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Anonymous asked in Politics & GovernmentImmigration · 1 decade ago

My illegal neighbors keep trying to shoot down my American flag! What should I do?

Ok, not a brief history, I live in southern Minnesota in a town where I was born in and have lived my whole life in. We have always had a large illegal Mexican population in our sanctuary city, but in recent years it has gotten to the point where one in three people are illegal.

My house is in a neighborhood where 25 years ago it was a quiet, neatly kept homes, lawn and street full of elderly white retired folks where you were safe to leave your doors unlocked at night.

Now it is a loud, run-down, dirty, and dangerous neighborhood full of illegals and resembles a Mexican ghetto! With the exception of my house and property which now resembles a clean and neatly kept home, but also a fenced-in fortress!

The fence I put in three years ago after illegal neighbors kept coming onto my property to use my clothesline while I was gone, and damaged my bird-feeders that I hung on, and around the clothesline.

Anyways, a six foot chain-link fence with locked gates now surrounds my property, as well as reinforced doors and windows on my house and garage, 16 video surveillance cameras/recorders outside and around my property and 12 inside the house, a panic room/armoury, and of course a home security/alarm system from Broadview Security. All of which I have invested many thousands of dollars on over the years. No way I would still be living here without all this!

Ok! About my flag!

Every morning I raise my American flag on the 30ft. pole in my front yard, and lower it at dusk.

I have done this everyday since 9-11. With few exceptions, weather, blizzards, sick days, ect.

All the illegals over the years never gave me a problem about it except for some of them staring at me and the occasional dirty look.

The new illegal neighbors that moved in right across the street from me this year are a rowdier group.

They come and go at all hours of the day and night, at least twelve people living in a three bedroom house. Many of them sit on couches on their front lawn, drinking beer and playing loud music from dawn until dusk.

In the morning some are always out front when I go out to raise my flag, as I do they hoot and holler, catcall and whistle. Which I ignored for a long time, but it grew to really annoy me as it seemed disrespectful to a patriotic moment. So starting a couple months ago I carried out my boombox with a CD of our national anthem "The Star Spangled Banner" and played it as I raised the flag in order to drowned out the whooping and catcalls from across the street. This only riled them up even more and drew more attention to me so I stopped. But it did not end there, none of the men ever did anything and still have not, but starting a few weeks ago they sent over a juvenile, maybe 16 or 17 years old across to harass me, knowing he would likely not get in trouble, and not much I can do as he stays on the public sidewalk and never even touches my fence. He does speak good English, either an anchor baby or he was brought here at a young age. I can't say much good about this kid, as he was raised to be a fierce racist, I cannot even begin to list the racial slurs he has said to me!

After all the "You don't belong here man!' and "Go back to Europe" crap, I told the kid to knock it off from now on or I would call the cops on him.

And the very next day holes are shot through my flag from a pellet gun. Nothing on my security videos of course, it was shot at from off my property. A few days later I heard more pellet shots and called the police, my flag was undamaged this time and the cops just drove around and left! Lots of help they are!

The final straw! The same little jerk shot my flag again last Sunday with a paintball gun and totally ruined it! Again I called the police and nothing was done an no one had seen it happen!

I literally feel like I am at war with foreign invaders trying to take down my flag and drive me out of my own neighborhood!

So, any good suggestions? And don't be an ****** and tell me to stop raising my flag or move!

Update:

@ Game over,

No this is not made-up!

It is frustratingly real!

3 cameras ARE aimed at the front yard and front sidewalk and I do have video of the kid walking up and down the sidewalk, but as I said it is a PUBLIC sidewalk and the audio from the recording cameras are too far away to pick up any of the harassment.

Update 2:

@Tom,

@American Justice,

Thank you for you concern for my well-being.

But as I said, I do not want to move!

This is my home.

My family lives in this town, everyone I care about lives here!

I'll put barbed-wire on my fence and electrify it, and buy a tank before I move!

If I have to borrow from my retirement funds to buy more security, I'll do it!

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago
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    I disagree with most of the answers here- you shouldn't move. That is exactly what they want; to go state by state, city by city, taking over and running the citizens out. What you need to do is organize people who feel the way you do, like a neighborhood club. There is no reason you should be chased out of your home by those disrespectful, illegal pieces of you know what.

    I am so pissed that they get away with desecrating our flag, on your property, and the police will do nothing about it! I understand you live in a sanctuary city, but does sanctuary mean they are obligated to ignore those who do citizens harm? Please tell me you got the illegal anchor baby punk on camera, hurling racist insults at you. I'll bet you could find some lawyer who would be happy to advise you on a civil suit. I know most of the media is liberal and therefore pro-illegal, but I'm sure you could find a conservative journalist and have them bring this to national attention. Also, the racist insults combined with the destruction of your personal property spells, wait for it....Hate Crime! Oh, sorry, hate against Whites isn't really racism....

  • 1 decade ago

    Personally, I think a shotgun full of rock salt is the way to go, but that would only make things worse. Isn't there a city counselman/woman, you can talk to? Or the mayor? Possibly talk to a lawyer about suing the city to increase the presence of police in your neighborhood.

    Other than that: I'd have to say move.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Dude its time to move out. I'm stubborn myself so I know how you feel. But things are getting really bad for you.

    If your sanctuary city is like mine then the police are not going to do anything about it. If you work with illegal aliens too then it must be a nightmare for you. I got laid off and to be honest with you I don't care.

    I got tired of dealing with those fracking illegal aliens. They pissed me off to no end. Just being around people like that will make you feel like your going insane.

    I may be moving soon. I am not sure where but I can tell ya that I am going to make sure there are no illegals there that is for sure.

    If you move just take a look around the neighborhood to make sure that there aren't illegal aliens. Its better to pay more for a house with no illegals then it is to get a bargain. Bargains always come with illegal alien low life losers attached to the neighborhood.

  • ?
    Lv 4
    1 decade ago

    Oh there's lots you could still do but I cannot print them here or I would get in trouble. Get a mean *** dog keep him by your side while your in the yard, do not leave him in the yard unattended.. Keep your guns loaded & ready. Hope for a fire if they have no place to live they will leave. Good luck I feel for you..

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  • 1 decade ago

    Can't believe I read the whole thing.

    Such a horrible thing. But I must say, throughout reading this, I kept repeating to myself ''Move!?'' in my head.

    Really though, you should move, find a nice cozy place somewhere else... Like a nice small town in Kansas? or something.. idk, but your problem doesnt seem like it will get any better, you cant win vs those mexicans, really.. there not even worth trying...=/.

  • 1 decade ago

    I didn't know that there were any "Sanctuary Cities" - didn't work out for Ancient Israel (Cities of Refuge - Leviticus).

  • 1 decade ago

    you have 16 cameras and none of them caught what is going on !? give me a break and stop making up tales . either way if this is truth , which i doubt , you should go ahead and point your cameras to the right direction . it would help as well if you tried to not give them drama which i believe you are doing , i live in a place filled with Mexicans ( always have ) and i have never seen the situations some of you people describe ... btw why don't you post some videos of what you say is going on around your neighborhood so we all can see ? .

  • 1 decade ago

    im mexican now normaly we wont do that but some assholes would now either call immagration or buy a gun because things are only going to get worse

  • ?
    Lv 5
    1 decade ago

    Dear GOD, that's crazy. What city is this???

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