Black man found hanging from tree in Mississippi

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FBI officials are processing the scene and authorities have not released a name.


However, the man was identified by the Claiborne county NAACP chapter and family members as Otis Byrd. He was found hanging in the woods about a half mile from his last known residence, CBS News affiliate WJTV reported.


NAACP officials are calling for an investigation into what happened to Byrd.


"We are calling on federal authorities to immediately investigate the hanging death of Mr. Otis Byrd to determine whether or not his death is the result of a hate crime," Derrick Johnson, the President of the NAACP Mississippi State Conference said in a statement.


The Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division and the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Mississippi have joined the investigation into Byrd's death and the FBI is conducting a preliminary inquiry as well.




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B00Mer

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Ah, yes. Reminiscent of the good old days that Republicans want to return to.

Really Cliffy??

"On June 13, 1866, when the 39th Congress, which was controlled by Republicans, passed the 14th Amendment giving African Americans rights to due process and “equal protection” under law, it did so with not a single Democratic Representative’s vote. When the Senate voted to pass the 14th Amendment not a single Democrat supported it."

NOW!!

Democrats John F. Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson signed into law (after extensive work of their own to get it pushed through Congress) the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

Neither side has the morality card on this debate.

Have a nice day Cliffy, looking like a fool..
 

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Obviously a suicide, because we are reassured there's no racism in America, except for those horrible brown people and women brutalising poor, defenceless white men.
 

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It starts again.

Will it ever end?

Billie Holiday – Strange Fruit Lyrics

Southern trees bear strange fruit,
Blood on the leaves and blood at the root,
Black bodies swinging in the southern breeze,
Strange fruit hanging from the poplar trees.

Pastoral scene of the gallant south,
The bulging eyes and the twisted mouth,
Scent of magnolias, sweet and fresh,
Then the sudden smell of burning flesh.

Here is fruit for the crows to pluck,
For the rain to gather, for the wind to suck,
For the sun to rot, for the trees to drop,
Here is a strange and bitter crop
 

EagleSmack

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Obviously a suicide, because we are reassured there's no racism in America, except for those horrible brown people and women brutalising poor, defenceless white men.


Listen to the ancestor of the most efficient women and baby killers. The Brits knew who to call to instill fear in frontier patriots didn't they?
 

EagleSmack

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I'm not an ancestor of anybody, Smacky.

Do you even know what the word "ancestor" means?


Correction.. descendant.


Best baby and woman killers around back in the day. And real up close like.


We attackum village. Kill manyum baby and women. Kindnappum some for the Francais for trade and boozeum.
 

Tecumsehsbones

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Correction.. descendant.


Best baby and woman killers around back in the day. And real up close like.


We attackum village. Kill manyum baby and women. Kindnappum some for the Francais for trade and boozeum.
See, when you're real, real mad, it's a good idea to slow down and make sure you used all the big words right. Otherwise it makes you look stupid. . .



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