The family of an 8-year-old biracial boy in New Hampshire said teenagers taunted him with racial slurs and pushed him off a picnic table while he had a rope around his neck.The boy's grandmother told the Valley News he was treated at a hospital for cuts to his neck following the near-hanging on Aug. 28 in Claremont. Lorrie Slattery says the children were in a backyard when some of the teens got on the table and grabbed a rope that held a tire swing. It's not clear how the rope got around her grandson's neck, but Slattery said the teens pushed him off the table. "One boy said ... 'Let's do this,' and then pushed him off the picnic table and hung him," Slattery said.Claremont Police Chief Mark Chase told the newspaper his department is investigating an Aug. 28 incident involving several juveniles. He declined to provide details.

The family of an 8-year-old biracial boy in New Hampshire said teenagers taunted him with racial slurs and pushed him off a picnic table while he had a rope around his neck.



The boy's grandmother told the Valley News he was treated at a hospital for cuts to his neck following the near-hanging on Aug. 28 in Claremont.



Lorrie Slattery says the children were in a backyard when some of the teens got on the table and grabbed a rope that held a tire swing. It's not clear how the rope got around her grandson's neck, but Slattery said the teens pushed him off the table.


"One boy said ... 'Let's do this,' and then pushed him off the picnic table and hung him," Slattery said.



Claremont Police Chief Mark Chase told the newspaper his department is investigating an Aug. 28 incident involving several juveniles. He declined to provide details.