Racial slurs were found spray-painted on a Wilmington car just over a week ago.
Bobby McCormick lives directly across the street from where the spray-painted van with phrases like “Go back to Africa” and other white nationalist symbols was found last Friday. When he first saw it, he was shocked.
“You don’t expect that to be right in front of your house," McCormick said. "And it was…not good to see.”
He says at first, he suspected the racist remarks were a cover for some kind of personal vendetta. But then he heard about a similar vandal situation: this time on playground equipment in Castle Hills Park in New Castle.
“Then when I seen that, I thought oh man, this is happening," he said. "What can we do?”
McCormick says he doesn’t think President Trump’s rhetoric is helping, and is saddened to see situations like Charlottesville take place.
“We really don’t need this," he said. "It just hurts you…that thing about him…it hurt me so bad. Make America great again…when was America great? When ya’ll was beating us up? That’s when America was great – when we were divided?”
Police are still investigating both vandalism cases – considered hate crimes in Delaware.
