Maryland State Delegate Jeffrie Long, Jr., represting Prince George's County and Calvert County, speaks out against human-like figure hanging from a tree.

After our reporting this, the incident is possible being looked at by the Calvert County State's Attorney

Late last night, The Intersection published a story “Calvert County Community Members Speak Out Against Black Human-Like Figure Hanging From Tree.” The story is about a Calvert County resident who hung a human-like figure from a tree after Halloween in Dunkirk, MD.

Through my reporting, I reveal that residents dispute the Calvert County Police Department’s initial report, which was reported on Facebook. Our reporting has provoked the Calvert County State’s Attorney to get involved. Here is what sources, who live in the same neighborhood, said to me:

Sources close to the situation, who don’t want to be named due to their standing in the community, disputed parts of the investigative unit's narrative. They allege the human-like figure hanging from the tree was not a part of the original arrangement of the Halloween display. The human-like object was a part of a display that was arranged on the ground. Parts of that  display were removed for the Halloween display and the only object that remained was the human-like object. Sources alleged that it wasn’t until after the election of Donald Trump that the human-like object appeared hanging from a tree. 

“When the police wrote in their social media post that the human-like object hanging from a tree was a part of the homeowners’ Halloween display, that’s not right,” sources said. “It was never up.” 

“I would question if the object was part of a Halloween display,” said Kassie Sherry, a resident of North Beach. “What made the homeowner then hang it from a tree, especially after Halloween?”

The residents removed the human-like figure. However, it’s not clear what motivated that person to do so.

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