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332. Anger at LSU at racist sign left on student's door / A student who had previously reported a "noose" which turned out to be a bit of wire reported a racist sign hung on her door. The university's president assumed it was genuine. / 2016-10-21
333. Alleged hate crime at LSU sparks anger; victim caused faux outrage over ‘noose’ last year / Black student at Louisiana State University Clarke Perkins claimed to have found a racist message hanging on her apartment door. / 2016-10-21
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Type of hoax: suspected
Date: 2016-10-19
Location: Baton Rouge LA
Summary: The student thought she saw a noose last year, but it was just a piece of cable. Rather than being embarrassed, she doubled down, and said “if black students were more accepted here, I wouldn’t have thought a noose.”