Quote:Well well well.


Looks like Payton Head made the whole thing up. He is the gay, black student body president at the University of Missouri. The very fact that a gay, black student can become the student body president at this school should itself be evidence that racism is NOT institutionalized at Mizzou.


Mr. Head is the source of the unverified report of a racial epithet being shouted from a pickup truck off-campus. Mr, Head is also the source of the inflammatory Facebook post which led to cancelled classes and rescheduled exams:

"Students please take precaution." "Stay away from the windows in residence halls. The KKK has been confirmed to be sighted on campus. I'm working with the MUPD, the state trooper and the National Guard."


The entire affair, however, was nothing more than mass hysteria. Within an hour after the craziness began, local police and campus police clarified that there was no evidence at all of any KKK activity on school grounds.


"We have found no evidence of anything related to the KKK on campus," police spokesman Brian Weimar said in a statement.


Also, despite Head's claim that he was "working with" the National Guard, there was no Guard presence on university property, either.


School officials did their best to clamp down the hysteria.


The official MU Twitter account tweeted out:


"In an actual emergency, @MUalert and alert systems would be activated immediately. Please don't spread rumors."


And...


"There is no immediate threat to campus. Please do not spread rumors and follow @MUAlert at mualert.missouri.edu for updates."


Shortly thereafter, Head apologized for starting the rumor.

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