A replica noose on display near voting booths at a Missouri
courthouse has been covered up after Democrats claimed it was intimidating to
Black people.
A picture of the noose behind booths at Stone County
Courthouse in Galena, 30 miles south of Springfield, was snapped by a voter who
cast her ballot last week.
As the image circulated on social media, Democrats branded
it 'outrageous', a 'brazen act of voter intimidation', and demanded that it be
taken down 'immediately'.
Stone County Clerk Cindy Elmore said the display was put up several years ago and 'has nothing to do with the election office.'
She said
the noose is part of an historical exhibition about the hanging of white man
Rosco Jackson, who was put to death in 1937 for murder.
Megan Wilson, who snapped the picture and has lived in the county since 2017, said she was worried about the effect it could have on other voters. (Source:DM)
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