A Maine family is starting a project to show they are not the "enemy," following remarks from Gov. Paul LePage.

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A Maine family has started the "We are not the enemy" project following comments from Gov. Paul LePage."You shoot the enemy. You try to identify the enemy," the governor said Friday about out-of-state drug dealers. "And the enemy right now, the overwhelming majority of people coming in are people of color or people of Hispanic origin. I can't help that.""We had enough after that," Yvette McDonnell said.Yvette said she, her husband, Robert, and their 7-year-old daughter, Anjali, wanted to stand up, so they posted a video about race on Facebook.They have also started a project collecting photos and videos about race in Maine, which they hope to share with the governor."He told everyone what uniform they are wearing, and it's their skin color," McDonnell said. "How do you know that I'm not a drug dealer? Because I'm black."Yvette said the governor's comments have put her in danger."I do feel threatened," he said. "He's publicly made a statement declaring war on people who look like me.""I feel we need to stop it," Anjali said."We're not the enemy. We are just like everybody else, just trying to find out way and live a peaceful, tranquil, prosperous life," Robert said.The McDonnells want to move on and live their lives without being called enemies."We're worth much more and so much deeper than what he only sees on the outside," Yvette said. "So no apology is going to fix this. He's abused his power. And he's abused his voice."Get the WMTW App9234718