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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsI got a question from an acquaintance from overseas
Is it true that Black men are being lynched every day all across the U.S.?
No, I replied. But then..
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I got a question from an acquaintance from overseas (Original Post)
question everything
Jun 2020
OP
I truly doubt black men are committing suicide by going outside and hanging themselves from trees
StarfishSaver
Jun 2020
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rurallib
(62,448 posts)1. could depend on how "lynched" is defined
question everything
(47,534 posts)2. He used the term hanging. I know that there was one recent in CA
and some claim that it was suicide but, honestly, have not followed all the gory details.
StarfishSaver
(18,486 posts)3. I truly doubt black men are committing suicide by going outside and hanging themselves from trees
question everything
(47,534 posts)4. Agree. And the FBI is investigating
But this was one comment offered.
https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/15/us/palmdale-hanging-investigation/index.html
Still, I am not aware that there are hanging every day across the country but, as I stated, I have not been following it.
StarfishSaver
(18,486 posts)5. I don't think it's happening every day.
But the fact that it's happening at all is very troubling.
question everything
(47,534 posts)6. It does
bobbieinok
(12,858 posts)8. 2 in CA, 2 (1 a teen)in Houston
As a DUer said earlier, no black would ever commit suicide by hanging self from a tree!!
irisblue
(33,023 posts)7. I have seen 6 reported