Lynching
In the last few months, it has been lightly reported the hanging of 6 people of color. It has also been reported these public hangings are suicide attempts but the timing, location, their skin color, and investigation reports seem to say otherwise.
People continue to demand further investigations.
The two men were found hanging from trees 10 days apart in California, sparking concerns that they were lynched.
Fuller, 24, was found earlier this week hanging from a tree near Palmdale City Hall with investigators seeking to determine if foul play was at the root.
The death of a Black Muslim teen, who was found hanging from a tree in Lake Stevens, was originally ruled a suicide but is now considered "undetermined."
Plus, Trump signs executive order banning Syrian and Muslim refugees from entering the U.S. and Georgia police chief apologizes for Black teen's lynching 76 years ago.
The University of Pennsylvania is on edge over a cyber threat targeting Black freshmen. Investigators identify a University of Oklahoma suspect in an ongoing probe.
The president of the Mississippi chapter of the NAACP is calling for a federal hate crime investigation into an incident in which he claims a noose was placed around the neck of a Black high school football player.
Yesterday, a jury found Richards (aka Jasmine Abdullah) guilty of attempting to unlawfully remove a suspect from police custody during that protest. The technical term for the charge she was convicted of is "lynching."
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Are Black People In America Still Being Lynched?
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‘These Are Not Suicides’: Series Of Suspected Lynchings Come As Nation Protests Racism
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Families Of Robert Fuller & Malcolm Harsch Push Back On Suicide In Hanging Deaths
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#RIPRobertFuller: Protestors Demand Answers After Black Man Robert Fuller Found Hanging In Palmdale, California