I’m not seeing any mainstream media coverage. They’re trying to pass this off as a suicide.

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    If there was a black man hung in Mississippi, odds are that it was NOT a suicide. This is awful

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      “As of this time, there’s no evidence of foul play,” Peeler said, adding that the Bolivar County Coroner’s Office retrieved Reed’s body for further examination. Deputy Coroner Murray Roark, who assisted in the medical review, stated there were no signs of broken limbs and suggested the case pointed toward self-harm, though the investigation remains active.

      Kind of comes over like “We can tell this isn’t a lynching because we always break the victim’s legs.”

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        Not specifically him, but…yeah, pretty much. Lynchings typically involve torture and bodily mutilation. They don’t want to “just” kill someone, they want to send a message. Hiding it as something else kind of defeats the purpose.

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    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.

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    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.

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    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.