I mean, it is definitely a noose, but we can't just go banning knots we don't like. Though I question its usefulness as a handle, so imagine some knucklehead just thought it "looked cool". I like the knot personally and wasn't aware of it being controversial outside how it was initially presented in this instance (as a threat).
Again, it was there for at least half a year. The point is, it wasn't intended for darrell aka bubba. So race baiters desperately trying to keep the story alive. AND, making sure bubba is a hero in all this. Average driver throws on a blm t shirt and becomes the face of nascar. lol at new york, la, media.
I get it, its a "protect bubba" story from the internet jussie smollet comparison trolls. It never works both ways though, its ok for "professional" media to rush to judgement and cant even say "alleged" hate crime. And they can't correct themselves and say, we were professionally wrong for jumping to conclusions and we're sorry.
It looks exactly like a noose even though it was a garage pull. The question is who decided that rather than simply hang a rope like an normal garage door would have, they decided to make a noose loop? That was silly all around (not saying it had a racial connection just a stupid choice to fashoin a rope to be able to pull a garage door down).
There are photos showing several of them present on different doors. The loop part of the "noose" is actually only about 3-inches diameter, a very small noose indeed. I think its a misunderstanding in a tense environment and I'm going to stop criticizing Bubba. He said it was a mistake and it may have been. What else can he say?