Man accused of spray painting racial slur on Army recruiting office door

MILLINGTON, Tenn. (WMC) - A man is facing vandalism charges after allegedly spray-painting a racial slur onto an Army recruiting office door.

On Nov. 7 at 2 p.m., officers responded to a vandalism/felony call at the U.S. Army Recruiting Office on U.S. Highway 51 in Millington.

Officers spoke with a U.S. Army recruiter, who said that after he left on Nov. 6 between 5 p.m. and 9 a.m., someone spray-painted the “N- word” on the building door in black paint.

The recruiter said he and another recruiter, who is African American, dealt with an individual the day before and told him to leave the building after a verbal altercation. This led them to believe the individual may have been retaliating against the recruiter.

The victim described the suspect, later identified as 21-year-old Christopher Davis, whom officers recognized from previous law enforcement encounters and because he had been wearing the same clothing for weeks.

Video footage showed Davis spray painting the door at 6:18 a.m. the morning after the reported argument. A warrant was then issued for Davis for felony vandalism and civil rights intimidation.

Davis was taken into custody and charged with vandalism, to wit: damage to property and civil rights intimidation.

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