CNN | A Black electrician found a noose hanging in his workspace in New York’s Long Island, attorney says

(CNN) – Police in the New York suburb of Long Island are investigating a report of a noose found hanging in a storeroom at a local business, a Suffolk County police spokesperson confirmed to CNN on Monday.

Kyrin Taylor, a 23-year-old electrician who had been working as an apprentice since December at Cooper Power & Lighting Corp., came to work on April 20 to find a noose hanging in his workspace in Farmingdale, his lawyer told CNN on Monday.

“Seeing this took my breath away and I really did not know what to do or what to think,” said Taylor, who is Black, in a statement.  —read more—