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Noose displayed at Missouri poll covered up amid complaints

| October 31, 2020 10:06 AM

GALENA, Mo. (AP) — A replica hangman's noose on display near voting booths in a southwest Missouri county building has been covered up following complaints from Democrats that it amounted to intimidation of Black voters.

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