[Zambini]

Originally Posted by The Guardian ↗

NOT ONE person to speak for him. NOT ONE. We ALL know he most likely did not commit any crime, but was convenient as a scape goat since he was teenaged, and black. Makes me sick to my stomach to think of the fear and pain this BOY was made to suffer.

No, we don't know that at all

He publicly admitted the crimes and plead guilty

[Zambini]

Originally Posted by LadyKnight7891 ↗

He didn't rape or murder anyone. He was a scapegoat for a white person to avoid justice. The fuckers aways used blacks as scapegoats and alway came up with bullshit reasons just to hurry and lynch a black person.

Really? How do you know that?

Sounds to me like you are making that up

[The Guardian]

Originally Posted by Lana-Banana ↗

Savage nature is in all of us regardless of our garb...EVEN in today's "tolerant" societies ...there is a foundation that we all share. When our freedoms are threatened and fear is underpinned by democracy..everyone has the potential to rise up to the very nature we are born with.

But that doesn't make it right. Ever. The people who don't speak up for what they believe is wrong, or for those who can't do so for themselves, are NOT the same as myself. I have made 2 careers as being an advocate for the defenseless and voiceless.

[The Guardian]

Originally Posted by Zambini ↗

No, we don't know that at all

He publicly admitted the crimes and plead guilty

Yes actually, we DO know. IF there had been a FAIR trial, with a Public Defender, AND people who were willing to do the right thing......this would have NOT happened. And a side note here: Even IF he did rape a woman, do you think being slowly burned to death, tortured and publicly humiliated like this fits the crime. NO. This BOY suffered greatly, while people watched and cheered. This BOY died alone with nobody advocating for him. So your point is moot, either way you look at it.

[Zambini]

Originally Posted by The Guardian ↗

Yes actually, we DO know. IF there had been a FAIR trial, with a Public Defender, AND people who were willing to do the right thing......this would have NOT happened. And a side note here: Even IF he did rape a woman, do you think being slowly burned to death, tortured and publicly humiliated like this fits the crime. NO. This BOY suffered greatly, while people watched and cheered. This BOY died alone with nobody advocating for him. So your point is moot, either way you look at it.

How do you know it wasn't a fair trial?

He admitted it.

All you are doing is posting your opinion.

I'm glad people like you that don't believe in the law aren't in charge.

[lovelylucinda]

Truly horrific what so called *humans* can resort too just when i think ive seen it all along comes even more deprevity and evil.this is beyond sick and chances are the poor guy was framed..easy enough in those days all it took was someone to point the finger.oh the black guy did it

[facing_reality]

Originally Posted by The Guardian ↗

Even IF he did rape a woman, do you think being slowly burned to death, tortured and publicly humiliated like this fits the crime.

Actually, I do think it fits the crime. You forcibly rape a woman, you should die... painfully. We don't do the torture thing for numerous reasons, and I agree with that. A quick, painless death still gets 'em dead, without all the hoop-la.

Lynching is a mob activity, acting with a mob mentality. Period.

The one thing I hate... and I mean HATE... about the discussion of lynching, particularly in the U.S., is they NEVER address whether or not the person was guilty. A lot of the times, they were. In many cases, they weren't. The problem is we don't really know since evidence is not on record. They still should've gotten their day in court, but not all of them -- dare I say, "most of them" -- were criminal scum who got what they deserved.

Yet because of a new "mob mentality," history has made all of them innocent victims of racism and prejudice, and act as though all it was all white people in the town. They never mention that often white law enforcement or citizens suffered and/or died trying to stop it, or that the white National Guard usually stepped in to quell it. That sometimes black neighborhoods and newspapers would try to stir up their own mobs by publishing lies, and innocent whites would get murdered as a result, or vice versa.

Focus on guilt, innocence, and process of law. Let the rest of the bygones be bygones.

[badassbaldbastard]

Originally Posted by facing_reality ↗

Actually, I do think it fits the crime. You forcibly rape a woman, you should die... painfully. We don't do the torture thing for numerous reasons, and I agree with that. A quick, painless death still gets 'em dead, without all the hoop-la.

Lynching is a mob activity, acting with a mob mentality. Period.

The one thing I hate... and I mean HATE... about the discussion of lynching, particularly in the U.S., is they NEVER address whether or not the person was guilty. A lot of the times, they were. In many cases, they weren't. The problem is we don't really know since evidence is not on record. They still should've gotten their day in court, but not all of them -- dare I say, "most of them" -- were criminal scum who got what they deserved.

Focus on guilt, innocence, and process of law. Let the rest of the bygones be bygones.

Even if he was guilty of murder our Constitution protects his right to a fair trial. This trial was a sham. He may have very well been guilty and may have even deserved the death penalty, but what happened to him was pathetic, unjust--inhumane.
And before someone goes all, "he signed a confession" on me; do you think every confession ever signed or uttered was true? I seem to recall multiple people confessing to being witches at one point in time. I guess that was true also.

[rob666]

Originally Posted by badassbaldbastard ↗

Even if he was guilty of murder our Constitution protects his right to a fair trial. This trial was a sham. He may have very well been guilty and may have even deserved the death penalty, but what happened to him was pathetic, unjust--inhumane.
And before someone goes all, "he signed a confession" on me; do you think every confession ever signed or uttered was true? I seem to recall multiple people confessing to being witches at one point in time. I guess that was true also.

Looking at the circumstances of the confession, it's not worth the paper it was written on.

You have a Sherrif that stood back while this kid was lynched, because he had an election imminent...... Pretty sure clearing this case was have helped his chances too.

His trial was one hour, the jury took 4 minutes to deliberate, the newspapers had already decided the kid was guilty before the trial even started and praised the attempted lynching before the trial even started.

This is as fucked up as anything you'd see in Africa of the Middle East today.

[Zambini]

Originally Posted by rob666 ↗

Looking at the circumstances of the confession, it's not worth the paper it was written on.

You have a Sherrif that stood back while this kid was lynched, because he had an election imminent...... Pretty sure clearing this case was have helped his chances too.

His trial was one hour, the jury took 4 minutes to deliberate, the newspapers had already decided the kid was guilty before the trial even started and praised the attempted lynching before the trial even started.

This is as fucked up as anything you'd see in Africa of the Middle East today.

All of these are your subjective opinions rob, not facts.

The Facts:

1) He was accused of a crime and tried in a court of law.

2) He confessed to the crime.

3) He was lynched/ hung/ burned as punishment.

The rest is just unsubstantiated speculation.