In 2025, the U.S. Coast Guard instituted a policy stating that divisive or hate symbols and flags are prohibited, explicitly including a noose, a swastika, and symbols or flags co-opted or adopted by hate-based groups.
November 21, 2025
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temporal
Summarizes the Coast Guard's 2025 policy position banning divisive or hate symbols and flags.
A 2019 U.S. Coast Guard policy described symbols such as swastikas and nooses as "widely identified with oppression or hatred" and characterized their display as a potential hate incident.
January 01, 2019
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policy
Describes the characterization of certain symbols in the Coast Guard's 2019 policy.