Posted on 09/17/2025 3:22:40 PM PDT by algore
CLEVELAND, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi police on Wednesday awaited autopsy results for a Black student found hanging from a tree at Delta State University, in a case that has ignited strong emotions in a state with a history of racist violence.
The 21-year-old student was found near the campus pickleball courts early Monday. While police have said they saw no evidence of foul play, his family is demanding answers and has hired prominent civil rights attorney Ben Crump.
Campus police Chief Michael Peeler released little new information about the investigation at a news conference, calling the death an “isolated incident” and insisting there were no active threats to students and faculty.
“Out of respect for those grieving, we ask for continued patience and compassion as this investigation proceeds,” Peeler told reporters at the Delta State campus.
The chief state medical examiner was conducting an autopsy Wednesday, and Peeler said preliminary findings should be released in a day or two.
Peeler said the evidence includes video footage, but he would not say what it shows and where it came from, citing the ongoing investigation.
“We recognize this is not only about facts,” Delta State President Dan Ennis said Wednesday. “It’s about emotions and about feelings and the way this loss and how it was discovered affects people’s lives.”
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Voila, the corrupt, inept, and quite worthy of a death penalty media has found something to capitalize on. It’ll be interesting to see where this goes, but rest assured that the “right wing” will somehow be blamed. This is coming to a head, and we’ll see what happens.
They are going to claim this was a lynching by white supremacists in order to say “see... both sides do it.” Police have already said it was a suicide, but that won’t matter.
Let the racist spin begin........Then try to curb it after the uproar/
Funny how we are suppose to leap to a conclusion on no evidence on this case. How about the usual suspects act like grown ups for once?
What are the Leftist political cult going to do if after whipping up a media mob this turns out to be a suicide?
Oh that right lie and claim it is a “cover up” by the police.
Let me see if I am reading this and the long history of race hoaxes which falsely insinuate racist attacks against minorities (à la Smollett) correctly: The guy hung himself. No?
As soon as this happened yesterday, I posted that Ben Crump would respond.....
No it is ONLY about the facts. But of course the Democrat Media cult can be relied upon to stir the racial violence pot if the facts don't fit the Democrats political narrative
College students are not immune to suicide. Because there is no mention of any kind of “trouble”, I am betting that this kid took himself out of the game.
Where’s Al Sharpton? Maybe even he doesn’t believe this was some lynching.
See fake hate crimes dot org.
Hanged himself. The guy hanged himself.
The guy hung himself. No?
Hanged himself. The guy hanged himself.
Railroad workers, “We heard you was hung!”
Sheriff Bart, “I am!”
Horses are hung, people are hanged ;-)
If I could have hung myself, things would have turned out differently, let me tell you.
When I hear things like this I smell Rats. With a capital "R".
They are going to hash, rehash, rehash the rehash, and bounce the rubble of the facts until nobody knows what the facts are, and they find a way to work the Leftists up to do battle and engage in violence.
The Republicans went to war to stop the lynchings.
Only a matter of a few days before Whitey is blamed.
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