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Senate creates crime of intimidation for display of a noose April 09 2021
Oregon would join a handful of states under a bill approved 27-1 and headed to the House.
Display of a noose the symbol of lynching Blacks would be considered a crime of intimidation under a bill that has cleared the Oregon Senate.
Senate Bill 398, which passed 27-1 and went to the House, would make it a Class A misdemeanor for such a display if intended to intimidate another person or threaten someone with bodily harm. Maximum punishments are under one year in jail and a $6,250 fine. That clinical description does not even come close to describing the hateful motivation that goes behind the placing of a noose, the fear of physical safety and the mental distress on the part of the people to whom it is directed, Sen. Ginny Burdick, a Democrat from Portland and one of the bill s chief sponsors, said.