Amazon Site In Windsor Shut Down Again After Another Noose Found

WINDSOR, CT — The Amazon construction site in Windsor has been shut down again after another noose was found at the facility, according to multiple reports including WTNH News 8.

It was the eighth noose found at the facility since April.

WTNH reported the construction site had just reopened on Monday after being closed over the weekend.

Police first responded to the facility at 1201 Kennedy Rd. last month on a report of suspicious activity and found a noose hanging from a steel beam on the building's second floor. Police responded to the site two more times on reports of ropes being found, some of which could have been interpreted as nooses, according to officials.

Gov. Ned Lamont and Lt. Gov. Susan Bysiewicz released the following joint statement Wednesday in response to the latest discovery at the site:

“The events of the past several weeks at the Amazon construction site in Windsor have been disgusting and hateful. The individuals responsible for these actions must be held accountable, and we urge law enforcement to be aggressive in their investigation. This repeated behavior is calculated, and clearly meant to stoke fear and encourage racism and bigotry. What we have been seeing at this facility is wrong, and we condemn these actions in the strongest of terms.”

Lamont spoke with a senior member of Amazon’s executive team earlier on Wednesday to express his concerns relating to the items found at the construction site. Connecticut State Police are assisting in the investigation, and the Connecticut Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection is providing expedited services as support for law enforcement.

Brad Griggs, an Amazon representative, spoke during last Thursday's news conference with the Greater Hartford NAACP. He said the company was temporarily shutting down the facility to “make sure that the necessary safety measures can be put into place.”

"Hate, racism and discrimination have no place in our society and certainly are not tolerated in any Amazon workplace whether under construction like the building here behind us or in our fully operational facilities," Griggs said at the time.

An overall reward of $100,000 is being offered to help find those responsible for the incidents.