It's obscene, disgusting, sick - and inexcusable: Liberty County Veteran's Grave Vandalized :
Lance Cpl. Jeremy Burris, 22, of Liberty, died in Iraq and was buried at Cook Memorial Cemetery earlier this week.
The cemetery has a locked gate at the front and a fence around the perimeter, but vandals managed to get in sometime between Wednesday night and Thursday morning, less than two days after the Liberty marine was buried, officials said.
Bill Offutt, a Vietnam veteran, was one of the people who helped clean up the mess before anyone could see it.
"It was trashed," said Offutt, "The wreaths that had been around the grave -- they ripped them apart and stuff was strewn everywhere."
Burris was laid to rest on Tuesday. Huge crowds lined the streets to bid him a final farewell. The community is now in shock. [video at link as well]
How could someone be so far removed from any of the nobler sensibilities? Well, I admit the Westboro Baptist Church shows this sort of low behavior, but I don't believe they've ever gone so far as to desecrate a grave...
I hope they catch the vermin who did this, and I hope he, she or it is publicly horsewhipped!
(Unsheathed claws in partnership with Wolf at Blackfive on this issue)
