INW: KKK Snowman Goes Viral

Mark Eliseuson stands in his driveway in Hayden Thursday next to flags and a no tresspassing sign he displays on and inside his garage. Eliseuson removed the head of a snowman in his front yard that had depicted a white hooded figure associated with the Klu Klux Klan after being notified by law-enforcement officers that he could be charged with a crime because the snowman was holding what appeared to be a noose. The story by KXLY’s Tania Dall & Rob Kauder has gone viral, being picked up by The Drudge Report today . And: original Dall/Kauder story plus Hucks Online comments here . (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

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