Nooses and blackface: Halloween decorations prompt backlash
NEW YORK -- Depictions of children hanging from nooses were displayed across the street from an elementary school in Brooklyn. An empty noose swung from a home on Long Island. And in Rockland County, New York, three black pumpkins with white eyes, noses and mouths sat on the steps of a small law firm.
Azi Paybarah, New York Times