We’ve talked about those ‘pranks’ Anti-Zombie bigots are playing around the country, reprogramming roadside warning signs to display derogatory messages about Zombies. Sometimes they target schoolchildren for their propaganda.

Sadly it appears that some police officers in Salem, MA are credulous enough, or biased enough, to take these ‘warnings’ at face value:

At 4:40 a.m. Friday, an officer on patrol observed a city-owned electronic mobile sign on Canal Street near Broadway read: “Go Vikings!” “The End Is Near!” “Zombies Ahead, Run!” “Turn Back Now” and “You Just Lost The Game.” Police noted in the log, “a quick check of the area showed no signs of zombie infestation.” The message board had been reprogramed overnight by an unknown person. DPW was contacted to reprogram the sign.

I’m sorry, ‘infestation’? Is that how you really want to refer to an embattled minority group in your community, police officers?

I suppose so, which is tragic. Even more so that their first thought upon seeing this sign was to determine whether there were any Differently Animated citizens nearby, presumably so they could inflict some police brutality or at least harassment upon them.

What kind of a world are we living in where the police run off half-cocked after innocent Zombies to oppress?

George Romero’s world, I guess.

Heckuva job, George.

Tags: Social Justice

This entry was posted by John Sears on Thursday, April 14th, 2011 at 10:18 pm and is filed under ZRC News. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.