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he had omitted from his tax return.
B. Casualty/Theft Loss
In 1996, petitioner purchased a house in Coos Bay, Oregon,
for $40,000. Shortly after petitioner moved in, his neighbors
allegedly began harassing him and vandalizing his property.
According to petitioner, one neighbor in particular routinely
allowed his dog to defecate on petitioner’s yard. Petitioner
claims that the police habitually failed to stop the harassment
and vandalism to which he was subjected. Petitioner considered
that he was a victim of racial profiling. At one point,
according to his testimony, the police told him: “We’re looking
for Mexicans like you with drugs and guns.” After one particular
altercation with his neighbor, petitioner was arrested and
incarcerated for 4 days. Petitioner testified that the police in
Coos Bay refused to prosecute his neighbor for harassment,
although the neighbor taunted petitioner and sprayed him with
pepper mace. Petitioner introduced supporting photographs and
correspondence concerning the failure of local authorities to
prosecute after he had been sprayed. In 1998, petitioner sold
his house in Coos Bay, Oregon. Explaining why he sold the house,
petitioner said: “police started following me around town, and
they had tapped my phone line, and I just felt like I couldn’t
live there safely anymore, so I fled and moved up to Washington”.
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