Wallops Hangman's Noose Update
NASA WFF Internal Memo: Wallops All-Hands Scheduled April 4
“Center Director Chris Scolese will discuss the findings of an investigation into a recent incident where a noose was discovered in a Bldg. F-5 dorm room during an All-Hands meeting for Wallops employees scheduled from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m., Thursday, April 4, in the Bldg. E-100 auditorium. All Wallops employees are encouraged to attend.”
NASA Officials Call Noose Incident a ‘Deeply Disturbing’ Poor Joke, WNEW
“In a March 29 memo obtained by The Associated Press, Scolese told colleagues that a contractor employee fashioned a piece of rope into a noose and handed it to a co-worker who was in a bad mood. The noose was left behind and was found by a contractor with another company, who reported it. Scolese said the incident was intended as a joke, but was “deeply disturbing.” He said the person who tied the noose has been denied access to NASA facilities pending results of the investigation.”
Hangman’s Noose Found at Wallops (Update), earlier post
Sounds plausible, and if that’s the case, then it was a false alarm, and no reason to punish someone for something he never intended to do.
Leaving an implement of distraction (!) untended on public grounds. meh.
Yeah doesn’t sound nearly as ominous as before.
I hope all the previous commentators who were convinced that a gruesome racist plot was underway, and who were calling for long prison sentences for whoever crafted the noose, have now been able to put this event in perspective.
No, the previous posters, yourself included, were reacting to what was known at the time, which is always should be assumed.
Based on what was known, it was nasty and not to be tolerated. There was absolutely no reason to call it a “prank”.
Based on what we know now, it was a misunderstanding.
Nobody was lining up with pitchforks to lynch anyone – that’s not us. We all waited to see what would turn out.