A Two Rivers woman was in court yesterday, facing charges after she put a racist note on a black woman’s car.
47-year-old Cathleen Yauch’s case was adjourned until November 2nd, to allow for the public defender to appoint a counsel for her.
Yauch was initially charged with Making a Terrorist Threat with a Hate Crime Enhancer, however according to CCAP, that enhancer has been changed to Public Panic or Fear.
This has led to the Lakeshore’s United Visionaries creating a petition on Change.org to reattach the Hate Crime Enhancer.
On the petition, they say “Being Black is not a crime and if you threaten someone because of their race, it is racist”.
They went on to call out Judge Jerilyn Dietz and said “We will not allow them to sweep this under the rug, we will not allow them to act as though these hateful and blatantly racist acts do not happen in Manitowoc County.”
Click here to see the full petition, or to sign.
It should be noted that Judge Dietz is not handling the case, and that the Judge is not responsible for the charges. That falls on the District Attorney’s Office
