Police Remove Distasteful Scarecrow from Tree on East 5th Street

A life-sized scarecrow with dreadlocks hanging from a tree as a Halloween decoration was removed by police yesterday after neighbors complained that it was racist.

Neighbors tell NY1 that the house on East 5th between Caton and Fort Hamilton goes all out for Halloween every year, and don't believe the scarecrow, which has hung in the tree six years in a row, was intended as anything but scary.

However, City Councilmember Charles Barron (whose district, 42, is nowhere near this block) tells CBS that other neighbors complained, and that it was offensive because of its dark skin and look of a lynching.

Police removed it because it was in a city tree, but there are bound to be people who have noticed it in the past. Did you ever see it and feel that it was offensive?