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Lawmakers gathered at the old capitol Thursday in Tallahassee, to rally support for a bill to ban hanging nooses in public. For many the noose is a reminder of the murders of hundreds of African Americans in the early and mid 1900s. Recently at a south Florida school, a group of teens hung a noose from a lunch table umbrella. Fourteen year-old Moreni Akinde saw the display and was shocked.

�At first I was mad. Then I was just disappointed they would actually, put it off as a joke, and then I was inspired that they should be educated, because this hate crime is derivative of ignorance,� said Akinde.

The proposed bill would also ban the public display of the swastika.