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Lynching Is a Joke at Joe’s Crab Shack

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A Minnesota outlet of the seafood chain restaurant is under fire for displaying a photo of a black man’s hanging as table decor.

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On Thursday, the Minneapolis NAACP exposed the racist interiors at the Joe’s Crab Shack in suburban Roseville and demanded an apology.

Tyrone Williams, a diner who helped to reveal the bigoted picture, said he and a friend were seated at another table Wednesday night to celebrate her birthday.

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