Did any of you catch this: NY Black volunteer firefighter receives racist threats on Monday—pets and home burned down Wednesday (Daily Kos link):

New York volunteer Firefighter Kenneth Walker received a threatening letter on Monday telling him to resign form the North Tonawanda fire department or “regret it.” The short letter made clear it was mean to be read as a hate-filled racist attack. Walker who has been volunteering for two years is the only black volunteer at the department. He found the threatening letter in his mailbox at home.

On Wednesday, only two days later, Walker’s home was burned down while the family was out. No one hurt physically, but they lost their two cats and all of their possessions. The fear and psychological damage cannot be underestimated.