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Racist Graffiti Frightens Irving Family

Despite Death Threat, Family Says They Will Not Move

Marianne Martinez
IRVING (CBS 11 / TXA 21) ―

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Dimetria Burns says the graffiti on her home is not only offensive, it's scary.

"Then, you get a death threat on your door. My thing is 'What's next.' "

The Irving woman said she woke up Saturday morning to find the words "you will die" and the n-word written next to her front door.

"It's hurtful. You would think stuff like this would be in the past."

Burns adds she has been harrassed for months. A brick was thrown through her window and someone called 911 to say crime was happening at the home when it wasn't.

"Why won't they stop? Why won't they leave us alone?" she pleaded on Sunday.

The weekend graffiti was not the first time someone has defaced the woman's home. A little over a week ago, she first discovered the n-word written on her garage and said tires were slashed.

The Burns family told neighbors about what was happening and some are stepping up to help.

"I don't want to see anything worse happen. It needs to stop and it needs to stop now," neighbor Tiffany Hollbrook says.

Hollbrook lives down the street and adds several neighbors will now watch out for suspicious activity at the Burns' house.

The Burns family stresses that what is happening won't force them out of this neighborhood.

"I aint going nowhere. This is my home."

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