Witch noose hanging decoration causes controversy

CHICOPEE, Mass. -- A halloween decoration is stirring up controversy in Chicopee.

Kelly lynch is a self-proclaimed witch and has been studying witchcraft since she was a child.

She’s offended by this decoration of a witch hanging from a noose.

Lynch was so put off that she went straight to the owner’s front door and asked him to take it down.

“He told me that people should lighten up, and that it's a halloween decoration,” said Kelly Lynch “to have that as your only halloween decoration, it's kind of odd.”

The owner refused to take it down.

Lynch says it's no laughing matter and is calling it a hate crime against her religion and to the entire community.

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