Police: Suspected Noose At Lynching Historical Marker Was Part Of Floral Arrangement

SEVERNA PARK, Md. (WJZ) — A portion of twine connected the “Lynching In Anne Arundel County” humanities marker that constabulary were investigating arsenic a noose was successful information portion of the plaque erstwhile the monument was installed, the Anne Arundel County Police Department said Wednesday.

On Sunday, constabulary announced investigators were looking into the twine arsenic an enactment of vandalism astatine the marker, which was relocated to the Severna Park Library this summer.

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In an update Wednesday, constabulary said the twine was “in spot the time marker was dedicated and was seemingly being utilized to clasp a floral statement successful place.”

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A national walking by the marker connected Sunday had reported the twine to authorities.

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“The Anne Arundel County Police Department investigates immoderate reported enactment which appears to beryllium motivated, oregon perceived by the reporting idiosyncratic to beryllium motivated, each oregon successful part, by hatred toward oregon bias against an idiosyncratic oregon radical connected the ground of race, religion, ethnicity, intersexual orientation, disability, gender, sex identity, oregon homelessness,” constabulary said connected Wednesday.

CBS Baltimore Staff