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NAACP Joins Fight Against Noose Hanging In Yard
cbs13.com ^ | 10/27/09 | Mike Dello Stritto

Posted on 10/29/2009 6:02:10 AM PDT by TornadoAlley3

Sacramento, CA- The shocking sight of a noose hanging at a house on a busy street drew media attention and protestors last week, but now the NAACP is calling for a criminal investigation against the homeowner.

The Watt Avenue home drew criticism almost immediately after displaying a noose in the same display as a Confederate flag, and members of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People are looking into legal action that will force the display to the ground and put the home's owner behind bars.

"Immediately I thought this could not be happening in 2009," said Betty Williams of the NAACP. "I thought it was a joke -- a cruel joke at that."

"Here at the NAACP collectively, we all agree this is a hate crime. This is considered racism to the highest," she added.

Protestors picketed homeowner Jimmy West's property on Friday, but his admitted use of the "n-word" to describe them sent emotions running high.

"That is true, but I threw in the word ignorant," West said on Friday. "They were very uneducated about the Civil War."

A new state law says hanging a noose on someone else's private property or some public property a hate crime, but the law says nothing about a homeowner hanging such a sign himself.

The display is certainly offensive, but it may not be illegal. That isn't stopping the NAACP from demanding action.

"Take it down now," Williams said. "It's offensive to me, to the people I represent, and we do not appreciate something like that hanging on a public street."


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: hatecrime; naacp; noose
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To: PapaBear3625

Nooses without a Republican in it is hate speech?


41 posted on 10/29/2009 6:58:22 AM PDT by GeronL (http://tyrannysentinel.blogspot.com .... I am a rogue nobody. One of millions.)
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To: manc

One thing you have to understand about leftists - they really AREN’T consistent about “the rules”, and have no qualms about that inconsistency.

All they’re interested in is the outcomes, the “solution”.

They believe in fantasy of a “solution” at the end of their struggle that has no tradeoffs. In the face of such a goal, “consistency” is just a barrier in achieving that goal.


42 posted on 10/29/2009 6:58:55 AM PDT by MrB (The difference between a humanist and a Satanist is that the latter knows who he's working for.)
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To: TornadoAlley3

That must be the Emperor’s New Noose.


43 posted on 10/29/2009 7:01:55 AM PDT by Junior_G
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To: xjcsa
And somebody should really give the tardbucket a good beating.

So you are advocating the commission of the crime of assault and battery against a person who exercised his freedom of expression?

44 posted on 10/29/2009 7:02:48 AM PDT by VRWCmember
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To: MrB

very true


45 posted on 10/29/2009 7:04:24 AM PDT by manc (Marriage is between a man and a woman, end of. -end racism end affirmative action)
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To: HGSW0904
"The flag is one thing; the noose is just disgusting."

Oh, come on ... it's a piece of rope.

46 posted on 10/29/2009 7:05:59 AM PDT by JustaDumbBlonde (Southern by choice ... American by the grace of God)
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To: TornadoAlley3

Guys a biggot, but he’s right about them being not only ignorant of the Civil war, but about private property rights.

I have to put up with Kayne West being racist on TV, they can deal with redneck on the corner.


47 posted on 10/29/2009 7:06:25 AM PDT by HamiltonJay
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To: VRWCmember
So you are advocating the commission of the crime of assault and battery against a person who exercised his freedom of expression?

Well, it was a bit tongue-in-cheek, but I didn't stutter.

48 posted on 10/29/2009 7:07:34 AM PDT by xjcsa (And these three remain: change, hope and government. But the greatest of these is government.)
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To: iopscusa
Wacism is for Wabbits and the NAACP is Wacist!

What about them waskily Wahibis?

49 posted on 10/29/2009 7:25:24 AM PDT by Prospero (non est ad astra mollis e terris via)
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To: xjcsa

Except to prosecute whoever it was that committed the illegal assault, you meant?


50 posted on 10/29/2009 7:26:09 AM PDT by chesley ("Hate" -- You wouldn't understand; it's a leftist thing)
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Here at the NAACP collectively, we all agree this is a hate crime. This is considered racism to the highest," she added.

Is there anything those jokers do not consider racist?

51 posted on 10/29/2009 7:29:21 AM PDT by Sarajevo (You're jealous because the voices only talk to me.)
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To: xjcsa

Yeah,just like the gobment stayed out of the polling place on election day in PA.


52 posted on 10/29/2009 7:30:21 AM PDT by devistate one four (Back by popular demand: America love or leave it (GTFOOMC) TET68)
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To: TornadoAlley3

I’d buy this man a beer just for being non-PC.


53 posted on 10/29/2009 7:31:53 AM PDT by Sir Gawain
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To: chesley
Except to prosecute whoever it was that committed the illegal assault, you meant?

Well, they've gotta do what they've gotta do.

54 posted on 10/29/2009 7:34:32 AM PDT by xjcsa (And these three remain: change, hope and government. But the greatest of these is government.)
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To: TornadoAlley3
Williams said. "It's offensive to me, to the people I represent, and we do not appreciate something like that hanging on a public street."

Tough. The blatent racism as practiced by the NAACP is offensive to me too.

56 posted on 10/29/2009 8:57:56 AM PDT by zeugma (Zeugma loves a good W00t Off!)
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To: JustaDumbBlonde

I don’t think it was just a piece of rope he happened to set down. He formed a noose with the piece of rope, and I don’t think he meant it as a reference to cow-roping.

The guy can do whatever he wants on his property; I’m not arguing that. But it’s an ignorant, vile move. And I’m not feeling much more optimistic about someone who would think a noose (in this setting) is just a piece of rope.

Using that logic, what Larry David did was just some pee involving just some picture. Does he have the right to pee on the picture? Sure. It’s a free country. But he’s an ignoramus just as Mr. Flag-and-Noose is.


57 posted on 10/29/2009 9:19:12 AM PDT by HGSW0904
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