The Coast Guard on Nov. 20 made clear that swastikas and nooses are banned within the agency, after earlier publishing a document that said it was up to leaders to decide whether to remove them.
“Divisive or hate symbols and flags are prohibited. These symbols and flags include, but are not limited to, the following: a noose, a swastika, and any symbols or flags co-opted or adopted by hate-based groups as representations of supremacy, racial or religious intolerance, anti-semitism, or any other improper bias,” Adm. Kevin Lunday, acting Coast Guard commandant, said in a memorandum on Nov. 20.
The Coast Guard previously said, in a policy first rolled out in 2019, that displaying swastikas and nooses was a potential hate incident and that there was no benefit from displaying the divisive symbols….