Aldermen Back Firings at Gpac -- City Administrator Compares Rigging Nooses to Swastikas
The Commercial Appeal (2007-Current) › September 07, 2007
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The Germantown administration on Wednesday defended its firing of three theater workers who tied stage-rigging ropes into hangman's nooses.
City Administrator Patrick Lawton likened the knots left hanging at Germantown Performing Arts Theatre to cross burnings and swastikas.See the full content of this document
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Aldermen Back Firings at Gpac -- City Administrator Compares Rigging Nooses to Swastikas
"It is the symbol of hatred and bigotry," he said.
Meanwhile, the city took criticism from people inside and outside the local theater community for either over-reacting to or misinterpreting the knots...See the full content of this document
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