Nooses Found Outside Mississippi State Capitol On Eve Of Senate Runoff
Officials are investigating a set of two nooses that were found hanging outside the Mississippi State Capitol on Monday morning, NBC News reported. There were also a number of signs on the Capitol grounds referencing the racially charged Senate runoff race, which will take place tomorrow.
“On Tuesday November 27, thousands of Mississippians will vote for a senator. We need someone who respects the lives of lynch victims,” a Capitol Police spokesman said one of the signs read.
“We’re hanging nooses to remind people that times haven’t changed,” another one read.
A total of five handwritten poster board signs were found attached to trees early Monday morning, which happens to be one day ahead of the runoff Senate election between Democrat Mike Espy and Republican Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith, who has faced extreme backlash during recent weeks after a video surfaced of her making a comment about attending a “public hanging.”
