By Glynnesha Taylor
ticklethewire.com
A Louisiana man faces federal hate crime charges for allegedly tying a noose around the neck of a dead raccoon and hanging it from a flagpole at a middle school to intimidate African-American students who were attending the school under a court-ordered busing policy.
Authorities on Monday announced that Christopher Shane Montgomery of Bastrop La., had been indicted for allegedly going to Beekman Junior High School in Bastrop in 2007 and tying the noose on the flagpole.
He faces charges including conspiracy to commit a hate crime, tampering with a witness during the investigation and for lying to an FBI agent on two occasions.
