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NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 8 (UPI) -- Another noose scandal is brewing, this time in the New Orleans area where parish officials have located a rope and other items deemed racially offensive.
The noose was reported to Jefferson Parrish administrators by an African-American sewer worker who alleged they were the handiwork of his department supervisor and had made him feel threatened.
The New Orleans Times-Picayune said aids to the parish president were sent to the scene Wednesday night and located a noose, a dartboard with a picture of an African-American man attached to it, and a sign that said "whipping post."
The supervisor in question is white.
The newspaper said the FBI was investigating to see if the incident constitutes a federal hate crime.
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