A noose was found hanging at the County's Water & Sewer Department in northeast Miami on October 12 of this year. There was an investigation by police that resulted in no finding of criminal activity, thus no action. That should not be a surprise as the incident was reported some five days after it happened. Local civil rights group, PULSE (People United to Lead the Struggle for Equality), was notified of the incident and made the noose hanging incident public.

Most of the employees at the facility are Hispanic but the head of the facility, Benny Walton is black. It is suspected Walton's ethnicity may have something to do with the noose. The threat of job loss due to county budget cutbacks may also contribute to this madness.

PULSE held a press conference on Thursday to make sure the incident is properly investigated and not swept under the rug.

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