The N.Y. Post had a cartoon in it's February '09 paper showing the police shooting a primate. The Post says that "They were just making fun of a story of an ape that was shot in cartoon is a clear parody of a current news event, to wit the shooting of a violent chimpanzee in Connecticut. It broadly mocks Washington's efforts to revive the economy".
The ape in the cartoon was related to the author of the Stimulus bill in Washington, DC, but the ape in Connecticut that the cartoon is based on has no relationship to politics in Washington. The author of the stimulus bill is Washington, DC is seen by many Americans as President Obama.
This is why there was an outcry from many places in the country when many people saw the cartoon.
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