Hempstead Town Supervisor Kate Murray and Councilwoman Dorothy Goosby said that two nooses were left dangling from a forklift at the town’s highway yard in Roosevelt, Long Island.
One of the nooses was hanging around the neck of a stuffed cartoon doll that had tar spread across its face. Murray says the nooses were found around lunchtime by a yard worker.
This isn’t the first time a noose was found in the town of Hempstead recently. Less than a month ago a noose was discovered inside the men’s locker room at the Hempstead police department.
This whole noose thing really is outrageous and it’s a deliberate attempt to provoke racial tensions. We need to resist that at all costs. There’s no question that provocative hate speech like this is news, but it seems like the press coverage is what’s driving this now.
If it didn’t generate headlines I don’t think these morons would keep it up. It looks like the hate was kicked up a notch with the noose around a doll this time.
-Chris Jones
