The LA Times reports:
“After days of nationwide controversy, a West Hollywood homeowner has removed an effigy of Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin that was hanging from a noose off the side of his house.
“ChadMichael Morrisette, a professional window display designer who set up the life-size mannequin of Palin, said Wednesday evening that he had met with West Hollywood Mayor Jeffrey Prang and decided it was best to remove the decoration.
‘“There was a huge mob scene,’ Morrisette said of the onlookers -- and protesters -- the display attracted. ‘The whole thing became a life of its own.”’
‘“Steve Whitmore, a spokesman for the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, said that Morrisette and his partner invited Prang into their home for a ‘heart-to-heart’ about the display after a man parked in front of their home, his black truck bearing a male dummy wearing a noose and T-shirt that read, ‘Chad, how does it feel?”’
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