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This is something of a mini documentary highlighting one couple's experience during the fascist political climate that evolved under the corrupt George W. Bush administration. See also: www.youtube.com In February 2005, a Sacramento couple, Stephen and Virginia Pearcy, placed a bold anti-war display of a US soldier on their home. The Sacramento media, led by KCRA and Fox 40, initially portrayed the Pearcys as being unpatriotic for using their home to display the powerful anti-war message. The media and conservatives initially referred to the display as an "effigy" even though the soldier was clearly depicted as a victim of an unjust war. Conservative talk radio and TV hosts incited right-wing listeners and viewers to go to the Pearcys' home and take action to intimidate them. When the media's spectacle over the display reached its peak, right-wing vandals were emboldened. In broad daylight, as TV cameras rolled, vandals climbed onto the Pearcys' home and destroyed and then took the remnants of their displays. Up to six displays were taken. TV news crews from Fox 40 even interviewed some of the vandals while the crimes were being committed and encouraged them to go on camera to pass along messages to the Pearcys. After the vandalisms were shown on the local news, one vandal turned himself in to police, but the police wouldn't arrest him. Conservative District Attorney Jan Scully publicly announced that nobody from her office would prosecute any of the vandals because, she ...