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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Is it more racist to assume it was a lynching because he's black so therefore any death involving a rope -- an accident, happenstance, autoerotic asphyxiation, suicide -- must be a lynching, or to assume that it might not be a lynching because it would be stereotyping and objectifying black bodies to assume any death involving or related to a rope must be a lynching? 😬

I mean there is literally video of him buying the rope that he was found with from Walmart, buying smokes from a smoke shop, which were found next to his body, him driving to where his body was found, and not returning to his truck. There was no signs of assault or trauma. It would be pretty crazy if someone happened to stumble upon him near a tree with a rope and smokes and was able to then lynch him without him resisting.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 days ago

Ah, yes, suicide. Like Epstein.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 days ago

FBI needs to investigate the local sheriff office

[–] [email protected] 32 points 3 days ago (1 children)

This reminds me of those people that commit suicide by shooting themselves in the head six times.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 days ago (1 children)

And then setting the car they're sitting in on fire.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago

And driving said car over a cliff.

[–] [email protected] 39 points 3 days ago (1 children)

There are a concerning amount of not-a-lynchings in this country.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

"Lynching-lite"? "I can't believe this is not a lynching"? "Lynching adjacent"?

What are we going with for the new term?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago

It's only a lynching if it's from Lynch, Kentucky

Otherwise it's just a sparkling hate crime

[–] [email protected] 33 points 4 days ago

I would say this department is full of "bad apples." You might remember the kid being slammed a few years back. Even if the event was a suicide, the community will always wonder. They like to hid stuff and pay corrupt sheriffs.

https://archive.ph/y81I4

https://www.wral.com/story/sheriff-defends-vance-county-deputies-who-got-pay-raises-while-suspended-facing-criminal-charges/20253497/

https://www.wsoctv.com/news/local/video-shows-vance-co-deputy-slamming-dragging-middle-school-student-ground/SEDCS3WR7FHKDC2NGX4HA6T7MQ/

[–] [email protected] 75 points 4 days ago (3 children)

Given that the sheriff in question is black, and that he has requested investigations from outside parties, I think we should give him the benefit of the doubt until the investigations are complete.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Just like internalized misogyny is very much a thing in women, internalized racism is a thing, too. It's sort of like a poor person aligning themselves with the rich against their own interests, if that's easier for you to visualize. All that to say, I agree with the other commenter— that cop is blue.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago

OK, like, MAYBE everyone should quit knee-jerking and claiming being experts off a headline, and maybe this guy is a grown-up who understands the situation more than you do?

I could be wrong. But the pitchfork mentality and outrage addiction is even worse on Lemmy than it was on Reddit, and that's really not a good thing.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago

I'm not saying assume nothing is wrong. I'm just suggesting that it accomplishes nothing to jump to conclusions until all the evidence is available. Is that so unreasonable to you?

[–] [email protected] 50 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 days ago

In addition to...

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Butbutbut... the internet demands instant answers to everything!

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 days ago

I finished ace Attorney in a since day. How do they not know who did it yet?! Are they dumb?

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