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June 18, 2020

Fear Grows of Modern-Day Lynchings as Six People of Color Are Found Hanged
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Authorities are now probing the recent hangings of six people of color
in four states. Officials have ruled every case to be a suicide, but
many fear some of the deaths might be modern-day lynchings. On
Wednesday, police found a 17-year-old African American boy hanging from
a tree in an elementary school playground in Spring, Texas. On Monday, a
Latino man was found hanged in Houston. Hangings have also been reported
in New York City; Portland, Oregon; and in the California cities of
Victorville and Palmdale. Meanwhile, a hate crime probe has begun in
Oakland, California, after five nooses were found hanging from trees in
the city.


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