July 25 is Emmett Till’s birthday, the Chicago-born teen whose brutal lynching in 1955 became a catalyst for the Civil Rights Movement. Then just 14 years old, Till was visiting family in Mississippi when he was falsely accused by Carolyn Bryant Donham of whistling at her and making sexual advances at her family’s store, a […]
In the last few months, it has been lightly reported the hanging of 6 people of color. It has also been reported these public hangings are suicide attempts but the timing, location, their skin color, and investigation reports seem to say otherwise.
Plus, Trump signs executive order banning Syrian and Muslim refugees from entering the U.S. and Georgia police chief apologizes for Black teen's lynching 76 years ago.
Yesterday, a jury found Richards (aka Jasmine Abdullah) guilty of attempting to unlawfully remove a suspect from police custody during that protest. The technical term for the charge she was convicted of is "lynching."
