The firm building the Obama Presidential Center suspended operations Thursday after a noose was found at the site, and it offered a $100,000 reward to help find who was responsible.
Lakeside Alliance, a partnership of Black-owned construction firms, said it reported the incident to police and "will provide any assistance required to identify those responsible."
The Chicago Police Department is aware of the noose and the matter is under investigation, said Sgt. Rocco Alioto, a department spokesman. City work to prepare for construction began in spring 2021 with the an official groundbreaking the following September. It will sit on 19 acres of the 540-acre of Jackson Park, named for the nation's seventh president, Andrew Jackson. Significantly, it will be located near the Obama family home and where the former president started his political career on the city's South Side.
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