Noose found in break room at LSU medical center

sbl_admin · 10-25-2007, 12:00 PM

Hospital administrators said they have notified federal authorities and asked them to investigate

joepole · 10-25-2007, 01:51 PM

Investigate what? Is tying a noose a crime?

rhertz · 10-25-2007, 02:13 PM

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Originally Posted by joepole

Investigate what? Is tying a noose a crime?

Yes, the worst kind, a hate crime... After Jena, anything involving a noose makes the headlines....

LateNight · 10-25-2007, 02:14 PM

so correct me if I'm wrong.. but with Halloween coming up.. seems I've usually seen the occasional noose hanging from a tree etc.. used for Halloween decoration..

I guess that'll be a crime now ?

joepole · 10-25-2007, 02:25 PM

A "hate crime" is an adjunct to another felony. Tying a knot isn't a felony.

rhertz · 10-25-2007, 02:30 PM

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Originally Posted by joepole

A "hate crime" is an adjunct to another felony. Tying a knot isn't a felony.

Try telling that to Sharpton or Jackson... I'm sure they would say that the mere presence of a noose is assault against their people....

Yeah I remember some kids wearing nooses as part of their halloween costumes many years ago. Not this year though..... The PC machine has spoken.

piemaker720 · 10-25-2007, 03:13 PM

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Originally Posted by LateNight

so correct me if I'm wrong.. but with Halloween coming up.. seems I've usually seen the occasional noose hanging from a tree etc.. used for Halloween decoration..

I guess that'll be a crime now ?

Like this:
http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?se...cal&id=5709523
New Jersey couple removes hanged dummy from Halloween
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A photo of the Halloween decoration at the center of the controversy shows a faceless, but life-sized figure hanging from a chimney. Some members of the community thought it represented a lynching and that the figure in the noose was black.
"This is very sensitive. This is something that has gone on in American history that we won't forget," Millie Hazlewood. "But we don't have to keep on recycling and bring it back up, and at this point in time, no."
The decoration has now been removed, replaced by a sign claiming they will no longer decorate for Halloween and Christmas.
The homeowners place the blame for that decision on Millie Hazlewood.
Cheryl Maines showed us a video of some of the elaborate Halloween decorations their son David had set up in the past, which include the figure hanging by a noose.
"That's all my son wanted to do was to please children," Cheryl Maines. "It wasn't a lynching. It wasn't cause to go against any race. It was merely a Halloween display."

I wonder if all cowboys should take offense as well, didn't they hang bad cowboys in western times. Also besides burning, didn't they hang witches too.
What about the Indians? Stupid me, I forgot they were alll black not white. Give it a rest people and quit hollering about bullsh##.

LateNight · 10-25-2007, 05:12 PM

LOL, can it be a "noose" if it has a noose at BOTH ENDS ????

from KTBS

Hospital chief explains rope found in break room

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A noose found in a doctors' break room at LSU Health Sciences Center in Shreveport could be a piece of rope fashioned with a knot and a loop and used to treat orthopedic patients, the head of the facility said today.

Administrators at the hospital and medical school notified federal authorities on Wednesday because they were concerned the rope, which had loops on each end, could be construed as a hate crime to intimidate African-Americans.

Dr. John McDonald said there are alternative explanations to the noose-like device.

It could be a rope that is tied and used by surgeons to give traction to fracture patients, McDonald said.

LOL and on another note, I'd like it broken down, throughout history.. the number of people hung to death, and a breakdown on race

Morpheus · 10-25-2007, 07:37 PM

I'm sure certain people are on high alert right now, scouring their places of work for possible signs of racism. I'm sure the signs are even being taught in their houses of worship, thanks to "leaders" like Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton. Neighbors, coworkers, and strangers are to be regarded as racist until proven otherwise. At this point I wouldn't be surprised if certain people planted nooses around town to stir up trouble. I had a person like this as an elementary school teacher in East Texas. Some of her comments to her fourth grade class:

Have you ever considered why...

...you wear white to a wedding and black to a funeral?
..angel's food cake is white, and devil's food cake is black?

I think racism is alive and well in Louisiana, but I don't think the racists are who the media says they are.

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LateNight SBLive! Veteran Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 1,609 Rep Power: 290	so correct me if I'm wrong.. but with Halloween coming up.. seems I've usually seen the occasional noose hanging from a tree etc.. used for Halloween decoration.. I guess that'll be a crime now ?

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joepole SBLive! Veteran Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 1,606 Rep Power: 281	A "hate crime" is an adjunct to another felony. Tying a knot isn't a felony.

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Morpheus Advanced Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 499 Rep Power: 246	I'm sure certain people are on high alert right now, scouring their places of work for possible signs of racism. I'm sure the signs are even being taught in their houses of worship, thanks to "leaders" like Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton. Neighbors, coworkers, and strangers are to be regarded as racist until proven otherwise. At this point I wouldn't be surprised if certain people planted nooses around town to stir up trouble. I had a person like this as an elementary school teacher in East Texas. Some of her comments to her fourth grade class: Have you ever considered why... ...you wear white to a wedding and black to a funeral? ..angel's food cake is white, and devil's food cake is black? I think racism is alive and well in Louisiana, but I don't think the racists are who the media says they are.

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