South Carolina’s road sign has changed to show a racist message, say employees – AOL

“Honk if you hate n*ggers,” says the sign on Saturday in the woman, South Carolina

Police are in a search in South Carolina for the person, which is seasoned electronically on the road, changing its text to show a racial stick.

The text of the sign created in the town of Sumer has been changed to show offensive command including the N-Duma. Sumter has a population of about 43,000 with a racial division of approximately 49% black and 44% white, according to the US Census Bureau.

“Honk if you hate n*ggers,” the sign says.

The Sumter police station said his employees had been notified of the situation around 4:30 pm on Saturday.

The digital messages were placed in an area with high traffic on South Pike West near Road 76 in the United States in East Summer to warn drivers about the current road construction project, employees say.

The racist language of the sign has been removed, police said.

Summer Police Chief Russell Roarc It characterizes the incident as an extremely disturbing “sign of the city and its inhabitants, which is in no way indicative of the community in which we work and live.”

“We will investigate this most,” Roarc says in a statement.

On Sunday, Sumter police released screenshots of video footage, which they say shows a man approaching near the damaged sign on Saturday. The department offers a $ 5,000 award for information leading to arrest.

“Anyone who recognizes this person or knows something about this incident has been asked to call the Sumter police department at 803-436-2700 or the melt of crimes of 1-888-Crime-SC,” the department said.

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