The US Secret Service says it is investigating after an effigy of Barack Obama was found hanging in the home town of former President Jimmy Carter.
The BBC Monday, 4 January 2010
TV footage showed the doll hanging by a noose in front of a red, white and blue sign that reads “Plains, Georgia. Home of Jimmy Carter, our 39th President”.
Witnesses said the effigy had President Obama’s name on it.
Plains Mayor L.E. Godwin III said the fire department had been called to take it down.
In Washington, US Secret Service spokesman Ed Donovan confirmed that the agency was investigating the case.
Jan 04 2010
3 comments
thanks for pointing this out to me.
businessman in the article have been more bland! This is terrible…and sad. I wonder if President Carter will make a statement. On the one hand, you don’t want to create a show of it – on the other, controversial, unpopular statements have never stopped him before.