God damn. Still, 98, that’s a pretty good run.

Could we all PLEASE step back... maybe for just one moment... and consider that sometimes a misinformed person could have accidentally sensationalized this situation?

Why would they? This is their agenda and it’s so blatant. Really detracts from otherwise good stories, and this is by far my favorite site, but the blatant straw-grasping/adding fuel to the fire, is really offputting

Or maybe because running into a chain poses a bigger threat to injury (and worker’s comp claims or liability claims) than a rope?  

You can make a knot that looks like a noose but doesn’t slip. a common fishing knot. I make them all the time on lures and they do make good hand holds and can be slipped over cleats and whatnot.... 

You loose credibility when you react to things that are not even close to reality. Due diligence is a phrase for a reason.

There are a lot of pschological studies dealing with how people, even after they are proved wrong, continue to believe the same point.

This whole story just reeks of false narrative.. The sociopolitical timing, how it was reported by NASCAR before any kind of investigation took place, how Bubba never even went to actually see the “noose” before pushing the agenda and is now doubling down on it... It just feels like some dirty publicity scheme taking a…

“It should be noted that, as an organization with a long history of harming Black people, the FBI is not necessarily a reliable authority on crimes against Black people. The organization who harassed and surveilled Martin Luther King, Jr for years, has determined that this is a harmless, non-hate-crime noose.

Let’s create a just society by improving education, providing food and essentials for those in need, better city planning etc. Toppling statues, looking for vague symbols to be offended by, and cancel culture are a regression.

Good thing he doesn’t ride the bus, the most racist form of transportation

I feel certain this was a deliberate misrepresentation of the “evidence” by Wallace, who completely disregarded any chance it could be a mistake. If it had truly looked like a hangman’s noose, then he woukd have had grounds for suspicion, but all talk of the loops appearance is silly, WHEN IT WAS FOUND ON A DOOR AND…

By making much ado about nothing? Okay

A. This article... Good lord - what an inflammatory joke. If this were a real hate crime... okay, but it wasn’t. Video footage and an FBI investigation proves that, let it go. I mean, you said that despite the outcome, you don’t buy it because the FBI is racist and implied that all of NASCAR was somehow okay with the…

“Wallace himself is still furious about the situation, as we all should be, making the excellent point that there was still a fucking noose hanging in a NASCAR garage stall for nine months before anybody thought there was anything weird about it.” Justin, come on man, there was no damn noose - just a garage rope with…

The organization who harassed and surveilled Martin Luther King, Jr for years, has determined that this is a harmless, non-hate-crime noose.

“It should be noted that, as an organization with a long history of harming Black people, the FBI is not necessarily a reliable authority on crimes against Black people. The organization who harassed and surveilled Martin Luther King, Jr for years, has determined that this is a harmless, non-hate-crime noose.”

For a garage door? Ropes are pretty good if you want them low enough for any person to grab while taller folks, or folks carrying expensive shit don’t run into something hard all the time while walking through.

All this for a garage door strap that’s been there for months... modern outrage culture at it’s best

“the FBI is not necessarily a reliable authority on crimes against Black people.” The Onion can’t create satire that is better than real life.