Halloween Decoration Removed From Brooklyn Home After Being Called Racist

[The Northerner]

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – A Halloween display at a home in Brooklyn has been taken down after some called it a symbol of racism.

A scarecrow painted to have dark skin was hanging by a rope from a tree in front of a home in Kensington.

Some neighbors say the homeowner gets in the spirit of Halloween every year and believe he meant no harm by the display.

But one councilman argued it was reminiscent of a lynching.

Read more: http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2011/10/20/halloween-decoration-removed-from-brooklyn-home-after-being-called-racist/

[Abin Sur]

1. "Police settled the dispute by removing the scarecrow figure from the tree."

Given that this is private property, what business do the police have forcing someone to take down a Halloween decoration?

[The Northerner]

3. Because it's always illegal to display offensive imagery or items on private property.

[ProgressiveProfessor]

5. I assume that was sarcasm since it is certainly not the law in the vast majority of the US

[Hugabear]

7. Really?

This giant Confederate flag flying over I-75 near Tampa says different.

[ProgressiveProfessor]

6. Presumtively the property owner agreed and the cops did it

Otherwise your comment is quite correct

[Devil_Fish]

2. Please. One of these things does not belong, which one could it be?

[Beartracks]

4. The one with the birds on his head.

Clearly he's not scaring any crows at all.

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