Just a thought...This man’s suicide could also have been his ultimate activist statement, however false, in that it was meant to cause mass-suspicion of a hate crime. He may have thought that he’d found a way to add meaning to his death but unless proof is found either way, he was just another poor soul who decided to end it all.
Within a couple of sentences, I immediately thought of the symbolism of Martin Luther Drive and hanging black man
I really don't think so. He would have put a bag over his head, put on handcuffs, hit himself a few times - lots of things to make it look like a lynching