Posted on 11/11/2022 3:47:31 PM PST by chuckee
CHICAGO (WLS) -- Construction of the Obama Presidential Center has been suspended after builders found a noose at the project site.
Lakeside Alliance, the company constructing the center, released a statement saying in part, "This morning we were informed that an act of hate was discovered at the project site. We reported the incident to the police and will provide any assistance required to identify those responsible."
The company said it has a zero tolerance policy for "any form of bias or hate on our worksite" and said it is suspending all operations for another series of anti-bias training and conversations for staff and workers.
A witness said police appeared to leave the construction site with a noose in a plastic bag.
"Especially at the Obama Center, Obama library, it was super shocking for sure," said Rico Pineda, works outside of Obama Center site.
Pineda said he was on another project on the outskirts of the site when he snapped photos of the initial police response.
"Just in my head I was like, man, how can somebody do something like this?" he said.
The company is also offering a $100,000 reward for information that would help find the person or persons responsible for putting the noose at the site.
Governor JB Pritzker said in a tweet that he condemns the "act of hate," adding that the state will help provide resources to catch the perpetrators.
"Hate has no place in Illinois. The noose is more than a symbol of racism, it is a heart-stopping reminder of the violence and terror inflicted on Black Americans for centuries," Pritzker also said.
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Finally some good noose.
first of all...let’s see the thing...can think of lotsa reasons for rope at a construction site.
Or a black individual. This is right up there with Jusse Smollet and the Nascar guy.
Longer holiday weekend.
So I guess it's not okay to hate Illinois Nazis anymore?
Now everybody knows how to keep this place from ever being built. Just keep hurling nooses into the job site! Maybe a handful of empty brass, too. You know, like a garnish.
Wasn’t lynching an activity exclusively performed by democrats against both black people and republicans?
They don’t give a damn that people - mostly Black - are shot and killed on the regular, but OMG!!! A NOOSE was found at the ahole’s library site!!! OMG!!! These people are stupid beyond repair.
Probably a black person who doesn’t want the memorial to Obama built on the park.
bttt
When is a noose not a noose? When it is a loop tied in the end of a line. The two knots are tied differently.
I notice that they have no picture and no video of the “noose.”
Just a pic of a guy carrying a plastic bag with some rope in it.
#FakeHateCrime
Money laundering is going on at that site. Over $800 million for that building.
Well thy could have but the noose media needed a story about racists.
A knot? What nonsense. 100,000 dollars to find someone who knows how to tie a knot. I am moving to Guatemala. This place is done.
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