LOS ANGELES , California ( CNN ) -- The mayor of West Hollywood has condemned a Halloween display resembling Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin hanging by a noose . A Halloween display resembling Sarah Palin hanging in West Hollywood . The life-size doll with a white noose around its neck is outfitted to look like Palin -- with a beehive wig , glasses and a red business suit . It hangs in front of the North Orange Grove Avenue house of the display 's creator , Chad Michael Morrisette , who also put up a depiction of Republican presidential candidate John McCain engulfed in flames . Mayor Jeffry Prang asked in a statement that the display be taken down and said : `` I respect that we all have the right to freedom of speech . However , with that right comes responsibility '' . `` While these residents have the legal right to display Senator John McCain and Governor Sarah Palin in effigy , I strongly oppose political speech that references violence -- real or perceived , '' he added . The effigy resembling McCain appears to emerge from the house 's chimney with paper flames around it . Both displays are clearly visible from the street and attract locals and tourists to take pictures . However not all locals -- - Republican or Democrat -- are charmed by the somewhat provocative dolls . One , who identified himself to CNN affiliate KCAL-TV in Los Angeles only as `` George , '' said the display takes the spirit of Halloween `` too far . '' What do you think , tell us below . Morissette does admit that if he had put up a display resembling Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama hanging from a noose , `` people would 've probably thrown things through our windows . '' `` The image of a hanged black man is a lot more intense than the image of a hanged white woman -- for our country , in the history of our country , '' he explained to KCAL . Morrisette said he wants the display viewed as art that is appropriate for the holiday . `` It is Halloween . It 's time to be scary . Its time to be spooky , '' he said . Mayor Prang 's statement , without naming Morrisette by name , asked that residents find `` more constructive ways to express their opinion. `` `` Politics in America has become extremely polarized in recent years and we all have a responsibility to focus on our political differences in a thoughtful and peaceful manner , '' he said .
Life-size Halloween doll resembling Sarah Palin with noose causes outcry . Mayor of West Hollywood condemns the display as it references violence . Some locals oppose at it 's depiction of a woman who was shot and killed by her husband in 2008.