A four foot long noose hangs from a door knob of a Columbia University professor's office, Thursday, Oct. 9, 2007 in New York. The NYPD's hate crime unit was examining whether the twine noose was the work of students or colleagues at odds with professor Madonna Constantine, who is African - American. (AP Photo/NYPD)
Following this noose incident Assemblyman Joseph Lentol says he will introduce legislation that makes hanging a noose a felony.
The New York Daily News reported:
Meanwhile, Assemblyman Joseph Lentol (D-Brooklyn) said he will introduce legislation to make displaying a noose a felony akin to showcasing a burning cross or a swastika. "I think it is high time that the law recognizes the racial and historic hatred that a noose symbolizes," Lentol said.Previously:
Loose Noose at Columbia University (Updated)
Columbia Professor Blames Noose Incident on Conservatives
I still think there's a possibility that this incident is a setup. You know, a fake hate crime to prove America is a racist country. I wouldn't be surprised to find out that the "victim" is the perp. And if I'm wrong I'll apologize.
ReplyDeleteFifty Six hours of video tape.
ReplyDeleteEighteen minutes missing.
I blame Rose Mary Woods.
ReplyDeleteOr Maybe Tawana Brawley.
I guess this is the end of necktie parties in cowboy movies.
All Copies of "Hang 'em High" will be removed from the archives.
"I think it is high time that the law recognizes the racial and historic hatred that a noose symbolizes"
ReplyDeleteHmmm, maybe Assemblyman Lentol is on to something: Let's also outlaw the swastika, the hammer-and-sickle, the moon-and-crescent, etc.
The New York Daily News article describes it as "a hand-tied hangman's noose." What, as opposed to machine-tied?
ReplyDelete"What, as opposed to machine-tied?"...
ReplyDeleteHmmm, interesting question...
Could it have been, 'toe tied'?
or
'paws tied'?
or
'tentacle tied'?
or
'psychic energy tied'?
I wonder if they will use that law to prosecute Prof. Madonna Constantine if it is found that she was the one who hung the noose on the door.
ReplyDeleteNo wonder the university refused to turn over the tape for 24 hours -- they e to edit!needed the extra tim
ReplyDeleteUntil NYPD arrests someone and shows proof that this is real, I'm not believing a second of it. This "incident" most certainly has a "leftist" smell to it.
ReplyDeleteA few years ago, a revival of interest in the music of Billie Holiday and her song, “Strange Fruit," generated articles that drew attention to the “lynch law” era that predated the Civil Rights movement of the 1950s, but these articles appeared mostly in scholarly journals, which most American read. Copycat noose-hangings are now occurring across the country because few people associated nooses with racist sentiments until the Jena High School incident created national headlines.
ReplyDeleteNooses can be racist or not, depending on the context. The hangman noose has been a symbol of dread and foreboding since the middile ages. It's the card you don't want to draw from a pack of Tarot cards. Hangman nooses have been incorporated into Halloween displays for decades. (Halloween Magazine even post instructions for tying nooses on its website.) A few years ago, a woman committed suicide by hanging herself from a tree in her front yard. Unfortunately, she chose Halloween eve to end her life. Her body dangled for days in full view of passerbys who thought it was part of the Halloween decorations. Today, she would be cut down and charged with a hate crime.
Are we to ban such classic western movies as :Lonesome Dove," "The Hanging Tree," and "The Oxbow Incident" simply because nooses play an impprtant role in them. The hunt for nooses is turning into a witch hunt with often ludricous results. The U.S. Army announced yesterday that it had ended its investigation into a noose-hanging incident at Anniston Army Depot. The "noose" turned otu to have been a tie-day that had fallen off a truck delivering supplies to the installation.