A man has been jailed after he put a noose on the seat of the cleaning machine that was about to be used by a black work colleague.
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Bruce Quinn, 66, from Nebraska, was arrested after the stunt at a warehouse operated by the Oriental Trading Company.
He was jailed for four months and also ordered to undergo supervision for a year after he admitted to a federal civil rights violation in September.
A statement by the Nebraska US Attorney’s Office said that the conviction comes more than two years after the sick stunt involving a 63-year-old coworker named Keith Kirksey.
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Court paperwork indicated that he had said: “Nazi stuff doesn’t make Black people crazy. But a hangman’s noose certainly would.”
The terrified victim said that he thought the 12-inch piece of orange twine left in the seat indicated that someone was about to commit violence against him or was possibly even a death threat.
He had discovered the noose on the seat of the floor cleaning device that he was about to use in June 2020.
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Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke for the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division said: “Federal courts have long recognized the noose as one of the most vile symbols in American history. Individuals, like this defendant, who use a noose to convey a threat of violence at a workplace will be held accountable for their actions.”