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Colin Kaepernick Pays for Autopsy of Black Student Found Hanging From Tree
Last edited Sun Sep 21, 2025, 06:30 PM - Edit history (1)
This is the right thing to do
Colin Kaepernick Pays for Autopsy of Black Student Found Hanging From Tree
— #TuckFrump (@realtuckfrumper.bsky.social) 2025-09-20T20:23:53.000Z
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/09/colin-kaepernick-pays-for-autopsy-of-black-student-found-hanging-from-tree/
NFL star and noted activist Colin Kaepernick is paying for an independent second autopsy for a Mississippi college student who was found hanging from a tree.
Demartravion “Trey” Reed, 21, was a student at Delta State University whose body was found on campus a week ago. The state’s medical examiner ruled it a suicide, but the manner in which he died has sparked suspicion amid heighened racial tension across the country.
“Trey’s death evoked the collective memory of a community that has suffered a historic wound over many, many years and many, many deaths,” Attorney Benjamin Crump, who’s representing the family, wrote in a statement. “Peace will come only by getting to the truth. We thank Colin Kaepernick for supporting this grieving family and the cause of justice and truth.”
Immediately after reports of Reed’s death circulated, civil rights activists pushed for a thorough investigation, citing Mississippi’s long and bloody history of lynchings, including the brutal death of Emmett Till in 1955.
On Wednesday, the Mississippi state examiner conducted an autopsy that ruled out foul play in Reed’s death. The Cleveland City Police Department has reportedly handed their findings over the FBI, which said they’re willing to investigate further if evidence “if, during the course of the local investigation, information comes to light of a potential federal violation.”
Demartravion “Trey” Reed, 21, was a student at Delta State University whose body was found on campus a week ago. The state’s medical examiner ruled it a suicide, but the manner in which he died has sparked suspicion amid heighened racial tension across the country.
“Trey’s death evoked the collective memory of a community that has suffered a historic wound over many, many years and many, many deaths,” Attorney Benjamin Crump, who’s representing the family, wrote in a statement. “Peace will come only by getting to the truth. We thank Colin Kaepernick for supporting this grieving family and the cause of justice and truth.”
Immediately after reports of Reed’s death circulated, civil rights activists pushed for a thorough investigation, citing Mississippi’s long and bloody history of lynchings, including the brutal death of Emmett Till in 1955.
On Wednesday, the Mississippi state examiner conducted an autopsy that ruled out foul play in Reed’s death. The Cleveland City Police Department has reportedly handed their findings over the FBI, which said they’re willing to investigate further if evidence “if, during the course of the local investigation, information comes to light of a potential federal violation.”
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that something like this is even necessary.
So many people in this country are so messed up.