California bans threatening noose displays Thursday, August 6, 2009 California law already bans threatening displays of swastikas or burning crosses. Now add nooses to the list. On Thursday, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed legislation making such displays punishable by up to a year in jail and a fine of up to $5,000. The bill by Democratic Assemblywoman Wilma Carter of Rialto would make it a misdemeanor to hang a noose on someone else's property or at a school or workplace. She introduced the bill after noose hangings were displayed in several Halloween decorations last year. Two such displays were effigies of...
