A bit of a follow up to the earlier #DukeNoose story
(WRAL) Â It was a student who placed a noose in a tree on the Duke University campus Wednesday, campus police have determined.
In an update Thursday afternoon, Michael J. Schoenfeld, Duke vice president for public affairs and government relations, told the media that Duke University Police and the school’s Office of Student Affairs had identified the person responsible for the noose, and that person was no longer on campus.
Schoenfeld declined to name the student, who he said was an undergraduate, and said the university would not share the person’s gender or race.
https://twitter.com/WilliamTeach/status/583774200609005568
This commentor at WRAL puts it perfectly
The University gets everybody all stirred up implying the worst possible implications of this event- the University spokesman said “the community isnt safe”.
Now after getting all of North Carolina all worked up that there is a combination of Bull Conner and Isaac Parker stalking the quad at Duke, its all “nevermind” ?
Yeah I dont think so. They cried Wolf, now they owe it to everyone to clarify if this was a race hoax, and dumb prank, or an actual hate crime.
If this story immediately disappears, and we receive no more information, I think we can make a rather informed decision as to the veracity and reality. For the 22 people who actually sent me unhinged emails, slurring me personally, tell you what: demand that Duke release the gender and sex of the perpetrator.
