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A rally has been planned for noon Monday at Allentown City Hall following the discovery of an item resembling a noose draped over the desk of a Black employee there. It was found around 7:30 a.m. Friday inside the Community and Economic Development Office, according to the police department. Community leaders will be presenting a list of demands to the city of Allentown at the rally at City Hall, 435 W. Hamilton St., a press release said. The group says that the targeted employee is part of an open Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) case with other city employees against...

A noose was found hanging from a tree in the back parking lot of the Gilroy Kaiser Permanente medical office building Feb. 21, disturbing company employees and prompting a hate crime investigation.