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TBF

(31,919 posts)
192. I think it's incredibly amusing and sad
Sat Mar 21, 2015, 10:54 AM
Mar 2015

that there is a brigade of "serious people" following around and jumping on posts in which we even *question* what might have happened here.

Run along good citizens, nothing to see here.

Yup.

. In_The_Wind Mar 2015 #1
The open lynchings are coming back. MohRokTah Mar 2015 #2
The story doesn't say that pscot Mar 2015 #7
IT was a black man who had been missing MohRokTah Mar 2015 #8
It looks awful, I agree pscot Mar 2015 #10
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
I agree. It's a little early to start jumping to conclusions. davidsilver Mar 2015 #64
Yup. F4lconF16 Mar 2015 #12
I hope it wasn't a lynching, don't you? uhnope Mar 2015 #22
I don't believe it was suicide. MohRokTah Mar 2015 #25
Post removed Post removed Mar 2015 #28
I believe it was a lynching. MohRokTah Mar 2015 #31
best just to assume racist murder ? inspiring. NM_Birder Mar 2015 #40
The first post is hidden so you try again - TBF Mar 2015 #90
This is a bit late, but, pangaia Mar 2015 #184
I can't see ANY REASON it should have been disputed. He was onecent Mar 2015 #224
I'm of the same mind. because racism has become so visible lately BlancheSplanchnik Mar 2015 #82
What the hell do you think when you hear a black morningfog Mar 2015 #36
Given the statistics? jberryhill Mar 2015 #50
Given the exact method - TBF Mar 2015 #92
Two things jberryhill Mar 2015 #93
I lived through a time and area heaven05 Mar 2015 #100
From the bubble.... jberryhill Mar 2015 #148
right heaven05 Mar 2015 #162
I think the sherrif in that county is fully aware of that history jberryhill Mar 2015 #191
The entire Sherrif's department is black. B2G Mar 2015 #194
No it isn't Revanchist Mar 2015 #205
Oh, my bad. :-) B2G Mar 2015 #206
ohh, I think so also heaven05 Mar 2015 #214
Ahem, just because facts come out after the OP is written TBF Mar 2015 #114
What the f am I "defending"? jberryhill Mar 2015 #116
We don't need no stinkin' facts. There is a narrative developing that WestSeattle2 Mar 2015 #143
I'm surprised your post wasnt hidden. Making sense and all that. nt 7962 Mar 2015 #169
Yeah people do have a result they "want" treestar Mar 2015 #179
There isn't enough public information to say what the action is mythology Mar 2015 #152
Y'all are defending the system beautifully. TBF Mar 2015 #163
Pleased that we're intelligent, critical thinking adults? Yes, I am. WestSeattle2 Mar 2015 #164
... cwydro Mar 2015 #180
I/we are using our brains, not our lower pangaia Mar 2015 #187
iberry isn't defending anything. pangaia Mar 2015 #186
The article says his hands were not bound treestar Mar 2015 #177
not with Mississippi's track record. nt awoke_in_2003 Mar 2015 #47
This is the track record jberryhill Mar 2015 #51
stating statistics from 2012 awoke_in_2003 Mar 2015 #56
Indeed jberryhill Mar 2015 #60
You bring up valid points... awoke_in_2003 Mar 2015 #62
"A 'secret lynching' heaven05 Mar 2015 #102
your stats? heaven05 Mar 2015 #101
iberry is uning his brain. simple.. pangaia Mar 2015 #189
If you repeat it enough TBF Mar 2015 #226
Why "believe" anything until the facts are out? uhnope Mar 2015 #32
Because it is a natural human reaction. eom MohRokTah Mar 2015 #33
a natural one, true, but not the only one. Not the responsible or helpful reaction uhnope Mar 2015 #35
Nio I find it most helpful. MohRokTah Mar 2015 #37
Crying Wolf as a philosophy, then. It can be dangerous and counterproductive. uhnope Mar 2015 #42
I'm done with you. eom MohRokTah Mar 2015 #59
total deflection and distraction heaven05 Mar 2015 #106
I was going to respond to that poster too uhnope. cwydro Mar 2015 #190
Interesting how that 5th post treestar Mar 2015 #193
Lol. cwydro Mar 2015 #196
+1000 heaven05 Mar 2015 #105
But that doesn't mean it's so in every single case treestar Mar 2015 #195
black sheriff heaven05 Mar 2015 #215
Amazing. treestar Mar 2015 #216
isn't it? heaven05 Mar 2015 #217
how much time have you spent in Mississippi in the past five years? onenote Mar 2015 #228
5 minutes, five years, five generations heaven05 Mar 2015 #229
I agree with you. Did from the beginning. pangaia Mar 2015 #204
It is an uncontrolled, emotional pangaia Mar 2015 #203
Yes, I agree. davidsilver Mar 2015 #65
Amen. Wait for facts. Then react. Midnight Writer Mar 2015 #95
What about the length of time he was missing excludes suicide? jberryhill Mar 2015 #39
He had been at a casino jberryhill Mar 2015 #41
are you joking? nt uhnope Mar 2015 #43
Or, conversely, what could happen in a casino which would lead ... Spazito Mar 2015 #46
Correct jberryhill Mar 2015 #54
he worked at the casino. ND-Dem Mar 2015 #129
Where did you see he worked there? B2G Mar 2015 #131
"riverboat employee" I assumed it was the same thing; maybe wrongly. ND-Dem Mar 2015 #135
That article says his hands were tied treestar Mar 2015 #199
It actually says - a nephew said - that the family had been told - by police - ND-Dem Mar 2015 #219
That's interesting jberryhill Mar 2015 #132
"riverboat employee". I assumed it was the "casino". maybe wrongly. ND-Dem Mar 2015 #136
That's weird because all of the local news reports B2G Mar 2015 #138
Well, Port Gibson is on the Mississippi; population a little over 1500 and pretty poor. Does it ND-Dem Mar 2015 #168
Premature generalization......the FBI will give details shortly. Fred Sanders Mar 2015 #53
Because no human ever committed suicide by hanging. nt Dreamer Tatum Mar 2015 #55
You need to do some reading on American history - TBF Mar 2015 #89
A lynch mob improvising with a bedsheet? jberryhill Mar 2015 #94
What I do know is who loves sheets - TBF Mar 2015 #112
Defense? jberryhill Mar 2015 #115
:>))) good one, again. pangaia Mar 2015 #207
right... uponit7771 Mar 2015 #124
or not. Bonx Mar 2015 #157
HOLY FFFFFFFFFF! JaneyVee Mar 2015 #3
Post removed Post removed Mar 2015 #4
And since the GOP has clearly, unequivocally, declared war against the rest of America villager Mar 2015 #5
We are a nation of 300 million, a horrendous act on one person HereSince1628 Mar 2015 #13
I can see how my response would piss people off, and i am of course saying it primarily NoJusticeNoPeace Mar 2015 #16
of course I am referring to one person lynched HereSince1628 Mar 2015 #23
I don't think your post should have been hidden awoke_in_2003 Mar 2015 #52
Its an incite to riot demwing Mar 2015 #79
I agree but heaven05 Mar 2015 #109
But what about the facts in this particular case? pangaia Mar 2015 #208
I hope that it was indeed a suicide... awoke_in_2003 Mar 2015 #221
Ginning up a race war the way you are, particularly cali Mar 2015 #134
Too logical. pangaia Mar 2015 #211
Your response doesn't piss me off. pangaia Mar 2015 #210
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
The interesting part is that he had jobs since prison etc - TBF Mar 2015 #121
Unless he lost a huge wad at the casino B2G Mar 2015 #123
Has that been released to the public? JustAnotherGen Mar 2015 #166
OMG No rbrnmw Mar 2015 #6
Sad Sherman A1 Mar 2015 #9
This is very scary. I hope they catch the bastards that did this. nm rhett o rick Mar 2015 #11
I assume it is too soon to tell, salin Mar 2015 #14
54-year-old Otis James Byrd, missing for the past ten days countryjake Mar 2015 #15
My God... his name was Otis James Byrd? Cooley Hurd Mar 2015 #17
I thought of that also G_j Mar 2015 #29
yes Skittles Mar 2015 #72
Me either heaven05 Mar 2015 #110
Same thing grabbed me. alphafemale Mar 2015 #69
Also the first connection that came to my mind. MerryBlooms Mar 2015 #71
I thought of that incident before I knew the victim's name AwakeAtLast Mar 2015 #88
Strange fruit. valerief Mar 2015 #18
Beautiful version of that song. byronius Mar 2015 #27
Thank you. bravenak Mar 2015 #44
This song always brings the tears on. octoberlib Mar 2015 #63
ohhhh heaven05 Mar 2015 #111
Haunting...Heartbreaking. n/t libdem4life Mar 2015 #127
Discussion, thoughts, feelings, reactions are what a discussion board is for. I can express libdem4life Mar 2015 #128
Rest in peace, Mr. Bryd. democrank Mar 2015 #19
..... Spazito Mar 2015 #20
I can't... one_voice Mar 2015 #21
It may be a suicide KMOD Mar 2015 #24
It's to early to speculate as to the cause although you might be right. davidsilver Mar 2015 #67
I read that the authorities aren't ruling out suicide Catherine Vincent Mar 2015 #30
Hard to rationalize suicide, it's not a rational process NM_Birder Mar 2015 #38
It is; some info on that at the link below BeyondGeography Mar 2015 #57
Not necessarily. Vinca Mar 2015 #61
In Japan, my Japanese wife mentioned thst Lucky Luciano Mar 2015 #91
Except - it wasn't in Japan JustAnotherGen Mar 2015 #103
Oh - I agree. These circumstances in Mississippi are VERY suspicious. Lucky Luciano Mar 2015 #133
Yeah, there's a creepy website cwydro Mar 2015 #142
this is morbid to say but... wheniwasincongress Mar 2015 #108
Not necessarily. nt cwydro Mar 2015 #119
Recently, here on DU, I read a story of a teacher who hung herself in class. Nuclear Unicorn Mar 2015 #165
... raven mad Mar 2015 #34
Now coming up as Breaking News on CNN countryjake Mar 2015 #45
He was reported missing March 2nd. Vibes to the family. applegrove Mar 2015 #58
Otis... Dont call me Shirley Mar 2015 #66
Poor man. DawgHouse Mar 2015 #68
OMG. That's horrible. Things are just getting worse. :( TexasMommaWithAHat Mar 2015 #70
Didn't see your thread ismnotwasm Mar 2015 #73
OMG DesertRat Mar 2015 #74
Any competent death investigation assumes homicide, until proven otherwise. ColesCountyDem Mar 2015 #75
Omg, what fuck country is this? Fantastic Anarchist Mar 2015 #76
I had to check the date 2 or 3 times before it sunk in. AtomicKitten Mar 2015 #77
Update from WJTV blogslut Mar 2015 #78
Thanks for posting that. Number23 Mar 2015 #80
Too early to officially state, I would imagine. blogslut Mar 2015 #81
But not to early for some duers to decide onenote Mar 2015 #85
I know, right? cwydro Mar 2015 #172
Curiouser and Curiouser - lynne Mar 2015 #83
What. The. Fuck. Initech Mar 2015 #84
The fire this time-nt Anansi1171 Mar 2015 #86
I just heard a brief bit on the radio. Scruffy Rumbler Mar 2015 #87
Oh dear. If it's suicide that's horrible, but way worse in my mind if it's a lynching DesertDiamond Mar 2015 #96
.. Cha Mar 2015 #97
RIP Mr. Byrd JustAnotherGen Mar 2015 #98
tger gopw ants to bring back lynching DonCoquixote Mar 2015 #99
If it was Joe Chi Minh Mar 2015 #104
A couple of things stand out to me B2G Mar 2015 #107
No one ever wears these jberryhill Mar 2015 #118
Yeah, which is why I thought it was weird B2G Mar 2015 #120
We had a suspicious hanging death of a young black teen here in NC recently mnhtnbb Mar 2015 #113
Neither did I believe it Mira Mar 2015 #117
I think this one will turn out to be suicide too. cwydro Mar 2015 #140
It does seem very suspicious to me--difficult to believe a suicide-- based on what I've read. mnhtnbb Mar 2015 #146
There is this... jberryhill Mar 2015 #149
I was referring to the NC 'hanging/suicide' I mentioned in post #113. mnhtnbb Mar 2015 #155
What year is this? SmittynMo Mar 2015 #122
25 years in prison was not enough for the racist bastards, so they hung him. Seeing it B Calm Mar 2015 #125
He was released from prison 9 years ago B2G Mar 2015 #126
Be Calm - let's wait out what happened Mira Mar 2015 #130
Has it occurred to you that the guilt from his actions might have finally overwhelmed him? onenote Mar 2015 #137
It is very frustrating B Calm - TBF Mar 2015 #139
That's quite a conspiracy theory there. NaturalHigh Mar 2015 #159
Wouldn't the lynching be more likely 25 years ago? treestar Mar 2015 #202
Early autopsy suggests suicide wingzeroday Mar 2015 #141
Thanks for that post. Although some here B2G Mar 2015 #144
Well, that's a preliminary finding, so... jberryhill Mar 2015 #145
It seems that the story now is B2G Mar 2015 #147
Police reports are never wrong, and suicides are never faked. LanternWaste Mar 2015 #150
Case in point. nt B2G Mar 2015 #151
Faking an autopsy in a federal investigation would require quite a motivation jberryhill Mar 2015 #153
He was no angel. cwydro Mar 2015 #156
Well you've made your biases clear onenote Mar 2015 #161
Police reports are sometimes wrong, and suicides are sometimes faked. NaturalHigh Mar 2015 #167
Because they are always wrong treestar Mar 2015 #209
Latest I've read is suicide. cwydro Mar 2015 #154
I just read that too. NaturalHigh Mar 2015 #158
Yup. cwydro Mar 2015 #160
He was paroled in 2006 - TBF Mar 2015 #174
Oh my. cwydro Mar 2015 #176
I don't know why they paroled him - TBF Mar 2015 #198
Well, the sheriff there cwydro Mar 2015 #201
Do you actually believe that most convicted murderers spend life in prison? cali Mar 2015 #178
I know they do not. cwydro Mar 2015 #181
Here's a guy who did several years for murdering a woman, recently released. 7962 Mar 2015 #170
Your lies are amusing "maybe a few years ago" - TBF Mar 2015 #173
"Life as usual in the American South." cwydro Mar 2015 #175
"lies"? Oh, bullshit. I said it could've been family of the woman he murdered. 7962 Mar 2015 #182
the murdered woman's daughter is 56, a decorated veteran who moved away, far away onenote Mar 2015 #212
Yep. 7962 Mar 2015 #220
But isn't it over generalizing in another way treestar Mar 2015 #188
I think it's incredibly amusing and sad TBF Mar 2015 #192
I think what happened here is highly in question treestar Mar 2015 #197
That we can agree on. nt TBF Mar 2015 #200
It's Mississippi, where in history lots of black men have committed suicide at the end of a rope. B Calm Mar 2015 #171
Or in this case a bedsheet. cherokeeprogressive Mar 2015 #213
How many reported lynchings used a bedsheet as ligature jberryhill Mar 2015 #223
None that I know of. cherokeeprogressive Mar 2015 #225
I will wait for more facts to come out before drawing any conclusion Man from Pickens Mar 2015 #183
Two thoughts on your comment Mira Mar 2015 #185
thank you for this update on the young man hopemountain Mar 2015 #222
Update from MSNBC mississippi-sheriff-sheds-light-man-found-hanging Eugene Stoner Mar 2015 #218
Doesn't add much - TBF Mar 2015 #227
Any hanging should be reserved for George Bush, same as he treated Saddam Hussein. orbitalman Mar 2015 #230
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