Bucks Co. Halloween display caught in controversy over hanging bodies display

Halloween decorations popping up in neighborhoods all across the area. But one display in Bucks County is stirring up controversy. Our Jennifer Lee with more on why this Bristol Township display has some folks so upset. The Halloween display in Bristol Borough shows bodies hanging from a tree. The Bucks County NAACP is calling for it to be voluntarily removed. We want to warn you, some might find this display disturbing. I'm like, oh, well, I'm not sure I like those. I'm sure when he did that, he wasn't thinking racial. A Halloween display in Bristol shows several bodies hanging from a tree. While some accept they're meant to be decorations, others in the community say it's deeply disrespectful and offensive. It's a body wrapped in plastic with duct tape around it and hanging from a tree, not one, but five, with a noose around the neck. That's very inappropriate. Carla Scott brought her concerns to this week's borough council meeting and learned no ordinances are in place to prevent such displays. She hopes that can be revisited. The council president says they've tried talking to the homeowner about the display. Just so you know, we did address this immediately. It wasn't, I don't think it was up there for a few hours, and our borough inspector was there the next day. On Facebook, the Bucks County NAACP is calling for the display's removal saying in part, for Black Americans, this imagery carries a painful historical significance rooted in lynching and racial terror. This is not about restricting Halloween celebrations or freedom of expression. It is about historical awareness, empathy, and respect for our neighbors. My mind went back to what my ancestors went through, being hung from trees with nooses around their neck. I see where the people are coming from because, I mean, I have a friend is really, really upset about all this. And I can understand. I mean, that's, I've never seen that. I mean, I'm 80 years old. I've never seen anybody decorate like this. Fox 29 talked to the homeowner over the phone. He says they're just Halloween decorations and there was no other agenda when he put them up. He says he's sorry if it offended anyone. I myself would take them down just to keep peace. Maybe he didn't have the intent to offend people, but because it does, maybe he should change. Despite the controversy and calls for the display to be removed, the homeowner tells me he plans on keeping it all up through Halloween. In Bristol, Jennifer Lee, Fox 29 News.