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Warpy

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12. That would be a help, should they exist.

Reply to hoosierspud (Reply #7)

Sat Jun 13, 2020, 12:40 AM

Jun 2020

His phone or computer would also provide a few clues had he been despondent to the point of suicide.

A tree at the courthouse just seems like a very odd place for it. It's much more in keeping with lynching.

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A Black Man Was Found Hanging From a Tree--Residents Don't Buy That It Was a Suicide. [View all] JoeOtterbein Jun 2020 OP

Palmdale...? FirstLight Jun 2020 #1

Very. kimmylavin Jun 2020 #9

Palmdale is 58.6% Hispanic, 22.1 % non-Hispanic white, and 12.3% black. nsd Jun 2020 #18

So, there have been a lot of such "incidents'? BarbD Jun 2020 #2

Hanging. Igel Jun 2020 #16

Lots? Doubtfully. Igel Jun 2020 #17

WTF? this sounds more like satire than truth, heaven help us if it's true KS Toronado Jun 2020 #3

They'd better be able to produce a note Warpy Jun 2020 #4

It's common for a person who takes his life to not hoosierspud Jun 2020 #7

That would be a help, should they exist. Warpy Jun 2020 #12

........ AAAAAAGGGGGGHHHH......................... alittlelark Jun 2020 #5

Bullshit! sheshe2 Jun 2020 #6

whoever gave a cause of death before the autopsy should be fired. mopinko Jun 2020 #8

How horrible for him and his family people Jun 2020 #10

Palmdale is a deep red pocket in California. No fucking way a black man lynched himself. SunSeeker Jun 2020 #11

This story is in the L.A.Times..at link below: Stuart G Jun 2020 #13

OMG why wasn't this all over the MSM news?? Horrific!! onetexan Jun 2020 #14

It's now on first page of cnn.com n/t Lulu KC Jun 2020 #19

Time will tell us the truth. riversedge Jun 2020 #15