Posted on 09/04/2019 7:05:36 AM PDT by C19fan
A University of Illinois student was charged with a hate crime on Tuesday for allegedly placing a noose in a campus residence hall.
Andrew Smith, a 19-year-old sophomore, was charged with misdemeanor disorderly conduct and committing a hate crime, which is a felony, after students found a noose hanging inside an elevator over the weekend, according to university police.
News of the finding began to make rounds on social media as students expressed their outrage. That's when a woman who said she was with Smith when he tied the noose reportedly called campus police to report him.
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WOW. Thanks for sharing. Andrew is FROM Normal. Not the same as BEING normal!
Looks like it wants attention.
A noose or a moose?
Unless he put a neck in the other end of the noose, years in prison is completely absurd.
He looks like a complete freak, but his silly stunt deserves some community service and a fine to cover the cost of the investigation. Oh, and kick him out of school too. He's a creepy mess and the other students shouldn't have to put up with him.
A rope is a rope.
Hate crimes like this violate the constitutional free speech protections. Although the action was crass and offensive, it was not illegal.
Causing people to gasp clutch their pearls and tut,tut,tut on social media is now a jailable offense. What a world.
When I was in college in the mid 60s a few students in the dorms would make nooses just to illustrate their noose skills. It simply took the right kind of rope, the skill, and a bit of time. Some said that it needed thirteen loops, signifying bad luck. I even tired making one once, and it didn’t look good at all. There was never a bit of racial intent in me, or anyone there who tried it.
My wife went to High School in Iowa with a girl named Fonda Dix.
Hell no, we know hate crime is really taxes and a nation hating itself into making government God, but this is precisely the language they want to avoid,
I had no idea hanging a noose made of string could be a felony hate crime. So, basically being a jerk and an immature asshole is a felony. Absolutely ridiculous.
But felony. Felony to make a noose. I think I'll go wind up a gross of them just to make myself feel good.
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