Mannequin Resembling Obama Hanging From Noose Spotted On New York City Truck (VIDEO)

On Friday afternoon, The Blaze's Mike Opelka exited his New York office and spotted an unusual sight.

Driving up Sixth Avenue was a flatbed truck holding a trailer with eight mannequin-like bodies hanging on nooses. One of the figures portrayed in the scene resembled President Barack Obama, with a sign on the truck that read: "Obama Is Onboard, Find Out Why. Visit YouTube.com And Search Keyword PatriotPhipps."

At Patriotphipps' YouTube page, there is video of a man talking to the Obama mannequin. The clip's description reads: "VR Phipps speaks with his President Obama mannequin about his corruption problem in Duplin County."

Phipps' words appear to stem from his belief that members of his family were murdered by area law enforcement officials. He alleges that a cover-up has kept him from receiving any justice, the Blaze reports.

This is not the first instance of a questionable protest against Obama. A Thursday report found that a Georgia bar owner posted a sign saying "I do not support the n***** in the White House." Back in March, a bumper sticker that read "Don't re-n*g in 2012" went viral.

For more on truck's sighting, head over to The Blaze for Opelka's full report.

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Comments

[Calix Hwang]

02:53 PM on 06/20/2012

This is absolutely disgusting and I can't believe people in this day and age can do such a horrific act. I work for a mannequin business and if I knew that a mannequin that I had sold was used in such a manner, I would honestly just quit right on the spot. When will people learn that hate is the wrong way to go about getting their point across?

Hwang
http://mannequins-for-sale.net/

[wckoko]

08:05 PM on 05/14/2012

The truck may have been spotted in NYC, but please note that the person responsible for it is not a New Yorker .

[rachel75]

05:25 PM on 05/14/2012

People like this do NOT make me proud to be white!!

[billp65]

02:25 PM on 05/14/2012

And the Tea Bag Party gets up set when you suggest that their only objection to Obama is he is Black. CAUGHT....... Most of the opposition to Obama IS because he is black.

[Marc Daniels]

09:08 AM on 05/14/2012

This is an example of unadulterated hatred. For hundreds of years, humankind has searched for scapegoats to be weeded out. It has been 44 years since Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. had delivered his prophetic Mountain Top Speech to the Nation. On the behalf of millions of Americans who disagree with this perversion, I am calling out to all the children to set an example for the adults by symbolically weeding out this mountain of hatred. I have a dream that the President of the United States would facilitate this event with a White House Sponsored "Weed Out Hate" Mega-Event.

[Aesthete]

12:32 PM on 05/09/2012

Let's bring home the troops from Afghanistan. They may be needed to protect our country and its president from homegrown crazies.

[IFany]

07:13 AM on 05/08/2012

I would not want these type of people in my house, let alone their mentality in the White House

[tjfras]

10:22 AM on 05/08/2012

I'm pretty sure they aren't running for President.

[I B THANKING]

01:34 AM on 05/08/2012

Blacks and others of color can be intolerant, prejudice, bigoted and ignorant, but not racist. Racism is different from racial prejudice, hatred, or discrimination. Racism involves ONE group having the power to carry out systematic discrimination through the major institutions of society. By this definition, when it comes to America, only White people can be racist, because only White people as a group have that power.

When the majority of White people decide to hold the minority of Whites in positions of power and influence accountable for their collective crimes against people of color; only then will unjust laws and racism be dismantled and a thing of the past. And it is inconceivable to me that at this late date and time Blacks and people of color are still fighting battles reminiscent of slavery and/or Jim Crow, just reinvented for these current times.

[webbandit]

08:36 AM on 05/08/2012

I agree, much of that behavior is unconscious anticipated assumption especially when dealing with while cops and at a non union work place.

[tjfras]

10:25 AM on 05/08/2012

So then since I have no power whatsoever, then i cannot be racist? Oh wait I have to hold people in power accountable.... But none of us can seem to do that with any politicians... Eric Holder is a perfect example... No wait, he's black so that can't be right? Oh and all the collective crimes against people of color... Hmm.. what exactly would those be?

[Haberdash]

11:35 PM on 05/07/2012

Why is everyone hating on the South....those were NY plates on that truck.
Also, why all the comments on Republicans being racist on here....the KKK was with the Occupy Wall Street movement....not the Tea Party rallies.

[ExposeNRidRacism2012]

01:48 AM on 05/08/2012

TEA PARTY RACISM: What The Media Won't Show You About Teabagger Racism

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S38VioxnBaI

[diverjay]

10:17 AM on 05/08/2012

Pretty tame in comparison to OWS.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iY1t-HHTcAQ

[Haberdash]

02:51 PM on 05/08/2012

I didn't see anything in that video that would confirm any of those were from a Tea Party rally. Also, if that was going on at the Tea Party rallies why does the support from Blacks go to the Tea Party? That's a fact jack, look it up.

[Vickie Laubaugh]

11:25 AM on 05/08/2012

The KKK had nothing to do with Occupy Wallstreet!

[Haberdash]

02:46 PM on 05/08/2012

You might want to tell David Duke that as he supports the movement. Let's not forget they were there protesting as well.

[Derrick22]

09:18 PM on 05/07/2012

What's more disturbing then this story is the fact that there are people commenting in defense of this behavior.......I wish I could move out of the U.S.

[canoeal]

08:36 PM on 05/07/2012

My first comment seems to have gottenlost.
I said I in no way concone racism in any form. Racism, especially to a Christian has to go. Paul wrote "In Christ Jesus there is no male or female,Jew or Gentile, slave or freeman all are the same in Christ" That would, to me say the is no racial barriers. We grew up singing"Red or yellow, black or white, they are precious in his sight..."
That being said, Obama has got to go. Are any of you working people any better off since Obama took office? I mean jobs, financially, housing values, retirement savings...any of you doing better? If not then let go...
If you are doing much better please consider keeping him in office. unless you are doing better because of the social welfare he is extending to you. THE REST OF US ARE PAYING FOR THAT. So please get off the welfare roles, and out of the unemployment lines and vote for some who will do their best to get you work and back on your feet. If you like sitting around collecting sorry I am not taslking to you.
Lets do something to make America, and the American citizens lives better....If you are not better off, don't continue on and expect things to change...that is the very definition of insanity...
But please get rid of all the racist comments;they do no one any good...

[stepup07]

10:50 AM on 05/08/2012

While I agree with some of what your saying do you understand that we had President Bush in office for 8yrs... count them . Do you think Obama can fix Bushes mess in this short amount of time with people like you and the republicans fighting him on every turn. Remember he did not create this mess but he is trying to clean it up. If he was white and continueing to ruin this country with the same beleifs as bush there would be no complaint. Stop looking at color. It is not color , it is the best man/person for the job.

[2Murphys]

04:07 PM on 05/08/2012

No one has any idea what you were trying to say. The Prezzie is ruining this country. Plain and simple.

[sfclecrone]

05:16 PM on 05/08/2012

Obama himself stated that if he hadn't fixed the economy in three years, he didn't deserve reelection. He even had a majority of democrats in congress too. How many more years do you all want to give him? To be perfectly honest he was an unknown, without any real experience given the benefit of the doubt and elected to the highest office of the land. By the way it isn't just republicans that want him out, and it wasn't just democrats and minorities that got him elected either. A lot of people gave him a chance, and all we get everytime something goes wrong in his Administration is blaming someone else. Lay off the republicans too, because he managed to get his stimulus, his signature Obamacare, and a few other things passed through congress, but then couldn't get anything else through the same congress, yeah right. The bottomline, he didn't focus on the economy and jobs first and foremost, and instead concerned himself with paying back his supporters and pushing for Obamacare. Layoff the black/white issue too, that is a copout, because Obama doesn't get elected in the first place without the white support he got, which always seems to slip the mind of folks who love to race bait, like you suggested, using Bush's color as an example.

[Quinton Aiken]

03:26 PM on 05/10/2012

Let's think for a minute. Possibly on many of your own situations. Have you ever been in an accident. How long did it take, a split second perhaps. Now how long did it take to bring life to pre-accident condition. Ok maybe you made a wrong turn or missed a turn. How long did it take to get back on course. Let's get bigger, how long did it take to sink the Titanic. How long would it to raise it, or repair it to pre-sunk condition.
The moral of this story boys and girls is we gave Bush 8 years to absolutely wreck this country. Wreck it so badly that even his own party wanted nothing to do with him. SO if we gave him 8 years to wreck it. How in the world do you expect his predisessor only 4 years to fix it..

[entitled2beheard]

06:23 PM on 05/07/2012

This was a very ignorant way to express personal feelings. It is very disrespectful and egregious to every person represented by the mannequins. It is extremely a disgrace to add the President to gain attention, reading the original article the President wasn't apart of it in the beginning.
Everyone is entitled to their personal opinions, and you can feel how you like but to portray individuals in a noose is cruel & thoughtless. There are other ways to be heard or make a point.

[screwcongress]

05:25 PM on 05/07/2012

A presyatta! OUCH!

[bentenrai]

03:30 PM on 05/07/2012

Tss... better off sticking with the truck nuts dude.

[Constance Douglas]

03:30 PM on 05/07/2012

Well, we all know that RACISM is alive and well all across this country! And, that's too bad because what it says about some Americans is they don't care about exhibiting their racism in any way, shape or form. It's sad, that in 2012, some are still acting like it's the 60's all over again. I guess this is what they mean when they say they want their country back. What are they so afraid of? Got it! Losing white power?

[Tess Fenmore]

04:35 PM on 05/07/2012

So when people showed up at anti-war protests during 2004-06 with signs and dummies resembling Bush with nuses around the neck, was that racist?

While I agree that this truck driver is downright ignorant and disrespectful, Obama is certainly not the first president to endure people doing outrageous things like Hitler comparisons, and hanging charactures by the neck. Some of the anti-Bush things I've seen at some anti-war protests were in the same vain. It's not always about race.

[Garrg]

07:07 PM on 05/07/2012

It's 'nooses' brainiac.

[johnkostrubal]

06:59 AM on 05/08/2012

I agree, being half Black has helped Obama, for he can hide behind the Race card .
Anytime someone disagrees with him, they are called racist .
It doesn`t matter he is a disgusting President, its okay he`s half Black .
Well, that does not work in the real world .

[taina2]

05:28 PM on 05/07/2012

It was in bad taste, but hanging in effigy happens all the time to political leaders. Are you just as offended when they do it in a Muslim country or is your racism showing?

[lori279187]

07:38 PM on 05/07/2012

People that don't like someone in charege have been hanging them in effigy for hundreds of years. What makes this so different?

[webbandit]

08:50 AM on 05/08/2012

We should be pissed when it happens here,walk in an Arabs shoes and you would be burning American Presidents in effigy,we bomb them, and everything else and they are not all terrorists.