Black man found hanging from tree in Mississippi
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Coroner: Miss. black man's hanging was a suicide
Updated 12/7/2010 10:57 PM
An autopsy shows that a Mississippi man found hanging from a tree in Greenwood killed himself, according to the Leflore County coroner.
"The cause of death was hanging. The manner of death was suicide," coroner Debra Sanders said. She said the state crime lab faxed the autopsy results to her Monday night.
NAACP: Not satisfied with suicide explanation
Frederick Jermaine Carter, 26, of nearby Sunflower, who Leflore County Sheriff Ricky Banks said had a history of mental illness, was fully clothed, his hands were free, and he had a cigarette lighter in his pocket, Sanders said.
Banks said he found no evidence of foul play and no signs that anyone else was at the scene near the Yazoo River in north Greenwood.
Carter and his stepfather were painting in Greenwood on Dec. 1 when Carter wandered off, which he did frequently, Banks said. He was found hanging from an oak tree two days later.
Banks said a toxicology report is not expected for at least several days.
Many African Americans in Greenwood challenged the initial official explanation of the man's death.
The local NAACP said it is still closely following the case. "I don't know enough at this point in time to accept or reject the decision," said state Rep. Willie Perkins, a Democrat and president of the Leflore County branch of the NAACP. "We'll continue to monitor and watch the situation."
Greenwood, in the Mississippi Delta, is in the same county as Money, Miss., where 14-year-old Emmett Till was infamously lynched in 1955.
Coroner: Miss. black man's hanging was a suicide - USATODAY.com
Some black guy gets caught hanging around a tree and all of a sudden everyone wants to make a federal case out of it. Did they think he was going to steal it?
Blame the GOP!
Call me crazy, I'd say we should blame the guy with the rope.
Damn.
Wait a minute.
Last time I saw Colonel Mustard, he had the rope!8O
Maybe but at the very least they were not Republicans, at least not officially.
I've just been reading this...
Ku Klux Klan - Facts & Summary - HISTORY.com
...did not know that they were formed in opposition to the Republican Congress's reconstruction plan. Interesting.
That is news to you?
Though Congress passed legislation designed to curb Klan terrorism, the organization saw its primary goal–the reestablishment of white supremacy–fulfilled through Democratic victories in state legislatures across the South in the 1870s.
I've been saying that all along.
And this guy was the grand poobah of the WV Klan...
Most beloved by Democrats and died at his seat in office... KNOWING he was a Klan member! Served from 1959 to his death in 2010
That is news to you?
Though Congress passed legislation designed to curb Klan terrorism, the organization saw its primary goal–the reestablishment of white supremacy–fulfilled through Democratic victories in state legislatures across the South in the 1870s.
I've been saying that all along.
And this guy was the grand poobah of the WV Klan...
Most beloved by Democrats and died at his seat in office... KNOWING he was a Klan member! Served from 1959 to his death in 2010
Any resemblance to Barney Fife is purely coincidental .
I remember mom telling me that there was an Eastern Ontario Chapter way back when ----- I believe it.
That is news to you?
Though Congress passed legislation designed to curb Klan terrorism, the organization saw its primary goal–the reestablishment of white supremacy–fulfilled through Democratic victories in state legislatures across the South in the 1870s.
I've been saying that all along.
And this guy was the grand poobah of the WV Klan...
Most beloved by Democrats and died at his seat in office... KNOWING he was a Klan member! Served from 1959 to his death in 2010
Does Eagledick not have any proper historical knowledge on even his own country's history or is this one big troll?
He's acting as if the Democratic party in the late 1800s is the same as the modern day democratic party, when they're entirely different.