More white people were hung on a noose in the 16th, 17, and 18th centuries in Europe than you could possibly imagine. In the old west, they hung everyone regardless of what color your skin was. Just about every race has suffered a demise at the end of a rope....and some much worse. No race has a “monopoly” on it. For some reason the noose has become an infamous racial icon here in the U.S. I am not defending anyone’s ridiculous behavior, but show a little maturity and get over it. I use a noose knot to tie fishing knots, utility, and camping gear...and it was taught to me by a black man when I was a kid. If we are to ban the noose, then we may as well ban a plethora of day to day items because God only knows what Hitler used on the Jews…

This type of behavior only reflects the current and past situations going on at Austal. In March, “a group of 22 current and former black employees sued Austal USA, claiming that company managers participate in and condone widespread racial discrimination at its Mobile River shipyard.” My husband witnessed the discrimination and racial tension there first hand and he his a white man. He has since quit his job at Austal for this and other reasons. This act was absolutely racially charged.

IT WOULD SEEM THAT SOME OF YOU ARE IN DENIAL OF WHAT IS AND IS NOT A HATE CRIME.  A NOOSE WAS USED AS A SYMBOL OF HATRED.  A KNIFE OR GUN WAS NOT USED AGAINST A CERTIAN RACE OF PEOPLE.  FOR THIS KIND OF THING TO BE FOUND HANGING ANYWHERE IS NOT FAIR. WE ARE ALL HUMAN BEINGS AND SHOULD BE TREATED AS SUCH.

Hate crime.... so quick to judge. Why does it always have to be about race? Would it be a hate crime if a knife was found hanging from the celing? What about a gun on the counter. Or a bottle of arsenic next to the coffee pot? An employee did this to upset another employee. Done! Simple headline