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A black city official in Pennsylvania is charged with faking a racist threat that triggered outrage from activists and a response from the FBI. Allentown, Pennsylvania school board member LaTarsha Brown allegedly planned a small noose on her own desk in Allentown’s City Hall in January before telling authorities she was targeted, police said Monday in a press release Brown previously filed workplace discrimination claims against City Hall but now faces possible jail time over the noose incident, which prompted cries of rampant bigotry from figures such as Democratic city council member Ce-Ce Gerlach, local media reported. “Our employees are...

LaTarsha Brown, 42, was charged with making false reports and tampering with or fabricating evidence Brown reported finding a noose on her desk at City Hall on January 10 All employees agreed to provide DNA samples except for Brown Brown initially cooperated with the investigation but later asked for it to be stopped The noose was sent for DNA testing on January 14 A search warrant for Brown's DNA was ex*cuted on January 24 and submitted for comparison State police report was released on March 10 Brown's DNA matched swabs of the outer surface and inner-knotted portion of the noose...