Reread the article.
“And that sheriff was Claude Screws. Claude Screws lynched a black man.” - Ms. Sherrod
Are you saying that the truth doesn’t matter? Are you saying that a public official doesn’t have to be accurate in discussing historical incidents involving murder?
Well, I guess our law enforcement officers shouldn’t worry about whether or not a person was murder by way of drowning, or stabbing, or being thrown off of a cliff, or shot. All we need to know is that the victim was murdered. After all, who needs the facts? /s
In the broad sense inspired by the great Mr. Lynch, this is close enough. Deadly “street justice” enabled for the sake of racist ideals. You can quibble and even sub-quibble (did they simply want to make the victim miserable and not actually kill him) but it’s pretty darn unseemly and obscures much larger points.
Are you saying that the man wasn’t lynched?