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Hanging Halloween display causes controversy in McAlester (OK)
By James Beaty
McAlester News-Capital
October 23, 2015 - 12:08pm
... A dummy hanging from a tree near a Confederate flag is attracting attention ...
... “If it offends somebody, tough ****.”
... the News-Capital stopped .. to take a look at the display and ask .. what he intended to depict .... the Confederate flag fluttered in the breeze ... The dummy has a “head” consisting of several colors, with one side .. a dark white or light gray, and the other .. a dark blue ...
“I have black friends; no racial thing’s intended,” said James, who did use a racial slur during the conversation ...
http://examiner-enterprise.com/news/state/hanging-halloween-display-causes-controversy-mcalester
