City Employee Charged With Putting Noose On Her Own Desk, Faking ‘Hate Crime’

A black city official in Pennsylvania is charged with faking a racist threat that triggered outrage from activists and a response from the FBI. Allentown, Pennsylvania school board member LaTarsha Brown allegedly planned a small noose on her own desk in Allentown’s City Hall in January before telling authorities she was targeted, police said Monday in a press release Brown previously filed workplace discrimination claims against City Hall but now faces possible jail time over the noose incident, which prompted cries of rampant bigotry from figures such as Democratic city council member Ce-Ce Gerlach, local media reported. “Our employees are...