A noose was found hanging in a tree near one of the Smithsonian museums on the National Mall in Washington, officials say.
The noose was found Friday evening near the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, U.S. Park Police said in a statement issued Saturday.
A Smithsonian police officer spotted the symbol of racist violence "inside the dense canopy of a tree" west of the museum. Officials do not know for how long it was there.
Washington D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser reacted on Twitter.
Anyone with information for police is asked to call 202-610-7500, or 202-610-8737.
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Photo Credit: Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
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