Secret Service probes alleged noose incident
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The Secret Service is investigating whether the racially-charged symbol of a noose was displayed in its Maryland training facility.
An instructor "observed a rope tied in a loop, which was interpreted as a noose, in one of the training buildings" at the James J. Rowley Training Center in Beltsville, Maryland, on April 16, the Secret Service said.
The instructor is a 38-year-old African American member of the Secret Service's Uniformed Division.
A white agent admits leaving it, but it is unclear if the rope was intended to be a noose or was tied in a loop for some other reason. The white agent is currently on administrative leave while the Service's Office of Professional Responsibility investigates.
The rope was found tied to a building where agents do tactical training. In a statement to CNN, the Secret Service said "There has been no indication of racial intent on the part of the employee who has claimed responsibility."
The officer who found the rope reported the incident to management at the site later that same day, but it wasn't until eight days later that the Office of Professional Responsibility, the service's internal affairs branch, were brought in to do a formal investigation.
An instructor "observed a rope tied in a loop, which was interpreted as a noose, in one of the training buildings" at the James J. Rowley Training Center in Beltsville, Maryland, on April 16, the Secret Service said.
The instructor is a 38-year-old African American member of the Secret Service's Uniformed Division.
A white agent admits leaving it, but it is unclear if the rope was intended to be a noose or was tied in a loop for some other reason. The white agent is currently on administrative leave while the Service's Office of Professional Responsibility investigates.
The rope was found tied to a building where agents do tactical training. In a statement to CNN, the Secret Service said "There has been no indication of racial intent on the part of the employee who has claimed responsibility."
The officer who found the rope reported the incident to management at the site later that same day, but it wasn't until eight days later that the Office of Professional Responsibility, the service's internal affairs branch, were brought in to do a formal investigation.
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