ANN ARBOR, MI -- University of Michigan police are investigating a possible racially motivated threat against two Michigan Medicine employees who found a noose left in their work area Thursday, June 20.
“Yesterday, in one of our hospitals, a noose — a symbol of hate and discrimination — was found at the work station of two of our employees,” Dr. Marschall Runge, executive vice president for medical affairs and dean of the UM Medical School, said in an email sent to employees Friday, June 21. “We have taken immediate action to have this investigated as both an act of discrimination and a criminal act of ethnic intimidation.
But now for the rest of the story:
UM's Division of Public Safety and Security conducted an investigation and determined that an employee on a break actually was practicing tying a "Uni Knot," which is used in fishing, with spool rope used for medical procedures, the outlet said.
After the spool was returned to the storage area, the knot was still in place and discovered the following day, MLive added.
The rope is typically used for traction after surgical procedures, DPSS Director of Strategic Communications Heather Young told the outlet, adding that the loose end of the rope was tied in the knot while still connected to the spool.
"It was a case of (the rope) getting moved by several different people," Young also told MLive, adding there was no evidence to indicate a bias crime was committed.
Well, surely the Dean apologized for his stupid reaction? Well, not really:
“Runge” said that even though apparently no hate crime was committed, many were emotionally affected, the University Record reported.
"Our community came together to support each other, reaffirmed our stance against hate, and began having open dialogues about this incident and ways to make our community more inclusive," Runge said in an email to the Michigan Medicine community, the Record noted.”
Link: https://www.mlive.com/news/2019/06/noose-found-at-university-of-michigan-hospital-an-act-of-hate-dean-says.html
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The dean said just about the same thing too. It’s hilarious. ‘“Even though we were completely wrong about this, we should still go forward with that candlelight vigil in case anybody harbored thoughts of hanging nooses around here...blah blah”
As you might imagine, Meechigan is steeped in the SJW belief system and has a massive diversicrat structure.
It was like a mile long.
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