New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) signed a bill banning the sale or display of hate symbols on state-owned public property or events, such as state fairs. The law went to effect immediately and specifically calls out the Confederate flag. The law defines the term, “symbol of hate” to coincide with “symbols of white supremacist and Neo-Nazi ideology or the Battle Flag of the Confederacy.” “The Confederate Flag is a symbol of racism, exclusion, oppression and violence towards African-Americans,” the law states. “Its public display is designed only to instill fear, intimidation and a direct threat o…
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