What the @ % # ! ?

From staff reports

As if we haven’t seen every imaginable protest in Charlotte, up through middle of the DNC’s “Convention Row” rolled a wagon train with ghostly effigies of a group of people on the end of hangman’s noose.

At first glance, people became perplexed at such a sight, wondering who they were and what they represented; most concluded it was yet another effigy of the president and his cabinet.

But no – this was the silent protest of an East Coast protest group known as the Phipps family. The effigy of the seven “noosed” local and state leaders presents a continuing on-going saga of the Phipps family land.

The seven “victims” are identified as:
•    State Bar Chief Council Katherine E. Jean
•    Governor Bev Perdue
•    Superior Court Judge Paul Harrison
•    Superior Court Judge Russell Lanier
•    Former Governor Mike Easley
•    Duplin County District Attorney Dewey Hudson, Jr.
•    Duplin County Sheriff Blake Wallace

Why these men and women? It seems the Phipps family have a long-standing feud with the people named above. They feel that all had a hand in taking away their land and causing the death of two of their family members. The Phippses chose the DNC as a platform to make their ongoing case. And they would like the FBI and SBI to investigate the case.

Officials consider the case long closed, and there is no indication it is likely ever be re-opened. As far as deaths of the two members (a brother and a son) are concerned, officials say the individual responsible has been charged.

The Phippses don’t agree, insisting that there were more people involved. As for as the effigy of state and local leaders, officials say it’s freedom of speech.

Now, should you find an effigy of yourself hanging from those gallows, it will likely mean that Lacy and Reese Phipps have added you to the list of those who have done them harm. Especially if you have taken their land. So watch out!