I don't understand. It's not okay for these kids to get made fun of, but when it comes to making fun of other people, painting swastikas and other hate symbols on a common, or shooting up a school, that's fine because the poor kids were made fun of until the point that they had to do something about it.
It's just a stupid show, but I watched "One Tree Hill" 2 weeks ago when an overweight kid shot up a school because people made fun of him because he wasn't "cool" enough. When one of the kids tried to get him to stop, the shooter generalized the popular kids life, saying he had it so easy. Why is it ok for these kids to make fun of the "cool" kids, but vice versa is lethal?
Posted by: 94c
You want to look and dress like a freak, then you are a FREAK.
Posted by: Delta784
People who dress "Goth" most likely do it for the attention. Guess what? Not all the attention is going to be positive.
Posted by: badogg88
Oh and another thing:
They all dress "goth", they say, to look "different" but they all look exactly the same.
Posted by: dcs2244
C'mon, guys! What red-blooded American male doesn't find a goth maiden with a spiked collar, black finger nails, multiple piercings and the legend "DEATH" tattooed in old English script across her tummy extremely 'fetching'! Dressed all in black, with black lipstick and white make-up...excuse me, uh...I'll be in the bathroom....
Posted by: 2-Delta
I cant argue with that dcs2244, but in this case it was a sausage-fest
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