NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – Police in Tennessee have charged a man accused of placing a bullseye-like target in the front yard of Nashville’s NAACP president.
Roy E. Brown, 63, was charged with intimidation Monday, according to a Nashville Metro Police statement.
Brown allegedly told police he had known the NAACP leader, Rev. Keith Caldwell, for years and thought the target looked like a flower and would look nice in his yard, the agency said.
Surveillance video showed Brown placing the plastic bullseye, which was from a backyard archery play-set designed for children, in Caldwell’s yard Saturday evening, investigators said.
Caldwell told The Tennesseean over the weekend that he viewed the target as “an act of intimidation,” but in a Facebook post Monday he said it no longer appeared the act was racially-motivated.