News: Piedmount Hanging; KKK involved?

Martyr Of Fame

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ATLANTA - Authorities said suicide is suspected in the death of a man found hanging from a tree in Piedmont Park early Thursday.

Just before 5 a.m., police said security officers found the man hanging from a tree by a rope in Piedmont Park.

"There were no discernible signs of a struggle or foul play. The scene was consistent with a suicide. Fulton County Medical Examiner Investigator Hagar responded and concurred that the death was consistent with a suicide," Jones said in a release.

Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed released a statement after skepticism about the circumstances around the death arose. He said the "disturbing event demands our full attention" and that the case has been referred to the FBI.

http://www.11alive.com/news/local/mi...park/266593354

Many on Twitter are speculating that he was murdered by the KKK. The day before, they were seen passing out this flyer. The next day, he was found hung in the same park. The police didn't even look into the possibility of it being a murder.

montrealxo

apd ruled it a suicide, but the mayor ain't buying it and called in the fbi. so we'll see

but where there's smoke, there's usually fire

Martyr Of Fame

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Originally posted by montrealxo

apd ruled it a suicide, but the mayor ain't buying it and called in the fbi. so we'll see

but where there's smoke, there's usually fire

Interesting. Twitter made it seem like it was recent. Wonder if anything can get done, considering most evidence will likely be tainted.

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The teenager’s hands weren’t bagged when his body reached the medical examiner, which is commonly done to preserve DNA evidence for retrieval by investigators

Yndda

the flyers don't look legit to me but who knows

why would someone fold fliers? if they wanted to hand them out. I've never seen anyone do that before. unless the person who found it had folded it prior to taking the pic… anyway, I'm sorry for the man and his family. if it's truly murder…

montrealxo

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Originally posted by Martyr Of Fame

Interesting. Twitter made it seem like it was recent. Wonder if anything can get done, considering most evidence will likely be tainted.

it happened this morning. that's what makes it so fishy. they haven't even examined the body but already ruled it a suicide

Yndda

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Originally posted by montrealxo

it happened this morning. that's what makes it so fishy. they haven't even examined the body but already ruled it a suicide

it happened at least before 19 june. this guardian link, published 19 june 2016, discusses the hanging

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/...fbi-hate-crime

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Lennon Lacy […] died on the morning of 29 August 2014 just hours before a big game. He was found nearby his home in Bladenboro, North Carolina, hanging from a swing set in the middle of a trailer park occupied almost exclusively by white residents.

montrealxo

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Originally posted by Yndda

it happened at least before 19 june. this guardian link, published 19 june 2016, discusses the hanging

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/...fbi-hate-crime

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it happened this morning

http://www.11alive.com/news/local/mi...park/266593354

Yndda

wait. if it happened in NC, why are there flyers for a KKK group in virginia?

unless it's like, a border town or something

Artemisia

OP posted the wrong article

Piedmont Park is in atlanta

Yndda

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Originally posted by montrealxo

it happened this morning

http://www.11alive.com/news/local/mi...park/266593354

that's a different case from what the OP discusses hun:

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The victim is unidentified but police described him as a black male, 23 to 35 years old.

lennon lacy wasn't even twenty-three, hell, twenty, and the OP talks about lennon lacy, hence the "bladenboro" setting of the article.

the one you're talking about is literally a state away from bladenboro.

… but then that means OP put a twitter screencap that doesn't mention the quote in the OP. I'm sorry, OP, but wottice

Martyr Of Fame

Just updated the link with the correct article. I posted a wrong link I found on twitter about a previous, similar case.

Yndda

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Originally posted by Artemisia

OP posted the wrong article

Piedmont Park is in atlanta

knew there was something wrong

Yndda

now that just makes the KKK flyer even more confusing. what is a virginian KKK group doing in georgia? that's literally two states away. but whatever, it's still a shameful loss of life and I'm sorry for it. R.I.P. I hope the proper justice is served if it's a murder.

RatedG²

So when was this? Today? 2014?

Mike91

I wonder if the right wing will call this what is it? Terrorism. They go on about radical Islamic terrorism but seem to ignore that this type of terrorism exists as well.