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Offline GmanJoe

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Kalifornistan hangs Palin effigy. Not a hate crime. Unless it\'s Obama.
« on: October 28, 2008, 08:38:13 AM »
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/california/la-me-palineffigy28-2008oct28,0,3849487.story

$10 it was Cored. The pinko commie who spits on veterans and burns the US flag for warmth. ;)

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[SIZE="5"]Effigy of Sarah Palin hanging by a noose creates uproar in West Hollywood[/SIZE]



By Victoria Kim
October 28, 2008
A West Hollywood Halloween display showing a likeness of Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin hanging by a noose has caused a furor among some residents who reported it as a hate crime, authorities said Monday.

But Los Angeles County sheriff\'s officials said the mannequin sporting a beehive hairdo, glasses and a red coat does not rise to the level of a hate crime because it was part of a Halloween display.

"I\'m not defending this; I\'m not criticizing it. It doesn\'t rise to the level of hate crime," said Steve Whitmore, spokesman for the Los Angeles County Sheriff\'s Department, who said he went out to the house himself to look at the display this morning.

"Now, if there was a crime against bad taste . . . "

Sgt. Kristin Aloma of the Sheriff\'s Department\'s West Hollywood station said that since Sunday she had received five to 10 calls from residents offended by the display. Officials are monitoring the house to make sure the situation doesn\'t get out of hand, she said.


West Hollywood Mayor Jeffrey Prang said although he recognizes residents\' right to free speech, he found the display problematic and felt it should be removed.

"While these residents have the legal right to display Senator John McCain and Governor Sarah Palin in effigy, I strongly oppose political speech that references violence -- real or perceived," Prang said in a statement. "I urge these residents to take down their display and find more constructive ways to express their opinion."

Whitmore said that potential hate crimes are evaluated on a case-by-case basis. If the same display had been made of a Barack Obama-like doll, for example, authorities would have to evaluate it independently, Whitmore said.

"That adds a whole other social, historical hate aspect to the display, and that is embedded in the consciousness of the country," he said, adding he\'s not sure whether it would be a hate crime. "It would be ill-advised of anybody to speculate on that."

ChadMichael Morrisette, who lives in the house, told a local TV news crew that cars and buses have been stopping near his home and that people have been snapping photos of the Halloween display.

The home\'s decorations also feature a doll of John McCain surrounded by decorative flames in the chimney, and other more typical Halloween items, such as skeletons and spider webs.

Kim is a Times staff writer.
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« Reply #1 on: October 28, 2008, 08:51:10 AM »
Americans are so angry. It\'s ridonkulous. Relax guys, she ain\'t gonna be the VP.
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Kalifornistan hangs Palin effigy. Not a hate crime. Unless it\'s Obama.
« Reply #2 on: October 28, 2008, 09:19:38 AM »
I\'d be more worried if this wasn\'t happening in West Hollywood....the trannys I\'m sure are getting a real kick out of this.
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« Reply #3 on: October 28, 2008, 09:20:29 AM »
I think the cops in that article were as competent as I\'ve ever seen. They nailed their answers, even when answering about how they would handle it if it were Obama on display.

Also, that pic is pretty extreme. If it is within a larger Halloween display, it probably doesn\'t look as bad.
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« Reply #4 on: October 28, 2008, 09:41:04 AM »
Yeah,...i\'m kinda shocked they didn\'t tell those guys to take it down...it seems like they\'re hiding behind the halloween situation to display their political view...and tru enough if that was an Obama mannequin up there, s**t would hit the fan, so yeah, it\'s really done in bad taste and they should take it down.
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« Reply #5 on: October 28, 2008, 10:23:10 AM »
I\'d tell someone to put up Obama hanging from a noose in the area to show the double standard but nobody within 100 miles is against him.
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« Reply #6 on: October 28, 2008, 10:33:33 AM »
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I\'d tell someone to put up Obama hanging from a noose in the area to show the double standard but nobody within 100 miles is against him.



What are you nuts?...that\'s RACIST!!....;)
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« Reply #7 on: October 28, 2008, 10:40:35 AM »
I work in WeHo, i\'ll try to get a picture with her.
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« Reply #8 on: October 28, 2008, 11:52:31 AM »
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$10 it was Cored. The pinko commie who spits on veterans and burns the US flag for warmth. ;)
I tried to light it with my zippo, but the damn polyester coat wouldn\'t burn!  :)
 
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« Reply #9 on: October 28, 2008, 07:30:36 PM »
If it were on any other day not near Halloween, would it still be "bad taste" or a hate crime?

I live in Washington DC, Cored. You stalker.
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« Reply #10 on: October 28, 2008, 08:06:13 PM »
I can\'t seem to get a definitive answer on exactly where it is, a buddy of mine said it was on Fountain but I haven\'t gotten a chance to check.
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« Reply #11 on: October 29, 2008, 10:21:14 AM »
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If it were on any other day not near Halloween, would it still be "bad taste" or a hate crime?

It\'d be an eye sore and the town planning committee would issue fines until it was removed while people complained at town council meetings and it was shown on the local tv evening news with comments from outraged neighbor Betty Stevenson and sympathetic college student Trevor Gaines.
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Kalifornistan hangs Palin effigy. Not a hate crime. Unless it\'s Obama.
« Reply #12 on: October 29, 2008, 10:57:55 PM »
Damn. The only place I ever see effigys on the news is in the Middle East. People get way too charged about politics. Politics and religion, I\'ve always said, brings out the absolute worst in people.
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« Reply #13 on: October 30, 2008, 03:29:41 AM »
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I tried to light it with my zippo, but the damn polyester coat wouldn\'t burn!  :)
 
BTW, at least I have the balls to reveal where I live.


I live in Tampa.

The rural part....  Lots of McCain signs around here thank God...  Problem is you go 10 miles west and you are in obamaville.
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« Reply #14 on: October 31, 2008, 04:12:26 AM »
Whelp you knew it was bound to happen....


http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/10/30/obama.effigy/index.html
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