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Fri Jan 6, 2012, 10:15 AM Jan 2012

WPB officials investigate noose photos on city vehicle

January 05, 2012 8:11 PM
WPEC - CBS12.com

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. -- Several black and hispanic city employees were the target of racial hatred in an incident at a West Palm Beach facility when racist photos were left on the windshield of a city vehicle. But the city of West Palm Beach could not determine who did it.

One photo shows the silhouettes of two people hanging from a noose. Another photo shows what appears to be three black men hanging from a tree with ropes around their necks. There is a photo of what investigators say is a man on the ground being kicked by another man.

The photos have the first names of five city employees, all of whom are either black or hispanic.

"It's horrific, it's really, really, really bad that somebody could stoop that low to do something like this," said Rafael Figueroa ...

http://www.cbs12.com/articles/city-4737824-beach-palm.html

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