Missouri NAACP President Rod Chapel decries a noose that was allegedly left at a Black St. Louis mechanic's desk station while speaking against racism, Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2024, at the Missouri Capitol in Jefferson City. (AP Photo/Summer Ballentine)
Metro High School students leave the building as a fleet of Missouri Central school busses line up to transport some after dismissal, Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2024, in St. Louis, Mo. St. Louis Public Schools said driver walkouts at Missouri Central left 56 routes uncovered Tuesday morning, and caused the school district to cancel after school activities for the second day in a row. A Black mechanic for the company that provides school bus services for the St. Louis school district said he found a noose at his workstation, leading at least 100 drivers to stop work in a show of support. (Christian Gooden/St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP)
St. Louis County NAACP President John Bowman speaks during a press conference regarding a noose that was allegedly left at a Black St. Louis mechanic's desk station, Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2024, during a visit to Missouri's Capitol in Jefferson City. (AP Photo/Summer Ballentine)
Yvette Lewis, a Metro High School security guard, watches as a fleet of Missouri Central Bus Company school busses leaves the school following dismissal, Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2024, in St. Louis, Mo. St. Louis Public Schools said driver walkouts at Missouri Central left 56 routes uncovered Tuesday morning, and caused the school district to cancel after school activities for the second day in a row. A Black mechanic for the company that provides school bus services for the St. Louis school district said he found a noose at his workstation, leading at least 100 drivers to stop work in a show of support. (Christian Gooden/St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP)