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.
“baseless accusation”? Hardly. Reread the article.
Sherrod is the individual who should be issuing apologies. Everyone knows what lynching means, and in this case, we know exactly what is meant by such a description.