[UPDATED:] Noose Hung at Gay Rights Group's Office; Demand Made
for Police Probe  UPDATE: Equality California's executive
director released a statement tonight in response to Santa Ana
Police "mishandling" a potential hate crime (see end of post) .
. .  A volunteer for a nonprofit that works for legal
protections for gays, lesbians, bisexuals and the transgendered
returned to her Santa Ana office Thursday night to find a noose
hanging from the doorknob.  From EQCA Facebook page A string?
Really!?! But Mel Distel, 25, of Huntington Beach, was almost
more frightened by the attitude displayed by Santa Ana police
officers who responded to what she considered a hate crime
against Equality California (EQCA)  On EQCA's Facebook page,
Distel relates the conversation she and EQCA's Daniel Shad had
with two cops.   "There was nothing they could do, of course,
there was no suspect and no crime had been committed. The
officer said 'what it is, is a string on a door.'  My vision got
blurry, I was embarrased and felt stupi