Yanks gonna yank
this post was submitted on 19 Aug 2026
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Black π People π Don't π Hang π Themselves π From π Trees π
Nightmare on Elmstreet police department, find a dozen kids clawed to death and skinned in their own beds with no sharp objects near any of them and say it was a rash of suicides.
So far in 2026
Kyle Bassinga β Georgia https://www.cobbcounty.gov/news/statement-investigation-death-kyle-bassinga
Juliana Umba Nzita β North Carolina https://atlantablackstar.com/2026/07/28/family-of-black-charlotte-teen-found-hanging-push-for-more-answers-as-new-records-surface/
ToβNea Nicole Miller β 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 β Georgia https://www.walb.com/2026/07/20/foul-play-ruled-out-turner-job-corps-student-death-albany-police-say/
Jerard βJayβ Jackson β Michigan https://atlantablackstar.com/2026/07/09/family-of-illinois-man-who-was-found-dead-after-music-festival-suggests-friends-know-something/
Tasia Fortune β 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 βTreyβ 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.β
Wtf !? Are we back to the kkk era ?
they just don't have to hide their faces anymore.
Black communities should put up their own version of Flock cameras, strategically placed to watch trees. ...Unfortunately, this isn't a joke. Seriously, communities would have to take action outside of the law, because the law is Klan aligned. π¦
The last time black people raised up to protect their neighborhood with the black panthers, we all saw what happened.
CIA propaganda made them out to be the bad guys. Imagine that.
The Trump Regime is gonna do that anyways.
The mass surveillance is being run by the klan
Good on her, and sad she's needing to speak out on this.
As far as I'm concerned the cops in these cases are complicit
For sure. When there's no ladder on site, no low branches so it would be an extremely difficult tree to climb by yourself, and they're calling it a suicide the next morning you know they didn't bother to investigate.
I guess they can be pretty sure what happened if they were there at the time
At best they didn't bother to investigate and at worst they know who did it and support it. Knowing the behavior of American police I'm unable to narrow it down from there.
Black people don't hang themselves from trees
Well spoken ms Rachel.
And if you π«΅ think you don't get it, let it sink in a little longer.
i hadn't even heard of one hanging recently, cause I'm not a news reader. i just looked it up
it's absolutely insane they were all ruled suicide.
Yeah. No real investigations, all called suicides. Such little attention and coverage that we need a children's entertainer to bring it up.
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Wow, I never actually listened to this song's lyrics, so I never made this connection until now. It was always playing in the background on a Nina Simone Pandora station while I was at work (bartending at a restaurant) when I heard it before.
Thanks for sharing.
Welcome to the world we live in now. The US and large swaths of the world are going fascist but I saw a guy on the news yesterday that was knocked down by a buffalo.
I'm not on Instagram and can't watch any more than a few seconds before it tries to force me to login. Anyone have an alternate link?
picuki.site is how I view Instagram links
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