Halloween displays showing hangings have raised the ire of citizens who claim they evoke lynchings.
, Lori Brunson saw a figure wrapped in black trash bags hanging from a tree in her neighbor's back yard.
He went on to say that the effigies were pointed downwards"because we know this is a predominantly black neighborhood. We didn't want anyone thinking it was going in that direction." Ryan McDonald of Salem County was told by state police in September that the display was offending and frightening some people.,"My whole intention was to make things fun for Halloween. It was never anything due to race. After the fact, it made me feel bad. It made me remorseful that people felt that way."
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