‘My Whole Body Just Shut Down’: Black California Family Terrified After Vandals Spray Paint Disturbing Racist Threats On Home and Vehicle While They Slept

A Black Los Angeles family spoke out after vandals left several racist, threatening messages on their home and cars on Halloween night. Elizabeth Garbutt said she woke up the morning after Halloween to find the slur-laden messages spray-painted on her family home, two cars, and the sidewalk in front of her house. A Black family’s property in Los Angeles was vandalized with several disturbing, racist messages on Halloween night. The family has filed a police report. (Photos: YouTube/Fox 11 Los Angeles) “One of the messages on the sidewalk was ‘n— die.’ That’s the one that really just touched me,” Garbutt told Fox 11 Los Angeles. “I moved over to my car. It said ‘dumb n—.’ Then we moved on to the next one. One says ‘n— house.’ The next one said, ‘die.’ The gate says ‘dumb n—.’ And the spelling is not even correct.” Garbutt stated her family has lived in the View Park area of L.A., which is nestled between Inglewood and Crenshaw, since 1990 and has never been the target of a hate crime. “I’ve been living here since she was a baby … 35 years,” Garbutt’s daughter, Elyse, said. “And to be afraid to be in your...