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1. The standard immediate media coverage smelled bad. Sounded like a directed, clumsy, excuse.

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Bubba Wallace responds to FBI findings: 'Whether tied in 2019, or whatever, it was a noose' [View all] alp227 Jun 2020 OP

The standard immediate media coverage smelled bad. Sounded like a directed, clumsy, excuse. empedocles Jun 2020 #1

Wallace wasn't the one who reported it ScratchCat Jun 2020 #2

The idiot internet doesn't care if he reported it himself or not Sapient Donkey Jun 2020 #39

Those findings kind of make it worse. It's a broader indictment of NASCAR culture... RockRaven Jun 2020 #3

It probably isn't really fashioned into a noose ScratchCat Jun 2020 #14

The pictures do show it as a noose. ManiacJoe Jun 2020 #49

a garage door pull rope?? janterry Jun 2020 #4

I don't get why he's being defensive. nsd Jun 2020 #5

Agreed. nt cstanleytech Jun 2020 #6

He's being berated on social media. George II Jun 2020 #8

It seems he is responding to critics that are treating it as a hoax rather than a honest mistake JonLP24 Jun 2020 #17

"It was a mistake" Igel Jun 2020 #31

because people are blaming him... stillcool Jun 2020 #37

If it was a garage pull rope why aren't there any in other garages? This is all so suspicious. George II Jun 2020 #7

It was in all the garages. It was a knot tied at the end of the rope so people could pull down Calista241 Jun 2020 #10

Correct. There are pull ropes in all garages (I have one in mine, with a plastic handle).... George II Jun 2020 #16

I found it in a Corvette forum talking about it. Calista241 Jun 2020 #24

I just saw a picture of that thing. WinstonSmith4740 Jun 2020 #18

Personally cannabis_flower Jun 2020 #36

I've never tied a noose. WinstonSmith4740 Jun 2020 #40

still don't know what actually happened here... Thomas Hurt Jun 2020 #9

Post removed Post removed Jun 2020 #11

Regardless of purpose. WinstonSmith4740 Jun 2020 #19

You're right, it doesn't matter to folks like you or Bubba Devil Child Jun 2020 #20

And you don't? WinstonSmith4740 Jun 2020 #32

Hardly Devil Child Jun 2020 #33

why would he take ownership? stillcool Jun 2020 #38

I'm giving him the benefit of the doubt on this Sapient Donkey Jun 2020 #41

You Do Know He Didn't See It, Right? ProfessorGAC Jun 2020 #48

The FBI said Tuesday ... left-of-center2012 Jun 2020 #12

Oh, jeez ScratchCat Jun 2020 #15

Oooof greenjar_01 Jun 2020 #13

Where is this a photo of this "noose" and what do they mean marie999 Jun 2020 #21

The FBI said Tuesday ... left-of-center2012 Jun 2020 #23

That is definitely a noose. nt marie999 Jun 2020 #26

Used to open a garage door ... left-of-center2012 Jun 2020 #27

I'd guess it was used to close the door... greenjar_01 Jun 2020 #28

When someone's neck is in it. nt marie999 Jun 2020 #30

Whose neck? Dr. Strange Jun 2020 #35

The noose is made to slip up or down. marie999 Jun 2020 #42

When you have a hammer, everything looks like a nail. Sneederbunk Jun 2020 #22

FBI report, described the item as a "garage door pull rope fashioned like a noose." left-of-center2012 Jun 2020 #25

I am glad it wasn't recent that being said gibraltar72 Jun 2020 #29

"Integrity" is a funny word. Igel Jun 2020 #45

It is always good sense to stay off the band wagon, jaxexpat Jun 2020 #34

Think of all the people who walked by that "pull cord" in the past year NickB79 Jun 2020 #43

Let's hope they don't get on a boat MosheFeingold Jun 2020 #46

What's important here is the response of support DeminPennswoods Jun 2020 #44

Theater of the absurd. Steelrolled Jun 2020 #47