Pat Chambers, head coach of the men's basketball team at Penn State, apologized Monday for comments he made in 2019 that led to the departure of then-freshman Rasir Bolton
In a statement posted on Twitter this week, Bolton said he chose to leave Penn State following an exchange he had with the coach after a game between Penn State and Wisconsin in January 2019."A 'noose' around my neck is why I left Penn State," Bolton wrote in the tweet."Head Coach Patrick Chambers, the day after his one-game suspension in January 2019, in talking to me referenced a 'noose' around my neck.
— 🥳 July 6, 2020 "A noose; symbolic of lynching, defined as one of the most powerful symbols directed at African Americans invoking the history of lynching, slavery and racial terrorism," he wrote."Due to other interactions with Coach, I knew this was no slip of the tongue."After the noose comment was made, Bolton said he immediately notified his academic adviser, the athletic director's office and Chambers himself.
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