Remember this?
Well, we knew it wasn't an actual white nationalist that did this. It ended up being an Asian socialist.
Here's what it looked like in Grant Park after the Karmelo Anthony verdict.
The day of, everybody already knew.
And now we know for certain.
From NBC 5:
University of Illinois Chicago senior Merlin Lu said he knew the implications of a burning cross and had placed a MAGA hat atop the cross, explaining his motivation was to protest Trump administration injustice - not something racist.
Not something racist, you guys!
Last week, Lu sent a scripted video to NBC, claiming responsibility for the cross burning but saying he had no affiliation with the Ku Klux Klan, apologizing to those who were offended. In the video he also criticized President Donald Trump.
'I don't want to wait till his term ends,' he said. 'I don't wanna wait until he may or may not get impeached. I want him gone right now.'
Bro even admits that he had no idea the burning cross was such a big deal. He could, though, be saying this in order to avoid hate crime charges.
Lu's parents are urging him to turn himself in, and the FBI and Chicago police will eventually determine his charges.
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