SAN JOSE, Calif. — A noose was found hanging from a tree Sunday on the Stanford University campus, prompting a hate crime investigation, according to the university.
About 7:45 p.m., Stanford’s student affairs got a report of a noose hanging from a tree outside Branner Hall, an undergraduate residence, according to an email Stanford officials sent to staff and students Sunday night. The Stanford University Department of Public Safety responded to the incident, removed the noose and kept it as evidence.
The incident is being investigated as a hate crime, officials said. Anyone with information has been asked to contact the Department of Public Safety at (650) 723-9633 or the department’s communications center at (650) 329-2413.
“We cannot state strongly enough that a noose is a reprehensible symbol of anti-Black racism and violence that will not be tolerated on our campus,” Stanford officials said in the email. “We know this horrific discovery will shake our community and we have begun to develop an outreach plan to provide assistance to all who are in need, bearing in mind that this is not the first time this has occurred at Stanford in recent years.”
In 2019, a noose was found hanging from a bush near a residence for summer students.
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