Heather Lindsay and her common-law husband Lexene Charles (Picture: AFP/Getty Images)

A ouple have been fined after they refused to remove racist graffiti from their home until the incident was properly investigated.

Lexene Charles, 56, and his wife Heather Lindsay, 59, made a stance because they felt police had not taken the offence seriously.

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Someone scrawled the N-word on their garage door, in Stamford, Connecticut, five weeks ago but no-one has been arrested for it.

The couple owe authorities more than $3,000 (£2,380) after being fined $100 (£79) for each day they refused to remove the offensive graffiti.


‘We aren’t going to let it bother us, because from what we are understanding as it sinks in, as we cry, and as we talk about it, this is just saying the way we have been treated,’ Lindsay told NBC.



‘This is how Stamford, Conn. is treating us.’

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Mr Charles has been racially abused by neighbours according to his wife (Picture: AFP/Getty Images)

She added several of her neighbours had called her husband n***** and their home had previously been vandalised.

The couple is being supported by the NAACP, which has asked police to fully investigate the graffiti, according to the Stamford Advocate.

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‘For them to be called n*****, it must be so hurtful that they can easily just erase the board and suffer within, quietly by themselves, and act like nothing happened’, Darnell Crosland, NAACP legal counsel, said.

‘And in fact, that’s what the Stamford police asked them to do. They were requested to take the sign down … and to just act normal, like nothing happened’.

Stamford officials said they offered to remove the offensive writing for free and confirmed they were investigated the racist graffiti.

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