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Feds probe Obama effigy in Jimmy Carter’s hometown

Category: National Published on Thursday, 07 January 2010 13:03 Written by Associated Press

PLAINS, Ga. (AP)—The mayor of former President Jimmy Carter’s hometown says the city acted immediately to remove an effigy of President Barack Obama that was found hanging from a building.

Mayor L.E. Godwin III said Jan. 5 he was shocked when the large Black doll was found Saturday morning on Main Street in the small Georgia town.

GRIM REMINDER—In this image released by WALB-TV News, Jan. 4, an effigy of President Barack Obama is seen hanging by a noose from a building in Plains, Ga.

U.S. Secret Service spokesman Ed Donovan says the agency is investigating. He declined to elaborate.

Footage from WALB-TV showed the doll hanging by a noose in front of an official sign that says “Plains, Georgia. Home of Jimmy Carter, our 39th President.”

A witness told the television station that the doll wore a sign with Obama’s name on it.

Godwin says he couldn’t read the sign on the doll because it was curled up.