Cops in Texas have launched an investigation with the assistance of the FBI after a small city’s Mayor obtained a threatening bundle within the mail … which included a noose.
Arcola, TX’s Mayor Fred Burton — who’s Black — obtained the bundle Tuesday which he says contained a rope normal right into a noose inside, plus a notice urging him to withdraw from his reelection race. Police say he contacted the authorities instantly.
The message could not be clearer … studying “Get out of the race now!!” — which Burton himself describes as a slap to the face as he learn it.
He advised ABC 13, “Especially on a Black man’s face that he has to open up mail like that and see something like that. I thought we were better than that as a society.”
The bundle wasn’t postmarked, and with different inconsistencies, the Arcola Police Division wasted no time in reaching out to the FBI for help. The case is beneath investigation.
As for Mayor Burton, he is standing agency and refusing to drop out of the mayoral race. Election day is on Could 4, and he is hoping to nab his third time period as town’s chief.
