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It's insane to me that there have been so many cases of black people found hanging recently and they've pretty much all been brushed off.

There's something wrong with the world when a children's entertainer needs to ask the country to bother caring about it.

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[–] Nouvellalia@lemmy.world 39 points 22 hours ago

So far in 2026

Kyle Bassinga — Georgia https://www.cobbcounty.gov/news/statement-investigation-death-kyle-bassinga

Juliana Umba Nzita — North Carolina https://atlantablackstar.com/2026/07/28/family-of-black-charlotte-teen-found-hanging-push-for-more-answers-as-new-records-surface/

To’Nea Nicole Miller — Florida https://atlantablackstar.com/2026/07/01/black-woman-found-hanging-from-tree-near-miami-park-reportedly-sought-help-from-local-organization/

Justice Kai James — Georgia https://www.walb.com/2026/07/20/foul-play-ruled-out-turner-job-corps-student-death-albany-police-say/

Jerard ‘Jay’ Jackson — Michigan https://atlantablackstar.com/2026/07/09/family-of-illinois-man-who-was-found-dead-after-music-festival-suggests-friends-know-something/

Tasia Fortune — Mississippi https://atlantablackstar.com/2026/08/10/person-of-interest-arrested-after-black-woman-found-hanging-behind-vacant-mississippi-home/

Young Black man - North Carolina https://atlantablackstar.com/2026/08/17/police-investigating-black-mans-hanging-as-a-suicide/

2025

Demartravion “Trey” Reed - Mississippi https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/family-black-student-found-hanging-tree-mississippi-campus-seeks-indep-rcna232411

2024

Javion Magee - North Carolina Note: he was found seated against the tree trunk, dead from being hung, with a rope around his neck. Still ruled "suicide". The sheriff: "It was not a noose. There was not a knot in the rope, so therefore, it was not a lynching here in Vance County.”

https://atlantablackstar.com/2024/09/18/chicago-family-rejects-suicide-claim-sheriff-fails-to-shut-down-rumors-of-hate-crime-with-video-release-of-javion-magee-buying-rope/