Lynchings in America

This is not ancient history. This is today.

Black and Brown men across the nation are turning up in trees.

Nooses are being found hanging from trees in public parks.

This is a scary time to be a non-white man in America. Several friends of mine are talking about it.

Here's some current news:
In California, Hanging Deaths of Two Black Men Summon a Dark History and F.B.I. Scrutiny
Fake body found hanging from noose near Lake Merritt in Oakland
Noose removed from telephone wire on Deer Isle
'Nooses' in Oakland park were exercise aids, man says
Report Of Nooses In Van Cortlandt Park Met By NYPD Indifference, Bronxites Allege
Noose found at Facebook Data Center construction site in Altoona
Caldwell Co.: Investigating noose hanging in church, tarp taken off Confederate monument
Dummy dressed as NYPD cop found hanging from noose on Jacksonville overpass
Noose Displayed at Fort Worth Home Prompts Community Outcry
A Cloudy Picture of How Rope Turned to Noose in Harlem Park
Sighting of noose in Kelly Ingram Park part of art exhibition, police say
Noose In Marcus Garvey Park Prompts Hate Crime Investigation

Pieces from a NY Times article that I linked above.

In California, Hanging Deaths of Two Black Men Summon a Dark History and F.B.I. Scrutiny
When two men were found hanging from trees in Southern California, the authorities quickly ruled them suicides. After an outcry from activists, investigations were opened.
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“Black people don’t do that,” said Terry L. Scott, a realtor from Los Angeles, about an hour’s drive west, expressing a sentiment shared by many in Palmdale. “They don’t hang themselves from a tree in a public park.”
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There have been at least three other hangings in public places in recent days that were ruled suicides, in Texas and New York City, sparking anguish and questions. A black teenager was found dead near an elementary school in Spring, Texas. A Hispanic man was found dead in Houston. And a black man was found dead in a tree in a Manhattan park.
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Officials in all these cases said there was no evidence they were not suicides.
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In Northern California several nooses were found recently on five trees in a popular park in Oakland, prompting the F.B.I. to open a hate crimes investigation, even as some claimed the ropes were simply exercise equipment.
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“What a privilege for those of us that don’t feel complete fear and terror when we see a rope in a tree,” she said at a news conference on Wednesday. “That is a privilege that so many of our African-American residents do not enjoy.”
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History:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/hist...tice-initiative-reconstruction-racial-terror/
NAACP | History of Lynchings

 

They using it for threats too...
NASCAR investigation underway after noose found in Bubba Wallace's garage stall at Talladega

This is getting surreal

 

this is very disconcerting.

 

In the news... Another hate crime.
Black woman set on fire by white men in Wisconsin

 

Exactly my thoughts!!

 

Hate crime bill in Georgia.
Georgia hate crime bill approved by state legislature - CNN

 

Considering expanding the definition of hate crime in California.
Could racially motivated 911 calls become hate crimes in California?

 

Driving through crowds of black people is something you can get in trouble for now.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/loca...78bf5e-b719-11ea-a8da-693df3d7674a_story.html

 

Threatening to hurt people can be seen as a hate crime.
San Francisco Man Charged With Hate Crimes For Threatening To Shoot Family Wearing Black Lives Matter Shirts