Central Connecticut State University’s NAACP chapter took offense to an American flag hanging from a construction crane for Memorial Day accusing the contractor of displaying a noose.
Following the complaints, campus officials apologized and promised to take down the cable as soon as possible.
In an email to the college’s community Saturday night obtained by The College Fix, President Zulma Toro wrote, "Early this evening, we received a complaint about a possible noose found hanging from a construction site on the CCSU campus. Campus Police … investigated and found that it was not a noose but a standard steel cable loop hanging from a crane. A construction crew working on campus hung an American flag from the crane’s cable to recognize Memorial Day."
Steel cable loops are often used by construction companies on cranes. Last week, cable loops were reported as nooses eight times at an Amazon construction site in Windsor, CN.
Interim Vice President for Student Affairs John Tully told a local Fox affiliate that, "The perception of its noose-like appearance is concerning. We were speaking to people last night who certainly felt some pain, we feel that pain, our president has issued a statement expressing her concern about this and we are working diligently to get it down."
Though many "nooses" have been reported recently and gained national headlines even, they usually turned out to be something other than a symbol of hate.
The College Fix reported that there were several steel cable loops hanging from the crane, but only one was the focus of controversy, the one with the American flag on the end of it.
A reader of the outlet was quoted as saying, "I guess they noticed only the one holding the flag, which means that it’s the flag that triggers them."
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