Chicago student says cross burning in city park was anti-Trump MAGA protest, not racism

A 21-year-old college student has come forward to claim responsibility for burning a cross in a popular Chicago park last week, but denied he was making a racist statement despite city leaders initially condemning it as an act of hate. A University of Illinois Chicago senior told NBC 5 Chicago on Monday that he was the person seen leaving the scene at Grant Park last week, where onlookers filmed a cross in flames. The man explained he was protesting President Donald Trump and had put a red hat o