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Target of Racist Display in Rio Grande, Congressional Candidate Alexander Responds

A photo circulating online appears to depict stuffed dolls hanging from nooses tied to a tree above a sign for a Black candidate for Congress. Police in Middle Township confirmed to the Herald that an investigation is ongoing

By Shay Roddy

RIO GRANDE – Police are investigating a potential hate crime, after a photo was widely circulated online Election Night, depicting stuffed dolls hanging from nooses tied to a tree above a sign for a Black candidate for Congress. 

A photo posted on theFacebook pageCape May Scanner, which was also received by law enforcement, showed a campaign sign for Tim Alexander staked in the ground below a stuffed Muppet, the Cat in the Hat character and another child’s doll which were all suspended in the air by a rope tied around their necks, attached to a tree branch on the other end. The post indicated the photo was taken Nov. 8 near a large liquor store on Route 47. 

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