A noose was found by a Kaiser Permanente medical office in Gilroy, California, and is being investigated as a hate crime.
Hate crime incidents appear to be rare in the Bay Area town of Gilroy, Calif., recent state Department of Justice reports show.Kaiser Permanente medical office building Feb. 21, disturbing company employees and prompting a hate crime investigation.
“This alarming discovery caused shock, disgust, pain, and anguish for our staff and physicians in Gilroy and throughout Northern California,” a Kaiser representative told SFGATE in a written statement. “A hangman’s noose is a painful and triggering symbol of the history of violence against African Americans in the United States. Its sight stirs outrage due to bigotry and continues to be a threatening symbol of hatred meant to inflict pain.
Located about 32 miles from San Jose, Gilroy is a majority white and Latino community with a population that’s just 1.8% Black, United States
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