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."
Nooses without a Republican in it is hate speech?
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.
That must be the Emperor’s New Noose.
So you are advocating the commission of the crime of assault and battery against a person who exercised his freedom of expression?
very true
Oh, come on ... it's a piece of rope.
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.
Well, it was a bit tongue-in-cheek, but I didn't stutter.
What about them waskily Wahibis?
Except to prosecute whoever it was that committed the illegal assault, you meant?
Is there anything those jokers do not consider racist?
Yeah,just like the gobment stayed out of the polling place on election day in PA.
I’d buy this man a beer just for being non-PC.
Well, they've gotta do what they've gotta do.
Tough. The blatent racism as practiced by the NAACP is offensive to me too.
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.
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