In the absence of facts, my conjecture is no more or less likely than your conjecture that there was no foul play.

Another possibility is that Bubba was assigned that particular garage by somebody who knew that there was a noose there to greet him first time he opens it up.

“Oh no! He’s insulting me by referencing that era when I could have owned another human based on my skin color. I can’t take the pain of being reminded my skin color has been beneficial for hundreds of years.”

Pure coincidence. Southern crackers tie all their knots like this out of habit.

I think what he meant was “If 5 people had accosted me the same way, I too would have pulled out my weapon and called the police” rather than”If I’d been the cop at the scene, I too would have arrested you instead of the mob beating you”. I think he just worded it very, very poorly. And that’s not in any way to excuse…