NAACP decries Halloween display as insensitive (City park has dummies hung from trees)

[The Straight Story]

Three dummies hang from a willow tree in Baker Park as part of the City of Frederick Parks and Recreation Department's Halloween program.

Guy Djoken, president of the local NAACP, said from a distance the dummies look like dead bodies.

He is trying to get the city to remove them.

"A dead man hanging in a tree, that takes us back to a dark day we don't want to go back to," Djoken said Thursday. "Whoever did this needs some sensitivity training."

More than a dozen residents complained about it, he said.

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[ZombieHorde]

1. The dummy in the picture has white "skin." Seems like a harmless Halloween decoration to me. nt

[madinmaryland]

2. Yeap. There is still a Klan presence in Frederick and Frederick County.

There really is.

So I'm not surprised that happened in Frederick.

[Botany]

3. oh for the love of dog!

:banghead:

[virgogal]

4. Has all humor and sense of fun been totally lost in this country?

Everything always has someone offended.

[Burma Jones]

5. You gotta understand Frederick, MD

Still a little bit of good old redneck nastiness here in otherwise largely progressive Maryland........

Pretty though, and a nice place to see a minor league baseball game......,

[Botany]

6. every place in the country has a history of racial problems

It was a dummy in a tree on Halloween .... no big thing. Want to look @ a real race crime?
try Florida 2000 or Ohio 2004

[ProgressiveProfessor]

7. There is no right not to be offended