If there was a black man hung in Mississippi, odds are that it was NOT a suicide. This is awful
“As of this time, there’s no evidence of foul play”
Yeah, no evidence at all. Not like racial tensions at their highest in 50+ years, political assassinations happening on college campuses, and a Southern university smack in the center of where KKK activity was an open secret just a generation ago.
Probably he slipped and fell, maybe he was learning Russian culture /s
Bolivar County fought for fifty years to keep its high schools segregated.
I’m absolutely confident that we can trust the Bolivar County Police department to thoroughly investigate the death of a black college student /s
None of that is relevant to this case. Racial tensions are high and it is entirely possible that had nothing to do with this guy's death. There's no evidence to conclude anything. That can change but right now the state cannot make claims they cannot support with actual evidence.
If they assert this was a racially motivated killing then they need to have suspects or direct evidence fir this (eg slurs written on the body) as it would be impossible to maintain this motive without them.
The cops said it was a suicide. Are you not trusting the police in Mississippi to be honest about when a black man seeking education found hanging from a tree is suicide?
Are you saying you don't trust the police to not murder whoever they want for no reason with no accountability then ask for extra money to do more?
Because that's an awfully cynical thing to suggest!
Historically accurate too
Do you have a specific reason to believe the police killed this guy or are you just really off the mark here?
Even if he was murdered there's no evidence to point to a suspect yet you are concluding it had to be the police, why?
No one has any public evidence one way or another. Its all circumstantial.
Mississippi is the least transparent state in the Union. There is no legal mechanism to compel the Mississippi police to release any documentation on this death. This is also the deep south where lynching were common a generation or two ago and cop were open Klan members.
We are going back to the old ways in this country. This might be a symptom of that.
Lynching hasn’t been “common” in over 70 years. The Klan hasn’t been prominent in 40-50 years there.
There is zero reason based on what we have for evidence right now to suspect police were involved in the crime or are covering this up.
There's a reason songs like these exist:
Mississippi Goddam - Nina Simone
Here's to the State of Mississippi - Phil Ochs
What's Going On Down There - Malvina Reynolds
He's saying we shouldn't trust the police because they have a history of lying to the public to protect themselves.
As it turns out, when you lie to people, they tend not to trust you in the future. At least if they're not stupid.
Are you not trusting the police in Mississippi to be honest about when a black man seeking education found hanging from a tree is suicide?
Apparently, Emmett Till "commuted suicide" just thirty miles away
This would be the first acknowledged US lynching since '81. 1981.
they'll call it a suicide and keep the last acknowledgement in the 80's.
Yup.
Dude had defensive wounds like bruises and a broken arm. Anyways, it’s definitely suicide, so we don’t have to look into it any further /s
Dude had defensive wounds like bruises and a broken arm.
Citation needed especially since the Coroner's department has specifically refuted this.
I think they were joking about that like people say someone committed suicide with two shots to the back of the head. But thanks for posting that article, it does say the coroner didn't find any evidence of assault so far.
I think they were joking about that
Nah, there's a pile of misinformation circulating on social media claiming that the deceased had broken arms / legs / bruises / etc.
People unthinkingly gobble it up because it fits their world view. Farther down in the comments here you can find people already claiming that it's a cover-up / conspiracy because the Coroner's Statement (he's black BTW) doesn't jive with what they want to believe.
The comment you are referring to is unedited and ends with a /s Commonly used as a tag for sarcasm in case they thought someone may mistake it for being serious.
Well, cops said cops are innocent. Must be true.
That's not what was said. What they claim is that there are no defensive wounds. The police aren't suspected in this case at this time.
Well yeah. Look at people who try and fail to kill themselves. Usually no fresh defensive wounds. Clearly that's what they're always missing.
Would have to be acknowledged
Would Epstein have been considered Lynched?
There have been numerous apparent lynchings in recent years. But they always say “no foul play expected”
I’m not seeing any mainstream media coverage.
If a white conservative student athlete in a deep-blue area of the country had been shot and killed yesterday for no really apparent reason, it would be the lead story on every single news that exists.
Just like that guy who "killed himself" by wrapping a rope around a tree trunk. Not a tree branch. He was tied to a tree around the trunk by his neck. They called it a suicide. No foul play involved.
Student Found Hanging From Tree At Delta State University
America: How tragic, we must do more to protect students from the pressures of modern life!
Black Student Found Hanging From Tree At Delta State University
America: Probably gang related.
Nah, we immediately think of lynchings.
Would the kkk qualify as a gang?
This happened in my hometown to a skatepark peer of mine. The cops also ruled it a suicide but none of the skaters that knew him believe that.
https://www.blackenterprise.com/delta-university-hanging-reed-student-mississippi/
Since link seems to be broken right now
Wtf...
Interesting.
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