Whitey Ford
09-01-2023, 06:21 AM
A black surfer found his board nailed high on a tree ‘like a lynching’, after an angry exchange with others in the waters off a Florida beach.
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Andrew Sherlock Mills said he was assaulted and told he was ‘not welcome’ during the clash on a Jupiter beach, and found his board gone when he left the water.
He eventually discovered it nailed to a palm tree, roughly 10 feet off the ground in a grisly echo of nooses hung to symbolize hate.
‘This is how real the racism and hate is in Jupiter, Florida,’ he told Instagram account 'black.surfers.'
‘They can't stand to see a Black man in their waters. I was told I'm not welcome. Stole my board when I turned my back and they did this. Said it was a message.
‘This happened after I was physically pushed around in the water by two dudes grabbing my board and a third guy screaming get off our beach, you’re not welcome here, and the rest of it,’ he responded.
The black surfers group said the attack was an example of ‘white supremacy’, and described Mills as a ‘Black surfer, father and husband, who was subjected to racially motivated vandalism and a symbolic lynching of his board.
‘There is no place for racism or hatred in surfing. None,’ they added.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12462501/Black-surfer-lynching-Florida-Jupiter-beach.html
https://i.imgur.com/ny29Lio.jpg
Andrew Sherlock Mills said he was assaulted and told he was ‘not welcome’ during the clash on a Jupiter beach, and found his board gone when he left the water.
He eventually discovered it nailed to a palm tree, roughly 10 feet off the ground in a grisly echo of nooses hung to symbolize hate.
‘This is how real the racism and hate is in Jupiter, Florida,’ he told Instagram account 'black.surfers.'
‘They can't stand to see a Black man in their waters. I was told I'm not welcome. Stole my board when I turned my back and they did this. Said it was a message.
‘This happened after I was physically pushed around in the water by two dudes grabbing my board and a third guy screaming get off our beach, you’re not welcome here, and the rest of it,’ he responded.
The black surfers group said the attack was an example of ‘white supremacy’, and described Mills as a ‘Black surfer, father and husband, who was subjected to racially motivated vandalism and a symbolic lynching of his board.
‘There is no place for racism or hatred in surfing. None,’ they added.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12462501/Black-surfer-lynching-Florida-Jupiter-beach.html