Construction workers find noose-like item at job site

EVANSVILLE -- A length of rope-shaped foam insulation found tied in a loop and left hanging from a piece of construction equipment is being investigated as a possible hate crime, said Evansville Police Chief Patrick Reese.

Police received reports of two such incidents last month at the site where workers are building the new JC McKenna Middle School.

The reports refer to the loops—which some believed were meant to be nooses. One was found dangling from a lift used to raise workers into the air.

JP Cullen & Sons of Janesville is the general contractor on the project, employing a variety of subcontractors at the site.

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(Janesville Gazette)