- There’s little disagreement that the object found in a white Mississippi firefighter’s locker was a hangman’s noose. On Friday, Aug. 2, two firefighters working at Station 8 saw a noose hanging in the open locker of Russell, a lieutenant and station manager. Russell said he didn’t know how to tie a noose, and his colleague showed him how it was done. City Attorney Randy Pope said during the hearing he can understand Russell might not understand the noose’s symbolism, saying he didn’t grow up African American. Russell said if he’d known the noose was offensive, he would’ve taken it home.

Source: thestar November 30, 2019 15:45 UTC