I don't say it often, but HOLY FUCK

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63. Disgusting, crazy, etc., but probably not racist in this case

BELIEVE IT OR NOT, this incident is not a racist statement and is only slightly about Obama. It is about a murder case. Here is a quick summary from memory, will expand once I've looked at the archives a bit.

This has been an ongoing story for several years in NC. The "display" was created by the brother of a man murdered in eastern NC some years back, William Henry Phipps. The Phipps family claim that local officials were involved, the investigation thwarted, and all this has been covered up by a continuing conspiracy involving those at all levels of the NC courts, AG, Governor Perdue, the media (especially WRAL, its reporters, and its owner). Many of these people are represented among those hanging. Some are Dems, some are Repubs. As I understand, the Obama effigy was added following some "failure" by the US DOJ regarding this case back a couple of years ago.

The victim's brother takes his trailer display wherever there are events that draw large crowds such as the State Fair. While certainly offensive and unpleasant, his display is still legal as "free speech". He has taken it to NYC, DC, and various places outside NC. He drove the truck display around Charlotte during the convention.

We have plenty of racists in NC, the Phipps might be among them.


BTW There were more lynchings outside the South than in the South. An ugly part of our entire nation's past and present.