BODIES IN THE TREES, SILENCE IN WASHINGTON
When a Hanging Is Ruled Suicide, Who Makes Sure the Investigation Was Worthy of the Dead? I’ve been writing articles for well over 20 years. The first article that I ever wrote for publication came out in 2002 in the Mahogany Review which was based in Ocala, Florida. As a Black journalist, I have witnessed […]
RULED SUICIDE, REMEMBERED AS LYNCHING
Hanging Deaths, Official Silence, and the Return of America’s Oldest Terror There are moments in American life when the facts arrive late, but the fear arrives immediately. A body hanging from a tree is one of those moments. On April 13, 2026, a 19-year-old Latino man was found hanging from a tree on Quackenbos Street […]