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In reply to the discussion: The problem with saying "All Lives Matter" [View all]Igel
(35,300 posts)A bit more common in the SW, where lynchings were often dubbed "necktie parties." A disproportionate number still involved blacks, but not quite so disproportionate.
But there were whites that were lynched. Whenever the community believed that their version of justice wasn't being implemented and had the guts to take the person from law enforcement, it happened.
Note that the Tulsa riots didn't involve a lynching but a thwarted lynching. The guy accused of rape or sexual assault was protected by the bad, evil cops from the whites that wanted to nab him, and later "mysteriously" showed up miles away from Tulsa, safe and sound. Part of the reason for that protection was a general tightening of procedures after a lynching nearby in the previous year--the cops were under orders not to allow another one. (The previous year's lynching victim was white. You probably didn't recall that.)
We tend not to recall things that don't fit the narrative we've built.