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No federal charges in "noose" NASCAR incident

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Not condoning the situation, but getting the FBI involved seemed to be a stretch.
 
So some hillbilly just didn't put away his toys 8 months ago and it's a national story now? SMH

I'm starting to lean towards publicity stunt, and this is the Fed's way of backing out of the situation.

It always seemed extremely likely they'd have video surveillance going in these garages, unless ALL the tools and such are cleared out between races. Specialized auto tools can be extremely expensive.
 
It was a ****ing garage door pull!!! You have GOT to be kidding me.

They called in the FBI because the garage door pull was tied like a noose at some point.

NASCAR statement on FBI investigation at Talladega | NASCAR

“The FBI has completed its investigation at Talladega Superspeedway and determined that Bubba Wallace was not the target of a hate crime. The FBI report concludes, and photographic evidence confirms, that the garage door pull rope fashioned like a noose had been positioned there since as early as last fall. This was obviously well before the 43 team’s arrival and garage assignment. We appreciate the FBI’s quick and thorough investigation and are thankful to learn that this was not an intentional, racist act against Bubba. We remain steadfast in our commitment to providing a welcoming and inclusive environment for all who love racing.”
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Well, look at it this way: NASCAR has had quite the positive branding change over the last couple weeks.
 
You really do have to wonder how a member of a driver's crew doesn't know what a door pull looks like...

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JANFU said:
Directions from General Billy Bob Barr demonstrating the control he has.

Figured for once he would make Trump look good

Trump is the black mans friend. Right?
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I'm going to assume that NASCAR asked the FBI to investigate.

I have no idea what went down in the garages and maybe Bubba had reason to be concerned but the way this blew up was insane.

Here's a video of a walkthrough of the garages at Talledaga and you'll see "nooses" hanging from damned near all the garage doors. Having something like that makes it a whole lot easier to hold the rope as you're pulling the door down.

 
Lutherf said:
I'm going to assume that NASCAR asked the FBI to investigate.

I have no idea what went down in the garages and maybe Bubba had reason to be concerned but the way this blew up was insane.

Here's a video of a walkthrough of the garages at Talledaga and you'll see "nooses" hanging from damned near all the garage doors. Having something like that makes it a whole lot easier to hold the rope as you're pulling the door down.

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It blew up due to it being quite common for black people to encounter this crap. What do you not understand about this?
 
Mr Person said:
Well, clearly this was a manufactured hoax cooked up by the media, Obama, deep state plants, and liberals, which totally discredits all claims of systemic racism ever made.
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Godzilla made a guest appearance also.
 
Mr Person said:
Well, clearly this was a manufactured hoax cooked up by the media, Obama, deep state plants, and liberals, which totally discredits all claims of systemic racism ever made.
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In recent years, there's been thousands and thousands of racist crimes. We never hear the name of victims. 99% of claims are real and racist crimes should be fresh in everyone's mind. We'll hear the same handful of names. Over and over, from the same people. People ignore 99% to pretend the 1% validates a racist perspective.

Anyway, we should be happy with how Nascar dealt with the issue and it appears there may be a rebirth for a "sport" I've never understood. I hear (sports radio in the car) many drivers were together for the anthem and it was a good race and afterwards everything was cool.

So, it turned out not to be a noose (or one from some time ago). Isn't that the best case scenario. Unfortunately, some would like to add this to their handful of names waved about every time something racist happens.
 
JANFU said:
It blew up due to it being quite common for black people to encounter this crap. What do you not understand about this?
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It's common for blacks to find garage pulls tied like a noose? Why just blacks? LOTS of people have some kind of loop tied in their garage pull and lots of those loops look like nooses. The reason people do stuff like that has NOTHING to do with racism. it's a matter of practicality because grabbing the loop or grabbing whatever is suspended in the loop is a heck of a lot easier than just grabbing a rope.
 
Nascar will never be able to live this down, what a joke!
 
Josie said:
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I felt this coming. I kinda felt like that there was more to this. Jussie Smollett made me weary of stuff like this. I'm glad it's apparently just a rope pull for the garage, and not a noose.

I feel bad for Bubba because it's not even his fault this blew up.
 
Josie said:
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I knew about the garage door rope two days ago. Saw pictures. The only thing I didn't know is what the "noose" looked like, since none of the media would present a picture of it.

Well, thanks to our dedicated FBI investigators, what some of us suspected two days ago is correct.

The only question now is why didn't anyone in NASCAR...why didn't any of the drivers...the mechanics...you know, the people who see those garages every day...realize the truth? Seriously...it shouldn't have taken the FBI to figure this out. Hell, Bubba has been around race tracks for a long time...why didn't HE realize the truth?

Did NASCAR deliberately go along with this "racial" thing for their own benefit?
 
Lutherf said:
I'm going to assume that NASCAR asked the FBI to investigate.

I have no idea what went down in the garages and maybe Bubba had reason to be concerned but the way this blew up was insane.

Here's a video of a walkthrough of the garages at Talledaga and you'll see "nooses" hanging from damned near all the garage doors. Having something like that makes it a whole lot easier to hold the rope as you're pulling the door down.

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Bubba did not find the "noose", by the way. He only found out after the fact, at least according to what I've read.
 
john patriot said:
Nascar will never be able to live this down, what a joke!
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That, for some, the outcome of the origin of what appeared to be a noose is more important than the sport's reaction and coming together is telling.
 
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