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In reply to the discussion: A Hanging in Mississippi this afternoon - posted with heavy heart and worry [View all]blogslut
(38,000 posts)81. Too early to officially state, I would imagine.
Horrible, regardless.
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A Hanging in Mississippi this afternoon - posted with heavy heart and worry [View all]
Mira
Mar 2015
OP
TV News headlines and web reports are uninformative. I am also not in favor of headlines that omit a key timeline.
Fred Sanders
Mar 2015
#48
The FBI as well as the state investigative bureau are on scene.THAT's suggestive, unfortunately. nt
MADem
Mar 2015
#26
a natural one, true, but not the only one. Not the responsible or helpful reaction
uhnope
Mar 2015
#35
Well, Port Gibson is on the Mississippi; population a little over 1500 and pretty poor. Does it
ND-Dem
Mar 2015
#168
And since the GOP has clearly, unequivocally, declared war against the rest of America
villager
Mar 2015
#5
I can see how my response would piss people off, and i am of course saying it primarily
NoJusticeNoPeace
Mar 2015
#16
The victim had been missing for a month (edit- 2 weeks?)...body discovered today.....a lot more details are available in ither threads.
Fred Sanders
Mar 2015
#49
Discussion, thoughts, feelings, reactions are what a discussion board is for. I can express
libdem4life
Mar 2015
#128
Recently, here on DU, I read a story of a teacher who hung herself in class.
Nuclear Unicorn
Mar 2015
#165
Any competent death investigation assumes homicide, until proven otherwise.
ColesCountyDem
Mar 2015
#75
Oh dear. If it's suicide that's horrible, but way worse in my mind if it's a lynching
DesertDiamond
Mar 2015
#96
It does seem very suspicious to me--difficult to believe a suicide-- based on what I've read.
mnhtnbb
Mar 2015
#146
25 years in prison was not enough for the racist bastards, so they hung him. Seeing it
B Calm
Mar 2015
#125
Has it occurred to you that the guilt from his actions might have finally overwhelmed him?
onenote
Mar 2015
#137
Faking an autopsy in a federal investigation would require quite a motivation
jberryhill
Mar 2015
#153
the murdered woman's daughter is 56, a decorated veteran who moved away, far away
onenote
Mar 2015
#212
It's Mississippi, where in history lots of black men have committed suicide at the end of a rope.
B Calm
Mar 2015
#171
Any hanging should be reserved for George Bush, same as he treated Saddam Hussein.
orbitalman
Mar 2015
#230