Nooses hanging from a tree is definitely intimidation
It’s also the thing that captured everyone’s attention. If there were no nooses, this would have been just another case of teenagers acting like morons.
I don’t want to be obnoxious here, but I think this is another example of the white population finding any excuse to avoid conflict and using the nooses (none of which were used for anything but symbolism) is a way to avoid defending the beatdown of this kid.
Now what it is that Whites are avoiding, I just don’t know.
A rebellion? A boycott? Getting peeled off from the herd and being made an example of?
I just don’t get it.
6 kids beat a white kid unconscious. This is thuggish—nooses or no nooses. Even if the kid had a swastika tattooed on his forehead, it doesn’t excuse the violence. Even if he used the N-word all day long, you can’t attack people like that. Or, that’s my understanding of things.