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Exxon sued by U.S. after 5 nooses found at Louisiana plant
ccbsnews ^ | 03/04/2023

Posted on 03/04/2023 6:29:12 AM PST by devane617

Exxon Mobil was sued by a federal agency for alleged racial discrimination against a Black employee after the worker found a hangman's noose at his worksite at a Baton Rouge, Louisiana, facility. It was one of several nooses found at the plant over a number of years, which the company failed to adequately address, according to the government.

Milferd McGhee, a Black employee who has worked at the Exxon plant since 2010, found a noose at his workplace in January 2020, according to the lawsuit from the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, which was filed on Thursday.

McGhee, who was aware that three previous nooses had been found at the Baton Rouge facility, reported the issue to his supervisor. Exxon wasn't able to determine who left the nooses, and the company recommended additional steps to remedy racial harassment in the workplace, the suit states.

However, the energy giant "did not complete all the measures recommended in its investigative report to remedy the harassment" — and a fifth noose was discovered at the same plant in December 2020, according to the suit.

In a statement emailed to CBS News, Exxon said it disagrees with the EEOC's findings and allegations.

(Excerpt) Read more at cbsnews.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: nooses; noosesnuisance; what
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This is interesting. All the Feds need is to find a noose. How convenient.
1 posted on 03/04/2023 6:29:12 AM PST by devane617
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Sooner or later we’ll see a security video of the black guy hanging up the nooses.


2 posted on 03/04/2023 6:32:07 AM PST by TangoLimaSierra (⭐⭐To the Left, The Truth is Right Wing Violence⭐⭐)
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What will Milferd’s cut be?


3 posted on 03/04/2023 6:32:09 AM PST by kallisti (Stay aware, no matter what happens or apparently happens.)
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To: devane617

Is Exxon behind in its protection money payments?


4 posted on 03/04/2023 6:32:35 AM PST by skeeter
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So a massively large, likely woke company like Exxon is putting up nooses? Okie doke. Uh huh.


5 posted on 03/04/2023 6:32:36 AM PST by albie
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Of course, we know the perps and the outcome.
Wanna bet?


6 posted on 03/04/2023 6:32:51 AM PST by Da Coyote
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No I don’t believe it. Probably hoax


7 posted on 03/04/2023 6:33:10 AM PST by Lee25 ( )
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To: albie

probably garage door pulls like the Nascar nonsense awhile back


8 posted on 03/04/2023 6:33:51 AM PST by cableguymn
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To: devane617

Both common sense and past fictions compel one to disbelieve every word of this charade.


9 posted on 03/04/2023 6:36:30 AM PST by tomkat (SOTU = FUBAR)
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""A noose is a longstanding symbol of violence associated with the lynching of African Americans," said Elizabeth Owen, a senior trial attorney"

What a lie. Nooses have been used on all sorts of people of various races for executions. Nooses do not discriminate.

Those 2020 nooses were more likely put there as dark humor during the covid epidemic.

"It's no joke. It's a rope Tuco."


10 posted on 03/04/2023 6:36:46 AM PST by plain talk
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Could have just as easily found fire hoses, Also symbols of racism.

It’s even racist to have mirrors in any bathroom. Might see oneself and be triggered.


11 posted on 03/04/2023 6:37:54 AM PST by drSteve78 (Je suis Deplorable STILL . )
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Black gold...


12 posted on 03/04/2023 6:38:50 AM PST by null and void (TIA - NW)
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Perhaps Justice Kavanaugh should’ve put up a noose on his front lawn when those baby killers were protesting at his house. Betchya Derelict Garland would’ve demanded arrests made, even at night.


13 posted on 03/04/2023 6:40:03 AM PST by Impala64ssa (If a liar's pants really did catch on fire NPR, CBC, ABC, CNN and MSNBC would be more fun to watch)
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If it’s white people’s fault that blacks commit hate crime hoaxes ... you might be a Democrat.


14 posted on 03/04/2023 6:40:40 AM PST by Tell It Right (1st Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
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Money, money, money, money....
Money.....


15 posted on 03/04/2023 6:40:46 AM PST by gathersnomoss (LIVE FREE OR DIE)
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Is there a legal definition of “noose”? We have seen that it can be a loop in a cord to facilitate grabbing it, or a random piece of toilet paper that some think is a “noose.”

The undefined, fuzzy concept of “noose” is just another one of those multiple traps that have been set to catch Whiteys as they do nothing wrong.


16 posted on 03/04/2023 6:41:23 AM PST by I want the USA back (News media and democrats are pond scum. My pronouns: Haha, heehee, hoho, hoo hoo. )
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And the involved department, i.e. HR is stacked with just the types to make sure the FEDs get their extorting ways.


17 posted on 03/04/2023 6:42:27 AM PST by Track9 (You are far too inquisitive not to be seduced…)
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Money, money, money, money....
Money.....


18 posted on 03/04/2023 6:44:26 AM PST by gathersnomoss (LIVE FREE OR DIE)
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I wish these KKK wanabees would stop their crap. It makes whites look horrible.


19 posted on 03/04/2023 6:46:08 AM PST by napscoordinator (DeSantis is a beast! Florida is the freest state in the country! )
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Someone looking for a better retirement package.


20 posted on 03/04/2023 6:49:11 AM PST by DejaJude (I'll be back, again.)
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