The new Coast Guard guidelines categorise Swastikas, nooses and similar imagery as potentially divisive, not explicit hate symbols. Supervisors would be required to inquire about a reported display, ...

The US Coast Guard on Thursday issued a memo that reclassifies swastikas and nooses as “hate symbols,” in a rapid about-face after facing intense scrutiny for a previous policy change which downplayed ...

The new policy also prevents Coast Guard officers from immediately removing white supremacist symbols upon discovery.

The U.S. Coast Guard on Thursday released a new policy on hateful symbols such as swastikas and nooses after a Washington ...

Admiral Kevin Lunday denied recent claims by The Washington Post that the service was removing the ‘hateful’ designation from symbols such as the swastika and the Confederate battle flag. On Thursday ...

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 ...

Facing backlash over recent policy wording, the Coast Guard moved Thursday to make one thing clear: "hate symbols" such as swastikas and nooses remain forbidden in the service. The Coast Guard ...