LYNCH JUSTICE: Man Jailed For Placing Hangman’s Noose On Black Work Colleagues Seat

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.

Picture shows the noose made out of orange twine left on the seat of a floor scrubber that Keith Kirksey was about to use at his job in June, 2020. Bruce Quinn, a 66-year-old former employee at the Oriental Trading Co. who previously pled guilty to the crime was sentenced to four months in prison and one year of supervised release, in Omaha, Nebraska, USA, in December , 2022. (CEN)

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.

Picture shows Keith Kirksey, undated. A noose made out of orange twine left on the seat of a floor scrubber that was about to use in June, 2020 and Bruce Quinn, a 66-year-old former employee at the same company, was sentenced to four months in prison and one year of supervised release, in Omaha, Nebraska, USA, in December, 2022. (CEN)

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.

Picture shows the sign for Oriental Trading Co., undated. Keith Kirksey found a noose made out of orange twine left on the seat of a floor scrubber that was about to use in June, 2020 and Bruce Quinn, a 66-year-old former employee at the same company was sentenced to four months in prison and one year of supervised release, in Omaha, Nebraska, USA, in December , 2022. (CEN)

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.”