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Local city councilor calls on state lawmakers to ban the display of nooses, a racist symbol
In Virginia, displaying a noose in public places is now a felony, with a maximum prison term of five years.
Posted: Mar 3, 2021 7:59 PM
Posted By: Associated Press
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Greg Evans, a Black man who joined a parade of witnesses urging Oregon lawmakers to ban the display of nooses, said the issue was personal for him: A member of his family had been lynched over a century ago in South Carolina.
“He was killed basically for offending a white man,” Evans, a member of the Eugene City Council, testified Tuesday. “He was hung by a noose. His body was riddled with bullets, and then he was set on fire.”
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