A noose found hanging on a tree last week near a University of Maryland building that houses black campus organizations is being investigated as a possible hate crime, according to The Washington Post.
"I want to assure the campus community that [Department of Public Safety] Chief Ken Krouse will use every means at his disposal to aggressively track down the culprits," UMD President C.D. Mote Jr. said in a letter posted on the university's Web site.
Witnesses reported the noose last Thursday, and campus police said it may have been there for as long as two weeks, The Associated Press reported.
Campus police reviewed video equipment and looked at physical evidence, Mote said in the letter. Those found guilty will face the university's judicial process and possible criminal action, Mote said in the letter.
-PATRICIO CHILE
