Lyin like a rug....married to an open racist..
Like Hillary and EVERY other liberal liar, she just “misspoke”
I think it’s rather generous to assume that she knows exactly what the word ‘lynching’ means.
Hola crapola, another twist.
Father, uncle, brother, friend - circumstances no less depraved nor gruesome.
Maybe Shirley is truly related to Crystal Mangum-—she of Durham, NC. false allegations of rape against some white boys Duke lacrosse team. Liar, pants on fire!
What about her story about her father being murdered by white men even though there seems to be no proof? Was that exaggerated or fabricated as well?
Couldn’t Sherrod’s use of the term ‘lynch’ be considered a colloquial usage?
I would certainly interpret it that way.
No trial. And beat to death before he was even placed in his cell.
Hold on there. This man is saying that her relative was not “lynched” because he was only he was arrested by a sheriff and then *beaten to death on the courthouse steps while allegedly resisting arrest while handcuffed*.
And this is supposed to be a lie because the man wasn’t HANGED?
M dictionary, the venerable Webster’s Fifth, defines “lynch” thus:
To inflict punishment, especially death, upon, without forms of law, as when a mob captures and harms a suspected person.”
To call her a liar because her relative wasn’t hanged is just plain ignorant, ignorant as well as petty and mean. Either you don’t know what the meaning of the word “lynched” is, or you do and don’t care, because you get to insult the woman some more.
Beaten to death in front of the courthouse. Not strictly a lynching, close enough I think. The Spectator should pull this story.
FReepers would do well to read this article before posting. Glancing at the thread heading won’t tell you what you need to know.
What was the full name of Sherrod's father?
Who killed him?
How was he killed?
There is no statute of limitations on murder. If her father was murdered, and assuming it was racially motivated, should not Eric Holder start an investigation?
Freepers should read the entire article because this black man was beaten to death by the sheriff and two thugs. Not a lynching in that he was not left swinging from a tree. But close enough for me.
A minor exaggeration by Shirley Sherrod and maybe she equates a beating with being lynched and she’s not too far off on that.
FROM THE ARTICLE-——>>>>>
It’s also possible that she knew the truth and chose to embellish it, changing a brutal and fatal beating to a lynching. Anyone who has lived in the American South (as my family once did) and is familiar with American history knows well the dread behind stories of lynch mobs and the Klan. What difference is there between a savage murder by fist and blackjack — and by dangling rope? Obviously, in the practical sense, none. But in the heyday — a very long time — of the Klan, there were frequent (and failed) attempts to pass federal anti-lynching laws. None to pass federal “anti-black jack” or “anti-fisticuffs” laws. Lynching had a peculiar, one is tempted to say grotesque, solitary status as part of the romantic image of the Klan, of the crazed racist. The image stirred by the image of the noosed rope in the hands of a racist lynch mob was, to say the least, frighteningly chilling. Did Ms. Sherrod deliberately concoct this story in search of a piece of that ugly romance to add “glamour” to a family story that is gut-wrenchingly horrendous already?
Maybe I’m wrong, but I think being killed by “petitioners” while hand-cuffed and in police custody is worse than being lynched by a mindless, unruly mob.
You can expect no protection from a mob bent on murder. If handcuffed and in the hands of the law, you can. Or should.
Sheriff Screws had a duty to protect his suspect, lawfully apprehended and without incident, and he failed.
In light of the spotlight on racism that is occurring in the press, to call this woman a liar based on a questionable difference between the definition of “lynching” and “beating to death” is wildly misguided. It really makes it sound like beating a man to death is way better than a lynching. Utterly indefensible.
I agree with whoever said they should get rid of this article now.
The author of the article gets the definition of “lynching” wrong, not Sherrod!!
Some of the information in the article may have some value, but for the personal tone it takes and for the baseless accusation of lying, the author owes Sherrod one great big apology, IMO.
Saint Shirley tell a lie?!
Never! Impossible!
/sarc
This is a really outstanding article.