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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Thu Sep 18, 2025, 02:04 PM Sep 2025

Family of Trey Reed, 21-year-old found hanging from a tree at Delta State University, calls for an independent investiga

investigation into his death

The death of a Black student found hanging from a tree on a Mississippi college campus this week has left a family demanding answers and civil rights leaders calling for a transparent investigation.

According to officials at Delta State University, the body of Demartravion "Trey" Reed, 21, was discovered around 7 a.m. on Monday by a faculty member near the pickleball courts on its Cleveland, Miss., campus. Classes were canceled on Monday.

In a statement issued Monday evening, Delta State University Police Chief Michael Peeler said that there was “no evidence of foul play and no ongoing threat to campus safety.”

Peeler said that multiple state and local law enforcement agencies, including the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation, were assisting the school in its investigation.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/article/family-of-trey-reed-21-year-old-found-hanging-from-a-tree-at-delta-state-university-calls-for-an-independent-investigation-into-his-death-174916851.html

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Family of Trey Reed, 21-year-old found hanging from a tree at Delta State University, calls for an independent investiga (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Sep 2025 OP
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The state of Mississippi and the federal government cannot be trusted to run this investigation with any impartiality Justice Brandeis Sep 2025 #3
This is an absolute horror. pandr32 Sep 2025 #4
 

Justice Brandeis

(405 posts)
3. The state of Mississippi and the federal government cannot be trusted to run this investigation with any impartiality
Thu Sep 18, 2025, 02:12 PM
Sep 2025

They will just whitewash it and say it was a suicide or an accident, no matter what the facts show.

pandr32

(14,307 posts)
4. This is an absolute horror.
Thu Sep 18, 2025, 02:13 PM
Sep 2025

His family and friends will never be able to get over the way he died and how he must have suffered. This must be investigated until those responsible are found and sent to prison. We must not let this slide.

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