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The Connecticut State Police, Windsor Police and U.S. Justice Department are investigating an incident where construction workers building an Amazon regional distribution warehouse found seven nooses.
Amazon is shutting down a construction site in Windsor, Connecticut, after a seventh noose was found there, the Connecticut NAACP and the company said Thursday.
The latest incident, which occurred Wednesday, comes after the first noose was discovered on April 27, hanging from a steel beam on the second floor of the building, Windsor Police Capt. Andrew Power said in a statement.
Police said five more ropes “that could be interpreted as nooses” were found on several different floors on April 29.
“Some of them were just rope that was tied at the end and some were twisted in a manner to look like a noose,” said Power.
Because the ropes were hung in an area without surveillance cameras and because the facilities have hundreds of employees from various companies, the police have limited information on leads, Power said.
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| The nooses were hanging low in the Amazon warehouse. |
Amazon is closing the site while security measures are put in place, company spokesperson Brian Griggs said at an NAACP news conference Thursday.
"We continue to be deeply disturbed by the incidents at this construction site," he said, adding that they are working with authorities "to find and hold accountable the perpetrators of these incidents."
“Hate, racism or discrimination have no place in our society and are certainly not tolerated in any Amazon workplace — whether it be under construction like this one, or fully operational,” he said.
Amazon is now offering a $100,000 reward for information, said Griggs.
Connecticut NAACP State President Scot X Esdaile said at the news conference that the organization will not stop applying pressure until whoever planted the rope is brought to justice.
“They’re not gonna push us back; we’re gonna push them back,” he said.
Esdaile also said last month that there have been several allegations of racism at Amazon facilities across the nation, including the discovery of a noose a year ago at a facility in Arizona.
He also said there has been a history of such incidents at construction sites across Connecticut in recent years and called on the industry and state officials to do more to stop what he called a “direct threat to someone's life.”
“The NAACP knows what the showing of a noose is,” he said. “The NAACP understands and we've been in situations where our churches were bombed, children were killed, families were destroyed. We're not tolerating this nonsense.”
The FBI's Civil Rights Division and the Connecticut State Police are helping with the investigation, Windsor police said.
"The implications of a hanging noose anywhere are unacceptable and will always generate the appropriate investigative response," FBI special agent David Sundberg said in a statement.
The racist incidents come amidst a backdrop of lawsuits against Amazon for race and gender discrimination. Five have been filed so far.
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