In happier moment. With husband LaMar Hicks and six of their eight children. She is on the right. As a legislator she represents District 25-A from northwest Rochester and outlying adjacent areas of Olmsted County.
Legislator: Hate messages now painted over
ROCHESTER, Minn. — State legislator Kim Hicks, whose home was plastered by vandals with racist and antisemitic imagery, called the attack a violation of her family in “one of the most terrible ways imaginable.” The graffiti attack included a swastika, a triple KKK and the demeaning insult “nigger.” Said Hicks: “My family experienced terroristic threats perpetuated by cowards who came masked and in the night. Hate and racism has no place in any community, and the fact my children have to experience it firsthand makes me angry and sad.” Hicks, whe is white, has eight children, some adopted, from mixed race backgrounds. She thanked neighbors and supporters of all different backgrounds who responded by helping paint over the hateful symbols.
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Hicks about the vandals: “They are fear mongering. They wore masks because they are ashamed of what they believe.”