I don't think the offended people ever asked for it to be taken down. They just went straight to the authorities, and of course whenever the R word is mentioned, the police are on to it like sh1t off a shovel, waving arrest warrants.
As I said at the time the offenders didn't think their hate campaign through properly. They should have just hired a gang of youths to harrass their neighbours by hanging around outside shouting abuse at them and damaging their property. That kind of stuff goes on all the time with little interest shown by the police.