ZeroCool@slrpnk.net to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoBlack man found dead against tree with rope around his neck in NC: 'Not a lynching,' sheriff saysabc11.comexternal-linkmessage-square70fedilinkarrow-up1526arrow-down116 cross-posted to: usa@midwest.social
arrow-up1510arrow-down1external-linkBlack man found dead against tree with rope around his neck in NC: 'Not a lynching,' sheriff saysabc11.comZeroCool@slrpnk.net to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square70fedilink cross-posted to: usa@midwest.social
minus-squareColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down11·3 months agoRead between the lines, from what they revealed. His feet were on the ground. He bought the rope himself. He was found not far from his semi. The rope was wrapped around his neck and not tied together. The guy was doing some self choking to get off. His “safety” was thinking that if he blacked out the rope would drop off him, but it didn’t work.
minus-squaresnooggums@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down2·3 months agoOr intentional suicide. Hard to know at this point since all three can end with a body and a rope around the neck.
Read between the lines, from what they revealed.
His feet were on the ground.
He bought the rope himself.
He was found not far from his semi.
The rope was wrapped around his neck and not tied together.
The guy was doing some self choking to get off. His “safety” was thinking that if he blacked out the rope would drop off him, but it didn’t work.
Or intentional suicide. Hard to know at this point since all three can end with a body and a rope around the neck.