Coast Guard reverses course on policy to call swastikas and nooses ‘potentially divisive’

By KONSTANTIN TOROPIN, LISA MASCARO and SUSAN HAIGH, Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Coast Guard has released a new, firmer policy addressing the display of hate symbols like swastikas and nooses just hours after it was publicly revealed that it made plans to describe them as “potentially divisive” — a term that prompted outcry from lawmakers and advocates.
U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem participates in a tour at the U.S. Coast Guard Station Char