A New York Post cartoon that some have interpreted as comparing President Barack Obama to a violent chimpanzee gunned down by police has drawn outrage from civil rights leaders. The cartoon caption reads: “They’ll have to find someone else to write the next stimulus bill.” The cartoon refers to a chimpanzee who was killed on Monday by police in Connecticut after it mauled a friend of its owner.

Some critics called the cartoon racist and others said it suggests that Obama should be assassinated. “To compare the nation’s first African-American commander in chief to a dead chimpanzee is nothing short of racist drivel,” said Barbara Ciara, president of the US National Association of Black Journalists.

High resolution version of the above cartoon here:  http://dc.indymedia.org/usermedia/image/1/large/new_york_post_obama_chimp_cartoon_causes_outrage.gif
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