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| Amazon shuts US construction site as nooses found | Amazon shuts US construction site as nooses found |
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| Amazon has shut down construction of a new US warehouse after seven nooses were found on-site in the last month. | Amazon has shut down construction of a new US warehouse after seven nooses were found on-site in the last month. |
| Construction has been stopped at the Windsor, Connecticut site until security measures have been put in place. | Construction has been stopped at the Windsor, Connecticut site until security measures have been put in place. |
| Amazon said it was "deeply disturbed by the incidents happening". | Amazon said it was "deeply disturbed by the incidents happening". |
| It has offered a $100,000 (£70,589) reward for information on the nooses, the first of which was discovered on 27 April. | It has offered a $100,000 (£70,589) reward for information on the nooses, the first of which was discovered on 27 April. |
| The looped rope is synonymous with the extrajudicial hangings, or lynchings, of mainly black people in the United States in the late 19th and early 20th Centuries. | The looped rope is synonymous with the extrajudicial hangings, or lynchings, of mainly black people in the United States in the late 19th and early 20th Centuries. |
| Amazon spokeswoman Kelly Nantel said: "We continue to be deeply disturbed by the incidents happening at the construction site in Windsor and have ordered it's shut down until necessary security measures can be put in place. | Amazon spokeswoman Kelly Nantel said: "We continue to be deeply disturbed by the incidents happening at the construction site in Windsor and have ordered it's shut down until necessary security measures can be put in place. |
| "Hate, racism or discrimination have no place in our society and are certainly not tolerated by Amazon - whether at a site under construction like this one, or at one that we operate." | "Hate, racism or discrimination have no place in our society and are certainly not tolerated by Amazon - whether at a site under construction like this one, or at one that we operate." |
| She added the firm was working with the town and Windsor Police Department on the matter. | She added the firm was working with the town and Windsor Police Department on the matter. |
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| Windsor Police said in a statement that the first noose was found hanging from a steel beam within the building on 27 April, before five more ropes "that could be interpreted as nooses" were found on several different floors two days later. | |
| Construction continued until a seventh was found on Wednesday. | Construction continued until a seventh was found on Wednesday. |
| The ropes were hung in areas without surveillance. Hundreds of construction workers employed by a number of different companies were working on the site, which meant the police have limited information, the statement said. | The ropes were hung in areas without surveillance. Hundreds of construction workers employed by a number of different companies were working on the site, which meant the police have limited information, the statement said. |
| Amazon has increased the reward on offer from $50,000 to $100,000 in recent days. | Amazon has increased the reward on offer from $50,000 to $100,000 in recent days. |
| However, in a press conference, president of the Connecticut chapter for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), Scot X Esdaile, said, he had been disappointed by the response so far. | However, in a press conference, president of the Connecticut chapter for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), Scot X Esdaile, said, he had been disappointed by the response so far. |
| "We've been striving to get on the site, to talk to individuals to make sure that they were safe. And still, we have not gotten onto the site yet," he said. | "We've been striving to get on the site, to talk to individuals to make sure that they were safe. And still, we have not gotten onto the site yet," he said. |
| "It's imperative ... that we make sure that those individuals are safe and that they're out of harm's way." | "It's imperative ... that we make sure that those individuals are safe and that they're out of harm's way." |
| The Connecticut state police and agents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) are assisting local police with the investigation. | The Connecticut state police and agents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) are assisting local police with the investigation. |
| "The implications of a hanging noose anywhere are unacceptable and will always generate the appropriate investigative response," FBI special agent David Sunderberg said in a statement to local news outlet WTNH. | "The implications of a hanging noose anywhere are unacceptable and will always generate the appropriate investigative response," FBI special agent David Sunderberg said in a statement to local news outlet WTNH. |