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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWednesday June 10, Palmdale, CA... Young black man hanged from a tree, ruled suicide.
Robert Fuller is his name.
http://theavtimes.com/2020/06/11/suspected-suicide-body-found-hanging-from-tree-in-poncitlan-square-palmdale-issues-statement/#
Link to tweet
2naSalit
(86,579 posts)And needs to be heard about far and wide.
soothsayer
(38,601 posts)Could of course be a suicide but I understand the family wanting answers.
Alex4Martinez
(2,193 posts)I found out about it on Twitter.
Terribly sad, Palmdale is a very depressing sort of place north of LA but in the lower central valley, dry and oily. (oil wells)
tinrobot
(10,895 posts)Palmdale is high desert, but yes, it is rather desolate and depressing.
The oil is in Bakersfield, on the other side of the mountains.
BamaRefugee
(3,483 posts)MagickMuffin
(15,937 posts)I'm sorry this happened to you, YOU didn't deserve this.
And WOW California.
SWBTATTReg
(22,114 posts)certainly not the answers from the city itself since they seem to be wanting to cover it up. How does one rule this a suicide? That's what gets me ???!!!
soothsayer
(38,601 posts)But I understand wanting some certainty, especially in this racially charged atmosphere.
stillcool
(32,626 posts)of covid-19? Not one mention about facts. Not one mention of race?
Sadly, it is not the first such incident since the COVID-19 pandemic began, city officials said in the statement.
C Moon
(12,212 posts)Lonestarblue
(9,981 posts)C Moon
(12,212 posts)they said those were crow deterrents.
Then, conveniently perhaps, there are traffic cameras but they don't record anything.
From what I read, the city has a some bad history with the neo Nazi movement.
https://laist.com/2020/06/12/robert-fuller-justice-suicide-investigation-palmdale.php
uponit7771
(90,335 posts)smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)This is too sad.
Ford_Prefect
(7,895 posts)If they have indicators that will stand a coroner's review they haven't mentioned a single one.
This is a damn odd place to do it. Suicides are typically a very personal and private event. A tree in front of the city hall is anything but private. Suicide is also the last attempt of someone to control their life and so it is not typically done casually or without some distinct order to the event. If it was Suicide where is the note or last message, or his cell phone? Have they spoken with anyone who knew him?
I don't believe in coincidence especially in situations like this.
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)hope it was suicide or not. It takes a lot of misery to come to this.