Protesters Hang Effigy Of Kentucky Governor Outdoors Governor’s Estate

A group of protesters gathered for a “Patriot Day 2nd Modification Rally” near the Kentucky State Capitol concluded Sunday’s event by hanging an effigy of Gov. Andy Beshear in a tree outside the guv’s mansion.

Video and photos from the occasion in Frankfort, captured by Courier Journal reporter Sarah Ladd, show two males raising the effigy with an indication reading “Sic Semper Tyrannis” as the song “God Bless the U.S.A.” plays in the background.

” Sic semper tyrannis” loosely equates from Latin to “thus constantly to autocrats.” John Wilkes Cubicle presumably screamed the expression after assassinating President Abraham Lincoln.

The demonstrators were supposedly objecting restrictions that the Democratic guv implemented to assist curb the COVID-19 pandemic.

Gerry Seavo, a self-employed photographer who was covering the event, informed HuffPost that the event’s organizer, Ben Kennedy, highlighted the effigy at the end.

We’re gon na hang an effigy,’ and it didn’t strike me at the time what it was,” Seavo said.

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