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Connecticut Criminalizes Nooses As Threats
WFSB Channel 3 ^
Posted on 05/11/2008 6:23:06 PM PDT by Blue Turtle
Gov. M. Jodi Rell has signed into law Senate Bill 604, An Act Concerning Hate Crimes, which makes it a crime to display a noose as a way of harassing or threatening someone.
"Connecticut simply will not tolerate bigotry or racism," Rell said. "Let this bill send that message loud and clear. Using a noose -- a symbol of the racially motivated lynchings during the late 19th and first half of the 20th century -- to intimidate anyone because of their race or any other characteristic is a repugnant and cowardly act. No one should be subject to that kind of treatment.
(Excerpt) Read more at wfsb.com ...
TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Connecticut
KEYWORDS: intimidation; noose; yourtaxesatwork
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To: Blue Turtle
What if I don’t use it for intimidation but rather just tie it for practice and to use to tie around logs I drag behind my bike like when I was a kid ?
Is that crimminal ?
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posted on
05/11/2008 6:25:55 PM PDT
by
festus
(Tagline removed.)
To: festus
Will this hold up in court?
To: Blue Turtle
I suspect more nooses will begin to appear as a consequence of this asinine Bill.
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posted on
05/11/2008 6:27:50 PM PDT
by
doc1019
(I was taught to respect my elders, but it's getting harder to find one.)
To: Blue Turtle
Can we ban the Malcolm X hats - those are meant to be intimidating to whites...
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posted on
05/11/2008 6:29:47 PM PDT
by
2banana
(My common ground with terrorists - they want to die for islam and we want to kill them)
To: Arkansas Toothpick
A kid in Jena, La. dispayed a noose while protesting a demonstation by Sharpton and Jackson and received one year in prison for it recently.
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posted on
05/11/2008 6:30:14 PM PDT
by
BnBlFlag
(Deo Vindice/Semper Fidelis "Ya gotta saddle up your boys; Ya gotta draw a hard line")
To: Blue Turtle
Gov. M. Jodi RellWhat does the "M" stand for? Marxist?
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posted on
05/11/2008 6:30:14 PM PDT
by
buccaneer81
(Bob Taft has soiled the family name for the next century.)
To: Blue Turtle
The article has all the words I need.
Connecticut is bigoted, racist, repugnant, and cowardly.
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posted on
05/11/2008 6:31:00 PM PDT
by
SpaceBar
To: Blue Turtle
Nooses are bigotry or racism. More whites swung by the noose in this country than blacks ANYDAY. Think Nathan Hale. Think cattle rustlers.
What hogwash.
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posted on
05/11/2008 6:32:48 PM PDT
by
Chickensoup
(Nude dancing in North America)
To: Blue Turtle
What’s next? A law banning pictures of Buckwheat.
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posted on
05/11/2008 6:33:15 PM PDT
by
Rudder
("There is only one chief. Obey him." [Rush Limbaugh, April 30, 2008])
To: Blue Turtle
It's not folks in Connecticut who need an anti-noose law.
This photo was taken at the elementary school run by Grambling State University, LA, during the controversy over the Jena Six. "Kindergarten and first-grade students at Alma J. Brown Elementary School were being taught why nooses are a symbol of racism."
To: LibFreeOrDie
Nice fungal infection on that kid’s scalp.
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posted on
05/11/2008 6:35:43 PM PDT
by
SpaceBar
To: Arkansas Toothpick
I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it - Voltaire
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posted on
05/11/2008 6:35:43 PM PDT
by
preacher
(A government which robs from Peter to pay Paul will always have the support of Paul.)
To: Blue Turtle
Politically correct fool. You people in CT had better learn how to display a noose NOT as a way of harassing or threatening someone.
YES WE CAN!!!
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posted on
05/11/2008 6:35:53 PM PDT
by
Baladas
(M)
To: Rudder
Whats next? A law banning pictures of Buckwheat""Tay what?"
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posted on
05/11/2008 6:36:40 PM PDT
by
digger48
(http://prorev.com/legacy.htm)
To: Blue Turtle
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posted on
05/11/2008 6:36:52 PM PDT
by
stevem
To: festus
how about a knot. that could be construed as a threat.
To: buccaneer81
"What does the "M" stand for? Marxist? "Moron.
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posted on
05/11/2008 6:38:35 PM PDT
by
spunkets
("Freedom is about authority", Rudy Giuliani, gun grabber)
To: Blue Turtle
There are, I believe states that still have hanging as a means of the meting out the death sentence. Will that be considered racist?
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posted on
05/11/2008 6:39:40 PM PDT
by
Road Warrior ‘04
(Kill 'em til they're dead, then kill 'em again!)
To: Blue Turtle
So “Hang ‘em High” with Clint Eastwood can’t be shown there anymore?
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posted on
05/11/2008 6:40:36 PM PDT
by
HankArcher
("When freedom expands to mean freedom of instinct and social destruction, then freedom is dead")
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