In May of 2022, three nooses were found tied to a small tree outside Haven Middle School in Evanston, IL. Here’s a local news report that captured the immediate reaction to the discovery. This is only about a minute long.
It turned out there were two students present when the nooses were tied. Over the weekend, the parents of one of those students told their version of what happened that day. It all started on a day that students held a protest over some teachers who were being reassigned to different schools. That protest turned into complete chaos and police were called to the school.
On that same day a 6th grader walked outside and began tying some ropes from a recess bin into nooses.
By lunchtime, what had begun…
