A Black couple was the target of political violence, resulting in their cars engulfed in flames and graffiti on their garage door.
Fire crews arrived at the home of Jayla Gipson and Charles Crawford to dowse the blazes.
It was early Dec. 9 around midnight when Gipson’s son had awoken early to use the bathroom and saw that one of the family’s sedans was on fire. He alerted the rest of the family, which was able to safely escape the home, the Little Elm Journal reported.
“If he hadn’t done that, my house might be burned down,” Gipson told WFAA. “My daughter’s bedroom is towards the front of the house, so this could have been really bad.”
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Texas police have launched an investigation after a Black family awoke last week to find their two cars on fire and “Trump 20” spray-painted on their garage door.
The family’s parents, Jayla Gipson and Charles Crawford, told WFAA that they believe the incident was triggered after they erected a Black Lives Matter sign in their front garden in Little Elm, Texas.
“That sign was in my yard for less than two weeks and then all of a sudden we get a tragedy like this,” Ms Gipson told WFAA.
“I would have preferred they just take the sign. But to set the house on fire? That’s going way too far,” she added.
Police in Texas and the FBI are investigating after a Black family awoke to find their vehicles on fire and Trump 20 spray painted on the garage last week.
Jayla Gipson and Charles Crawford told local media they believe the incident was brought on by a Black Lives Matter sign they put in their yard around Thanksgiving that was defaced with red paint.
“That sign was in my yard for less than two weeks and then all of a sudden we get a tragedy like this,” Gipson told WFAA.
Gipson told NBC News her 21-year-old son noticed the fire around midnight on Dec. 9 and woke the rest of the family who were able to leave unharmed. She said her 12-year-old daughter was asleep in her room right next to the garage where the cars were burning.
The Gipson family proudly displayed a
Black Lives Matter sign outside their house in Little Elm during Thanksgiving week, and the move clealry got under the skin of a supporter of President
Donald Trump.
Homeowner
Jayla Gipson is convinced the vandalism over her family’s BLM support was “definitely a hate crime,” she told
A Black family in Texas says they re the victim of a hate crime after their two cars were set on fire and their house was vandalized with the phrase “Trump 20 last week, which they believe was a response to their Black Lives Matter sign. pic.twitter.com/GTjfCDimLs ~ ~ (@TeahCartel) December 18, 2020
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