He 'mistook' the door pull on the back of a garage door for a noose. So he's either a complete moron or was just shít-stirring.
As for the statue thing, it's been blindingly obvious from day one that this has nothing to do with reason or rationality, but is purely about smashing everything up. Full-on cultural revolution shít.
Anyone who still thinks this is about the relationship between black people and the police is a cretin.