Jamilia Phillips, a woman who is new to an Edmond, Oklahoma neighborhood, was shocked to see that one of her neighbors has set up a faux graveyard as a Halloween decoration — and one of the tombstones has Pres. Obama’s name on it, dripping in blood. Phillips says sh is “absolutely offended” and is concerned about the message this tombstone sends to children.
?He is the president of the United States, and it actually is about respect,? said Phillips.??It’s a total respect thing because this person is still alive.?
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The offending neighbor, Dwayne Dockens, told KOKO-TV:
?We made them a few years ago back when it was a big deal, questions up about his birth certificate,? Dockens said. ?And we made all these ourselves, so just thought it was kind of humorous and, you know, went ahead and put him in there, as well.?
The wooden tombstone reads ?Obama ? ? ? and is placed among others reading ?Imma goner? and ?I told you I was sick.?
Dockens says he refuses to take them down.
?I certainly didn’t mean to offend anybody or cause any problems,? he said. ?Don’t know that I would take it down.?
Apparently it’s a family activity. Dockens says that making racist?Halloween decorations together makes the family closer.
?[My family and I] made them a few years ago back when it was a big deal, questions up about [Obama’s] birth certificate,” Dockens said. “And we made all these ourselves so just thought it was kind of humorous and, you know, went ahead and put him in there as well.?
Let me make a psychic prediction: idiots all over the country will be copying this stunt in an effort to show support for the guy in Oklahoma.
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