Obama Effigy Burned Amid Cheers

(West Allis, Wisconsin) At a local bar called Yesteryears, a few drinkers used bad judgment and burned an effigy of President Obama.

The Secret Service initially took an interest in investigating the circumstances since a YouTube video of the incident turned viral. The Secret Service is no longer pursuing the issue.



However, the West Allis Police Department continues investigating.

Milwaukee NAACP President Jerry Ann Hamilton says, "I think it should be investigated and the person who was responsible for it should have an explanation for doing it."

The owner of Yester Years says it was not racially motivated, but bad judgment from customers who had too much too drink. She didn't want to go on camera, because she's worried about her family's safety after getting threatening phone calls.

Some neighbors wonder why there is so much attention being paid to this. West Allis resident Richard Anderson said, "I think it's being blown out of proportion, because people are trying to make something of it more than what it was...just out of curiosity this morning I checked on the web and check 'Bush burned effigy', and I must have found 1000 links to pictures of President Bush being burned."

Heh. Nothing to see here. Move along.