A good friend of mine posted this on Facebook last night:
"So today my 69yr old latino father was accosted by a racist white supremacist while minding his own business pumping gas at the local Costco store in San Marcos CA around 10:30am. The guy was visibly annoyed for whatever reason and simply walked up to my dad and proceeded to attack him just because of the color of his skin and for simply being non-white. He shoved my father in the shoulder twice and spewed derogatory remarks towards him and then baited him into a fist fight saying "whatcha gonna do about it huh" while stunned onlookers whipped out their cell phones and started taking video of the incident. My dad was able to remain calm and cool and collected and simply asked the man to back off and stop his attacks, but the guy kept on persisting to provoke my dad into a fight but when the cops were called he bailed out like a little sissy girly man, but of course not before a good samaritan at the scene was able to get the dudes license plate number for the police report. It's very sad to hear about all the racially charged violence against minorities in our country these days, but when it happens to someone in your own family it really hits home; my father may be Latino and yeah he wasn't born in the USA but he came here in his teens and was adopted by my dear grandmother and became a naturalized citizen, and went to school here, enlisted in the armed forces, served 2 tours in Vietnam and several more in the middle east, also had served many years in the military helping to keep us all safe and protect our freedoms, he is an upstanding law abiding member of society and he pays his fair share of taxes just like we all do and I will be damned if some racist white supremacist freakboy comes along and attempts to disrespect my father like that! There is absolutely zero reason for that kind of behavior and zero tolerance for it as well, so listen up dude if you're out there and you or anyone else that you know just happens to be reading this post then please be on notice, the Costco security cameras got everything on tape and we have several eyewitness statements on record so you are not going to get away free and clear on this one! And a little friendly reminder and tidbit of education for you as well; to be an American means many things; you dont need to be born here to be an American citizen because this country is the original melting pot and unless you are a direct descendant of Native American Indians then chances are you probably have an immigrant background in your family history... oh and by the way no matter what color your skin is or where you come from everybody bleeds red so get off your racist high horse and stop acting like a blundering idiot! You're very lucky that I wasn't with my dad this morning when you decided to attack him cuz it would have not ended well for you I can guarantee you that much! But hey that's ok we got your license plate number and filed a police report so when the cops do eventually find you there will be a court date and charges will be filed against you and I will be there you slimeball and I can't wait to hear the pathetic excuses that you give to the judge for your reckless and uncalled for behavior. This ought to be good for a laugh..."
This saddens and angers me to no end. 2017 might as well be 1950.