Greg B, are you an attorney? Frankly, the bias in the rest of your statement makes me doubt your objectivity on the charges. Who held the noose? And who specifically was it directed toward? You say it is incitement to violence. Was the display of the noose done by the victim of the later violence? And legally, is the "display of a club" equivalent to beating someone with it? Are you saying that the display of the noose was directed toward all black students by all white students, and therefore retaliation by any black student(s) against any white student is justified?

When emotion, even understandable emotion, predominates over rule of law, then there is no law.