Noose found at Ozone Park in Queens

"Hate crimes detectives were investigating a noose found hanging from a tree in John Adams Playground in Ozone Park, Queens, Tuesday, cops said.

A city employee cleaning the park spotted the noose about 1:40 p.m. near Centerville St. and Sutter Ave. and called police, police sources said. The park is a block from John Adams High School.

Meanwhile, Schools Chancellor Joel Klein yesterday condemned the third apparent hate crime to hit city schools in two weeks. A Brooklyn principal became the latest victim Monday when she received a piece of cloth fashioned like a hangman's noose along with a letter packed with racial slurs.

"Like all New Yorkers, I was appalled by this cowardly act," Klein said.

How long before the Law & Order franchise gives us the Special Hate Investigation Team...

Within the NY criminal justice system, there are those particularly appalled by Hate Crimes and so recruited into the elite S.H.I.T. Squad...

These are their stories...

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