'I Have Black Friends,' Says Business Owner Who Hung Nooses, Confederate Flags

[KamaAina]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/04/21/nooses-confederate-flags-michigan_n_7109264.html

A Michigan man who displayed Confederate flags and two nooses outside of his business defended his actions this week, saying he is "not a racist."

Robert Tomanovich, 55, placed a noose and Confederate flags around two of his properties in Livonia, Michigan, including a tree cutting business he owns. Police said Tomanovich won't be facing hate crime charges, WXYZ first reported last week.

“I know black guys, I have black friends," Tomanovich told the New York Daily News on Monday. "We’re all laughing at this stupidity. Do you know how many white guys were hung back in the day? This isn’t racist. But all of a sudden it’s out of control.”

Tomanovich, along with his wife, Lindy, and an unnamed coworker, said the flags and nooses are in no way related to race. Lindy said her husband just likes the way the flags look, and the noose was in honor of a friend who hanged himself.

Well, anything's possible. Justin Volpe, the NYC cop who sodomized Abner Louima with a broom handle, had a black girlfriend. Or so he said.

[dhill926]

1. yep, I do remember all those white guys hung...

by gangs of black vigilantes....

[lpbk2713]

2. He may be on speaking terms ...

but I don't think he knows what a friend is.

[lame54]

3. Not anymore

[surrealAmerican]

4. about that "explanation":

It seems to me that if your friend hanged himself, a noose would not be a fitting way to "honor" him. In fact it would do quite the opposite.

[Tom Ripley]

5. But there was also a kicked over chair in that memorial!!!

not really

[SwankyXomb]

6. Traitors DO like the look of that traitor flag.

[NightWatcher]

7. no, he knows aa black guy and he's not that guy's friend