• Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    1 day ago

    Police, for what that’s worth, said

    Which would be about “nothing” without independent confirmation.

    If you still have any trust in the press releases of American cops, let alone those of the worst of ALL states in 2025, you’re fucking delusional.

    You’re right about not jumping to CONCLUSIONS, but you’re dead wrong about having even a modicum of trust in the statements of Mississippi cops before we reach any.

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      17 hours ago

      That’s why I mentioned that the family is rightfully seeking an independent autopsy report. And my whole last paragraph about how fucked up the whole situation is.

      I’m just saying we can’t and shouldn’t be calling it a lynching yet, even if the signs are pointing in that direction. We should absolutely be raising questions and bullying the cops to an acceptable answer.

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        11 hours ago

        The standard of evidence for calling it a lynching outside of a court of law has been met IMO.

        Let’s call a spade a spade.

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      1 day ago

      A black man found hanging from a tree: no foul play suspected

      Statements of the utterly deranged