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Noose Incident at Glass Plant

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At a Millville, New Jersey glass company plant a noose was allegedly placed on their property where two African Americans from Delaware were working construction last month.

The Millville police are investigating the allegations by 43-year old Kyle Winters of New Castle and 46 year old Vance Thorpe from Wilmington that the noose was placed at the Nipro Glass site where they had been working.

Nipro issued a statement saying that the allegations, if true, were contrary to its policies and training provided to contractors it hires.

The incident took place February 26th when Thorpe said upon returning from lunch he looked up to see a noose hanging on the wall where they were working on. 

Don Rush is the News Director and Senior Producer of News and Public Affairs at Delmarva Public Media. An award-winning journalist, Don reports major local issues of the day, from sea level rise, to urban development, to the changing demographics of Delmarva.