[mass55th]

Such a “hateful symbol” and there doesn’t seem to be one single picture of a noose in any of the articles I searched that reported the incident.

[Christopher]

Because it was probably just a running bowline, or some other quick little slipknot someone threw together as a tagline, or to run a toolbag up to a higher deck.

But to some people, any rope with a loop in it is oppression and intimidation, for which the only remedy is severe monetary compensation.