On October 22, a Bucks County, Pennsylvania borough council asked a homeowner to remove a Halloween display of bodies hanging from a tree after the local NAACP called it a lynching image. The homeowner refused, and officials say no ordinance covers the display. The discussion has since widened: the NAACP chapter's objection is on the record, and the council's request is framed by the absence of any rule to enforce. What remains open is whether the image crosses a line and what a borough can do about it without an ordinance.