MARION, Ind. — An assistant fire chief in Indiana has accepted a demotion after tying a rope into a noose in the presence of a black firefighter whose wife belongs to the family of a lynching victim.
City Attorney Tom Hicks said Marion firefighter Rick Backs accepted a demotion to private in a meeting Tuesday with Fire Chief Paul David, the Chronicle-Tribune reported (http://bit.ly/1NC19nx ).
An investigation by David found Backs tied a rope into a noose and left it in a fire station kitchen Feb. 13. Black firefighter Mikel Neal said Backs threw the noose at him, but other firefighters said Backs laid the noose on a table.
Hicks said Backs was allowed to keep his job because of a "lack of disciplinary history and his avowed statement that it was not racially motivated."
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It's a case of Gallows humor...The case for segregated communities is growing.
ReplyDeleteIf you're gonna tie a noose, use it on yourself!
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