Capitol rioters deliberately used a bright orange rope to construct a noose outside the Capitol on Jan. 6, according to one Black historian.
"Why not pick the color white, which is more common among rope?" Morgan State University's Raymond Winbush told WUSA 9 investigative reporter Scott MacFarlane.
"Lynching was a public spectacle," said Winbush, who serves as director of Morgan State's Institute for Urban Research.
"It wasn't like an execution with an electric chair or a gas chamber where it was more private," he said. "It's a spectacle to send a message of intimidation that the people who are creating the lynch mob — they want to kill. They want to send a message not only locally, but publicly."
The noose, which rioters tied to a gallows as they screamed "Hang Mike Pence," is now in the FBI's custody.
Watch below.
This is the Jan 6 noose ==> \n\n(For context)pic.twitter.com/34wynbxmFE— Scott MacFarlane (@Scott MacFarlane) 1636071553
