FROM 41 OF THEIR HOME, JOY
BENEDICT -- FRONT OF THEIR HOME,
JOY BENEDICT TALKED WITH THE
VICTIMS.
REPORTER: A STREET LINED WITH
TREES AND PATRIOTISM, ONE
HOMEOWNER IN THIS DIAMOND BAR
COMMUNITY IS NOT FEELING SO
WELCOME.
THAT IS A SYMBOL OF HATE TO
ME, TO BLACK PEOPLE.
REPORTER: A ROPE IN THE SHAPE OF
A NOOSE.
I HAVE BEEN HERE 26 YEARS,
AND NEVER HAD AN ISSUE OR A
PROBLEM.
REPORTER: THIS CRIME IS MORE
CONFUSING FOR HER.
BECAUSE SHE KNOWS IT WAS MEANT
FOR HER FAMILY.
THERE IS NOT MANY BLACK FOLKS
THAT LIVE HERE.
AND ON THIS STREET, I DON'T KNOW
ANY.
REPORTER: LILIAN RUCKER SAID HER
SON FOUND THE NOOSE.
I WAS BLOWN AWAY AT IT.
REPORTER: ONCE SHOCK WORE WIFE OFF
THEY BOTH FELT ANGER AND
SADNESS.
IT IS HATRED, WE DON'T LIKE
YOU, WHY ARE YOU HERE.
IT IS 2020, WE N NEED TO MOVE
ON FROM THIS.
REPORTER: THEY CALLED L.A.
COUNTY SHERIFF DEPARTMENT WHICH
HANDED IT OVER TO A HATE CRIME
TASK FORCE BE THEY TRY TO FIGURE
OUT WHO DID THIS.
WHO DID IT, IS DISGUSTING.
REPORTER: THIS
KNOW WHY IT HAPPENED, RUCKER
MADE IT CLEAR, SHE IS NOT
LEAVING THE COMMUNITY SHE LOVES.
I'M NOT PLANNING ON MOVING, I
HAVE BEEN HERE 26 YEARS.
REPORTER: AND WANTS OTHER
FAMILIES TO KNOW THAT HATE AND
RACISM ARE NOT JUST SOMETHING WE
SEE ON THE NEWS.
BEWARE.
YES, WE LIVE IN CALIFORNIA.
YES THIS IS DIAMOND BAR, BUT
THIS CAN HAPPEN ANYWHERE.
REPORTER: ONLY WAY TO STOP IS TO
SPEAK UP AND MAKE IT CLEAR THAT
THE ONLY THING NOT WELCOME IN
HER NEIGHBORHOOD, IS HATE.
