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Noose Found Hanging Across From NYC Elementary School

Nearby Surveillance Cams Inoperable, So Cops Lack Clues

March 24, 2011 11:40 PM
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A noose similar to this one was found hanging from a tree across the street from a NYC elementary school on March 24, 2011. (credit: CBS 2 file photo)

A noose similar to this one was found hanging from a tree across the street from a NYC elementary school on March 24, 2011. (credit: CBS 2 file photo)

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NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — A possible symbol of hate was found near a school in Queens on Thursday, sparking concern among neighbors.

A noose was seen hanging from a tree and there is no word yet on who may have put it there.

As CBS 2’s Demetra Ganias reports, the community is trying not to overreact.

Just across the street from the Walter Ward School in Queens is the tree that sparked controversy. A hangman’s noose was found on its limb. Neighbors are disgusted.

“It’s just wrong completely,” one resident said.

“I think that’s terrible. We all have to learn to live together,” another added.

Donna Walker said she has a young daughter and shutters at the idea of her seeing a noose.

“I would feel sad,” the Ozone Park resident said. “I would have to explain to her what that is and where that came from and it’s not good.”

Witnesses pointed out to Ganias the branch where the noose hung. Police quickly took it down Wednesday morning after surrounding the tree. There are surveillance cameras on a nearby apartment building, but the problem is, Ganias learned, they weren’t working over the last few days so they are no help for police in their investigation.

The incident is familiar to our area, following a case of controversial anti-abortion fliers sparking campus outrage at Princeton Theological Seminary on Monday and an FDNY electrician saying he found a noose in his locker back in early February.

The Lindenwood neighborhood borders Howard Beach. Residents told Ganias they’re working past the racial animosity that boiled over in the 1980s.

“It’s much different than back then, yes,” resident Donna Walker said.

“This is a new age, a new generation. We should be moving forward and looking forward, not backward,” added Howard Beach resident Norman Allen.

“Everyone gets along. I have great friends, great neighbors. I’m shocked,” said resident Jose Amil.

Few actually saw the noose. Some neighbors don’t want the ignorance of one to spark fear, in an otherwise safe place to live.

“In spite of what everyone thinks about Howard Beach, it’s not so. We get along with everybody over here,” Joe Luciano said.

Residents said they are hopeful the person responsible for the noose is caught soon.

Police are still investigating, and no arrests have been made so far.

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  • Larry Schwarz

    If it was a joke it is not funny.Zero tolerance when it comes to racism of any kind.A kid who wore a KKK hood to school in Salt Lake City was suspened,should have been expelled.If they are doing this on private property that alone is a crime,a misdeamanor.

    • reddneckwhitetrash

      But it is OK to allow voter intimidation (black panthers) and appoint openly racist judges to the Supreme Court! (Sotomayer)

      I don’t care much for racism either. As a white victim, of racism, it seems that only minorities are protected from racism!

      • badman

        “victim” of racism. poor little baby.

        you don’t need protection from racism. you need protection from your own impotence, rage and general dumbness.

    • XMAN

      Hey Larry you liberal Obama voter wake up Obama is selling the Jewish people down the river to the hangman Arabs dope..

  • John

    It was probably some kids playing cowboys and rodeo.

  • INJUN

    AFTER ALL LINDENWOOD IS NOT REALLY HOWARD BEACH. HIGH PROPERTY VALUES KEEP THE OLD AND NEW SECTIONS OF HOWARD BEACH ALMOST ALL WHITE .

  • Bernie Sanders

    This is the year 2011.. What is wrong with this world.. We need to come together as humans and not the color of our skin or the religion we believe in!

    We are human we are people .. everyone needs to get along and live in peace enough is enough already !

  • was abe lincoln right?

    lincoln begged the blacks to go back to africa after the slaves were freed, did your black history prof. tell you that? I wonder what america would look like if they listened, what would bushwick look like?

    • prwiii

      Too bad that it was the white man’s greed that brought them here in the first place…

      • Teager

        You do realize that slavery of Africans began in Africa, don’t you? The African Royals of the time kidnapped lower class Africans to use as their own slaves. When European settlers came to Africa, the African Royals saw a chance to make “money” and began selling the slaves to other countries. It was not White Man’s greed that began slavery, it began within Africa’s own “Class” System. Do your research and check your history. White man’s greed is what took the land from the Native Americans and killed the majority of them, supressing them them, taking away their hunting grounds and limiting them to small areas of land that weren’t even fertile enough to grow food. Uneducated comments like yours are what keep racisim alive. Today is a new time and without the past, where would we all be now?

  • sam

    damn whiteys

  • Embarrassed for you all

    There is an appalling lack of intelligence on this page, as proven by the rampant racism and horrendous grammar, including the reporter.

    • INJUN

      OH EXCUSE US ! BUT WHY ARE YOU HERE?

  • nj

    you are a racist pig what if it aint white it aint right

  • Bear

    Atleast we know where you stand!

  • anglican

    the reason the italians don’t like blacks is they are both fighting for the bottom position on the social ladder.

  • Angela

    Racist are usually uneducated white trash, so why give so much attention to their antics? Whoever hung the noose needs to get a life.By the way, what exactly is the “black plague”? I have not heard that one before.

  • Holder,E.

    They would be eating those zebras

  • injun

    If it not european americans you would be riding zebras .

    • heywood jablome

      LAY OFF THE METH TRAILER TRASH…………

  • Holder,E.

    You are right. After they destroyed Canarsie, they’re looking for the the next nice neighborhood to f up. They are like a plague.

    • Bear

      cyber badman. Get out of ur mom basemen and get some fresh air!

  • HeartLand Girl

    IF THEY ARE AMNIMALS SO IS EVERYONE ELSE>>>just what do you think we humans are??>>>thats just a name…we really dont know who we are or why God created the “HUMAN race” …only GOD does. You should not judge others until you look at the log in your own eye…and God said,” He will be the judge of ALL of us”…not you or anyone else on this EARTH.

    • Baldy

      R U joking, Heartland? Why don’t you move to the brainland instead.

      • RS

        R U joking Baldy?…. get back to hairland and get some hair….better yet go crawl back into the hole you came out of…

  • victor

    looks like some people are tired of being second class citizens and showing it. the wrong place, but it shows that people are tired of seeing minorities getting off with just a hand slap…

    • Joe Bob

      That’s a good point victor. There are no minorities in prison at all. How can that be? Oh wait ….

    • Bear

      Victor, bigots like you days are numbered in this country! I wouldn’t doubt if you would do something like this. You are one of them who believe white people must get everything easy and everyone else has to work.

      • nj

        .I live in a country were all we did was help the negros escape from being slaves and they still call racisim at everything . I know alot of young black men and this is what I think if thier mothers and fathers had taught them how to work and respect other peolpe then there would not be alot of the trouble there is and as for racisim goes it is useually the black people that are screaming it as a way to get there ass out of trouble, now i will admit there are also alot of young black men that are real good people and they work hard for a living and these ones have all my respect as they have earned it . so please parents teach your young men and women to work hard for what they get not that the world owes them everything on a silver plater as they deserve nothing for being black just as a white man or women derserve nothing if they dont work hard to get it .so bear the only ones who are racisist here are people like you guys , i dont care who you are or what colour you are live right and work hard and then you will have a good life so for those of you who dont get the hell off welfare and get a dam job. because I PERSONALLY AM TIRED OF WORKING HARD EXTRA HOUR BECAUSE THE PEOPLE ON WELFARE DEPEND ON ME AND OTHERS THAT WORK HARD.

  • Sam

    Obviously.. who ever put the noose there… Knew that the cameras were not working on the apartment building across the street.. But anyway… it is just wrong..

  • Karma is a hell of a thing

    does everything have to be about racism? theres no proof it had anything to do with hanging african americans. what if it was just a stessed out employee who just wanted to end their life? people are just too sensitive these days.

  • Steve

    The noose, the anti-abortion posters in NYC and Princeton, blind, anti-Muslim hysteria from many corners. Hopefully the noose in Queens is just the work of one fool – and not a sign that the “birthers” have finally lost their marbles.

  • willie

    you do not have any where to go back to read your history

  • REAL TUFF GUY

    REAL TUFF GUYS THOSE RACIST ARE,WHATS NEXT A DAYCARE.NOW I SEE WHY THOSE B@#$% WHERE SHEETS ON THERE HEAD

    • Da N Word

      Tuffy,

      Your spelling sucks balls.

  • USA_Chucky

    Many more white people have sung from a rope than black.

    • Steve

      USA_Chucky.
      Your argument is PEA-BRAINED. Why don’t you consider your argument on a per-capita basis, and not in absolute terms?

      • Holder,E.

        Steve, blacks don’t use that ratio when it comes to prison or welfare. They just like to use the total number.

  • MICHEAL

    Why don’t go back to where ever you come from TRICK !

  • John Blutarsky

    LOL, she “shutters at the idea ” exactly how? How about proofreading before publishing?

  • J

    You disgusting racist.

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