Tag: USA

LSU student and student newspaper columnist Clarke Perkins freaked out on Twitter as she mistook a lightning ground wire hanging over a branch for a noose.

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Note: Student mentions “incident at Mizzou”, which was a hoax claim of the KKK marching through the campus Link News Article  |  Archive Archived Tweet #LSU NAACP President called “noose” incident “silly over reaction” pic.twitter.com/yoJRjYEqJa — Mark Armstrong (@TvMarkArmstrong) November 12, 2015 Archived Tweet #LSU campus broadcast in response to report. pic.twitter.com/y2JF5uwtcV — LSU (@lsu) November 12, 2015 Archived Tweet

Rick Jones admits to vandalism, injuries originally reported as anti-gay attack; donations returned

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Jones, 21, had claimed three separate attacks in April and June of physical violence, burglary and vandalism on himself, his family’s home and the pizzeria he runs with his siblings. Early news reports about the violence and homophobic slurs and threats sparked an international media firestorm and drew hundreds to tiny Delta, 135 miles south of Salt Lake City, to aid the Jones family. The admission that Jones perpetrated the crimes does not end the police investigation, Dekker said, but changes its focus. Authorities are now considering whether Jones should face any criminal charges, Dekker said. Archive Archive