FBI steps into the Florida noose case.

The FBI has stepped into the middle of an investigation into who sent a noose to an African-American commissioner in Orlando, Fla., who blasted a local golf course for having what she called a racially insensitive picture on the club wall. Now that the Orlando Police have confirmed that a noose was delivered to Commissioner Daisy Lynum’s City Hall office, federal authorities are treating it as a hate crime, Local6.com reports. Lynum has vociferously demanded that the Dubsdread golf course take down the 1930s photo showing a barefoot Black boy, caddying for a White player, calling the picture racist. During that era, Blacks were forced to remove their shoes before stepping onto the greens. “There is a photograph of the history of Dubsdread but there is a Black caddy with no shoes on,” Lynum told the news station earlier. “I find the picture insulting and I would like for someone to take it down. We don’t have to change the history but we could sure change how it looks now.”

Judge dismisses entire jury following noose incident. What’s the chances that Anas Hourani, a 24-year-old man accused of choking and raping a woman five years ago, would have gotten a fair trial? The actions by a Connecticut judge would suggest he didn’t feel Hourani had an ice cube’s chance in hell. Superior Court Judge Lawrence Hauser dismissed the entire jury in the murder-rape case after the drawing of a noose was discovered on the blackboard in the deliberation room. Hauser said that under state law he had no choice but to clean house of the six jurors and three alternatives and start over. The noose, Hauser said, is a symbol of racism and intimidation.