Joint Statement from U.S. Attorney Jay E. Town and FBI Special Agent in Charge Johnnie Sharp, Jr. Regarding the Noose Found in NASCAR’s Bubba Wallace’s Garage at Talladega Superspeedway

Justice ^ | 6/23/2020 | Justice

[SmokingJoe]

15 special agents huh?
How many special agents have the FBI assigned to the looting burning killing and the anarchy?

[DIRTYSECRET]

Like that General at the Air Force Academy.

[Alberta's Child]

Anyone who carried a stereotype of NASCAR as a sport for fans with an average IQ of 60 sure feels vindicated now.

I never thought I'd see the day when Richard Petty of all people sealed NASCAR's doom by jumping on the bandwagon with all the other nitwits who propagated this story.

[Leaning Right]

> fifteen FBI special agents <

That hardly seems to be enough agents to investigate a single garage. They should have had dozens of U.S. Marshals on the case too. And NCIS. From what I’ve seen on TV, NCIS is one crack outfit.

[PGR88]

I love this Sundance character.

I’ve seen stories claiming “he” is a fresh-vegetable distributor from Florida. Nice cover.

He’s clearly well-connected with excellent sources of information. More power to him (or her).

I’ve already contacted our pathetic, propagandistic local TV branch of NBC News and have asked if they intend to retract and apologize for this story.

[Don Corleone]

NASCAR showed their true colors last week. They were NOT red white and blue.

[McGruff]

NASCAR you've really F’uped this time. That little solidarity show on Sunday was an insult to all NASCAR fans. They should have washed Bubba’s feet to show they really cared.

[Reily]

TV is never wrong!

[RummyChick]

What I dont understand is why no one spoke up

I get the drivers are scared to voice an opinion

But OMG, did no one say to Nascar...yeah we all have those kind of pulls.

I think NASCAR knew and tried to turn this into a BLM lets show we care BS PR SPIN

How did Richard Petty not know????

[Badboo]

Traitor FBI. Won’t call it a garage door strap but insists it is a noose. 15 agents to do what a grease monkey could have told them.

No criminal vandals apprehended or local criminal officials violating civil rights arrested this week so all is good.

Wray is Hillary, Barr is deep state. Trump doesn’t have a freaking clue. He looks pathetic in all of this.

[RummyChick]

He/she deserves a lot of credit for busting this wide open

I have to wonder what would have happened had he not uncovered the evidence

[House Atreides]

It must have burned their asses to have to make this statement.

Of course, this news will BE FRONT PAGE NEWS and covered EXTENSIVELY. /sarc

“THERE IS NO PLACE IN NASCAR FOR “RACIAL HATE HOAXE.” Upcoming joint NASCAR and BUBBA WALLACE announcement. Also sarcasm but bigger sarcasm.

[Brooklyn Attitude]

Ooo, I see a rope with a loop in it! Someone call the FBI Noose Division!

Meanwhile someone tries to overthow the President and the FBI investigates the victim. What a freaking banana republic.

[mewzilla]

#BubbaSmollett

[cdcdawg]

Well, now we know what the feds have been doing while domestic terrorist groups riot in our streets. Good use of resources, investigating a piece of rope in a NASCAR garage.

[Sir Bangaz Cracka]

I am still not convinced. There is a very good possibility the person who assigned Garage 4 to Bubba did so for no other reason than because he knew the noose would be there to terrify Bubba.

I will not sleep until the entire terrible, inexcusable, sick, awful, scary matter is completely investigated.

My heart breaks that Bubba has had to endure something so horrendous. Heads need to roll. NASCAR needs to shut down the rest of the racing season to be at one with Bubba, and show the world how much NASCAR has been affected by such a terrible tragedy.

How terrible. How terrible.

[libstripper]

I have one simple question about all of these “noose” cases in the last five years: When has there been an actual noose displayed to intimidate any minority?? Looks like all of these cases have been either mistaken identity or deliberate hoaxes.

[I cannot think of a name]

“I never thought I'd see the day when Richard Petty of all people sealed NASCAR’s doom by jumping on the bandwagon with all the other nitwits who propagated this story.”

Unfortunately, Richard is desperate. He's been in NASCAR his whole life. He lost Adam and Kyle was never that good of driver. The Petty name is fading away, and he is trying anything to stay relevant. He was always one of my big hero's and I hate to see him having to get involved with stuff like this just to hang on.

[RummyChick]

People are calling him Jubba on twitter

[TomGuy]

So, from October 2019 until a week ago, ‘the noose’ was not racist, but became racist last week.

{sigh!}

It was the pull rope for the garage door that apparently came lose and was thrown onto a bench — MONTHS AGO, long before Wallace was assigned the garage.

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So, is ‘the noose’ still racist?