A pretty dumb and undoubtedly mocking act but is it a crime?
"An 18-year-old Colfax man accused of hanging nooses from the back of his truck and driving past "Jena Six" marchers in Alexandria in September has been indicted on federal charges of conspiracy and a hate crime.
Jeremiah Munsen faces a maximum penalty of 11 years in prison and a $350,000 fine if convicted on the misdemeanor hate crime charge and one count of civil rights conspiracy violation, which is a felony, according to U.S. Attorney Donald Washington
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Louisiana law-enforcement seems to have decided that the Leftist chant: "Hate speech is not free speech" has the force of law. It doesn't. I think a 1st Amendment defence would succeed here. But it will be plea-bargained long before it gets to a constitutional hearing, of course.
