Illinois College Student Charged With Hate Crime For Placing Noose on Campus

A student from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has been charged with a hate crime after allegedly placing a noose in a residence hall elevator.

Andrew M. Smith, 19, was arrested at 9:34 p.m. on September 2 after he was questioned by police at his residence hall on College Court in Urbana, university police said in a statement. Smith was ch…