GEORGETOWN, S.C. (AP) - Community activists in a coastal South Carolina say a county employee should be fired after he hung a noose inside his work vehicle for several weeks.
Several civil rights groups called on Georgetown County this week to take stronger action against the parks and rec employee, WCSC-TV reports.
County spokesperson Jackie Broach said that the employee was suspended without pay for several days in July and placed on probation for six months after he violated the county’s anti-harassment policies, and he is required to attend sensitivity training. Broach said the county began investigating after a member of the public reported the noose.
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But the groups, including the Georgetown County NAACP branch, say those actions are not enough and the employee should be terminated.
“That’s a vehicle that we all payed for with our tax dollars,” De’Ontay Winchester told the television station.
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