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Residents urge Lansing council to investigate after alleged noose incident at Lehi Community Center
Summary
Multiple residents told council an archery instructor showed a noose to a Black parent and suggested using it on her child; speakers called the act a hate crime, urged contract cancellation and asked the council to use charter investigatory powers.
Erica Robinson, a Ward 4 resident, told the city council that on Sept. 6 an instructor at an archery class at the Lehi Community Center showed her a noose and said, according to Robinson, that it could be used "on your son." "He had just suggested that I should lynch my child," Robinson said, describing the incident as "shocking" and traumatic for her child.
Several speakers urged the council to act. Carlton Evans, speaking…
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