Atlanta police have launched an investigation after a rope resembling a noose was found hanging from a tree outside the city’s first Black history museum.
Viral cellphone footage showed a long rope with a small loop tied at one of its ends hanging from a high tree branch. The rope was discovered on Sept. 17 near the APEX Museum on Auburn Avenue.
Museum President and CEO Dan Moore, Jr. recorded and posted a video of the noose after it was discovered, which triggered intense backlash online and widespread concerns.
“I felt like it was a problem because of this time that we’re living in,” Moore told WAGA-TV. “Why do I have to look up a rope in the tree that resembled a noose?”…