BonnerCo Hang-Obama Sign Draws Feds

Keith Kinnaird/Bonner County Bee
Ken Germana defends the sign he put up on his property in Vay, Idaho, in southwestern Bonner County, about 24 miles from Sandpoint, Wednesday. Bonner County Bee story here

More Info: The U.S. Secret Service is being asked to review a sign a Bonner County landowner put up which suggests a “free public hanging” of President-elect Barack Obama and several other political figures. The handmade cardboard sign also features a noose fashioned from a length of nylon rope. “That’s a political statement. They can call it whatever they want, a threat or whatever,” said Ken Germana, who installed the sign on his property off Golden Gate Road in southwestern Bonner County.

Question: Should this “political sign” be considered free speech or a crime?