"Yesterday, in one of our hospitals, a noose — a symbol of hate and discrimination — was found at the work station of two of our employees," Dr. Marschall Runge — executive vice president for medical affairs and dean of the University of Michigan Medical School — said in a June 21 email to employees, MLive reported.
Runge wasn't through: "We have taken immediate action to have this investigated as both an act of discrimination and a criminal act of ethnic intimidation," he added. "This act of hate violates all of the values that we hold dear and will not be tolerated."
UM's Division of Public Safety and Security conducted an investigation and determined that an employee on a break actually was practicing tying a "Uni Knot," which is used in fishing, with spool rope used for medical procedures, the outlet said.
