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Exxon sued by U.S. after 5 nooses found at Louisiana plant
ccbsnews ^ | 03/04/2023

Posted on 03/04/2023 6:29:12 AM PST by devane617

Exxon Mobil was sued by a federal agency for alleged racial discrimination against a Black employee after the worker found a hangman's noose at his worksite at a Baton Rouge, Louisiana, facility. It was one of several nooses found at the plant over a number of years, which the company failed to adequately address, according to the government.

Milferd McGhee, a Black employee who has worked at the Exxon plant since 2010, found a noose at his workplace in January 2020, according to the lawsuit from the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, which was filed on Thursday.

McGhee, who was aware that three previous nooses had been found at the Baton Rouge facility, reported the issue to his supervisor. Exxon wasn't able to determine who left the nooses, and the company recommended additional steps to remedy racial harassment in the workplace, the suit states.

However, the energy giant "did not complete all the measures recommended in its investigative report to remedy the harassment" — and a fifth noose was discovered at the same plant in December 2020, according to the suit.

In a statement emailed to CBS News, Exxon said it disagrees with the EEOC's findings and allegations.

(Excerpt) Read more at cbsnews.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: nooses; noosesnuisance; what
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To: devane617

EXXON must have forgotten to give DEMOCRATS MONEY!


41 posted on 03/04/2023 7:32:50 AM PST by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: I want the USA back

Is there a legal definition of “noose”?


Perhaps in older laws prescribing the procedure to legally execute someone by hanging. Regardless, it takes less than a minute to fashion a ‘hangman’s noose’ and unless a workplace has cameras everywhere, someone could put string/twine nooses all over the place.

But what kind of adult would be scared or even mildly disturbed by finding such a thing? The same demographic that imagines it is the source of all knowledge and wisdom can be brought down by the mere sight of a noose or a cotton boll.


42 posted on 03/04/2023 7:33:00 AM PST by hanamizu
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To: devane617

All the Feds need is to find a noose placed by a black guy.

Just another shake down scam many blacks now when being arrested and cuffed on the ground well I can’t breath BS.


43 posted on 03/04/2023 7:38:43 AM PST by Vaduz (LAWYERS )
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To: TangoLimaSierra

I watched the FBI investigate nooses at a customer of mine’s very large plant. They were used to hold buckets up during maintenance work. We all knew it and let them go their way until a Jr employee spilled the beans.


44 posted on 03/04/2023 7:42:07 AM PST by mad_as_he$$
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To: devane617

Hoax


45 posted on 03/04/2023 7:51:18 AM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: devane617

“company failed to adequately address”

Just what the hell is Exxon supposed to do?

This lawsuit is extortion plain, corrupt and contemptible.

Pure police state harassment and intimidation.


46 posted on 03/04/2023 7:57:50 AM PST by Sequoyah101 (Procrastination is just a form of defiance.)
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To: mad_as_he$$

We use a taught line hitch all the time for an adjustable and fixable loop to hold things and adjustable back stays.

OMG! Bring on the feds! There is racial discrimination a-go-go!


47 posted on 03/04/2023 8:04:14 AM PST by Sequoyah101 (Procrastination is just a form of defiance.)
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To: devane617

Another hate hoax crime.

Suing Exxon is just another way for the government to get some extra money.


48 posted on 03/04/2023 8:05:14 AM PST by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith….)
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To: drSteve78

Din’t forget dogs. Digs are racist against blacks too.


49 posted on 03/04/2023 8:36:42 AM PST by HYPOCRACY (This is the dystopian future we've been waiting for!)
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To: devane617

Not this **** again!


50 posted on 03/04/2023 8:59:28 AM PST by lee martell
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To: devane617

Suspect #1 is Mr. McGee......


51 posted on 03/04/2023 9:04:58 AM PST by bort
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To: devane617

No, the money line is here:
However, the energy giant “did not complete all the measures recommended in its investigative report to remedy the harassment”

That allowing a hostile work environment. At least according to the people that make the rules. Has been for a while. Heck that kind of thing is a problem no matter which part of the government is bossing you around. “We told you to do this, you didn’t, there were problems, here comes the fines”.


52 posted on 03/04/2023 9:12:02 AM PST by discostu (like a dog being shown a card trick)
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To: discostu

Reminds me of the woke general running the AF Academy. Blamed whites and only afterward found out it was a black writing racist graffiti.


53 posted on 03/04/2023 9:15:22 AM PST by DIRTYSECRET
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To: devane617
However, the energy giant "did not complete all the measures recommended in its investigative report to remedy the harassment" — and a fifth noose was discovered at the same plant in December 2020

There's no excuse for Exxon gambling that it would cost them less to be sued than whatever it would have cost to conceal a surveillance camera at the victim's workspace.

54 posted on 03/04/2023 9:32:03 AM PST by Albion Wilde (“There is no good government at all & none possible.”--Mark Twain)
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To: devane617

Here we go again...


55 posted on 03/04/2023 9:39:58 AM PST by logi_cal869 (-cynicus the "concern troll" a/o 10/03/2018 /!i!! &@$%&*(@ -)
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To: cableguymn

You just know it’s coming.


56 posted on 03/04/2023 10:09:22 AM PST by rdl6989 ( )
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To: devane617

Probably hung by a blackman to get attention.


57 posted on 03/04/2023 10:31:32 AM PST by for-q-clinton (Cancel Culture IS fascism...Let's start calling it that!)
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To: devane617

I’m sure exxon doesn’t have a policy to intimidate workers by hanging nooses. This is a waste of Gov’t resources.


58 posted on 03/04/2023 10:33:02 AM PST by for-q-clinton (Cancel Culture IS fascism...Let's start calling it that!)
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To: devane617

I’d put serious money on this “noose” having been planted by a black person


59 posted on 03/04/2023 3:00:07 PM PST by zeugma (Stop deluding yourself that America is still a free country.)
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