Tag: Lynching

Frederica Wilson at a Haiti gender violence prevention briefing in 2012 (image courtesy Unitarian Universalist Science Committee, available under a Creative Commons BY-NC-ND license)

Thugs Target Frederica Wilson With Death Threats (TWEETS/VIDEO/PHOTO)

For most of the last week, Congresswoman Frederica Wilson has been the latest target of Donald Trump's wrath. The congresswoman from north Miami hit...
"Coach" Dave Daubenmire (image from Daubenmire's Facebook)

Religious Right Snowflake Thinks We’re On ‘Devil’s Team’ For Calling Out...

When you listen to religious right radio shows and podcasts, you expect to hear outrageous and jaw-dropping commentary. But what Dave Daubenmire did on...
"Coach" Dave Daubenmire (image from Daubenmire's Facebook)

Fundies Were Calling For Jerry Brown To Be Lynched As Bullets...

Within hours of word getting out that the triggerman behind Wednesday morning's horrific shooting in Alexandria, Virginia was a Bernie Sanders supporter, right-wingers started pointing...
Congressman Al Green (image courtesy Green's Twitter)

Pro-Trump Thugs Want Dem Congressman Lynched For Saying The I-Word (VIDEOS/AUDIO)

To hear the most diehard supporters of Donald Trump talk, you would think that there was an 11th commandment added to the Bible--"Thou shalt...
Rebecca Ferguson performing in Milan (image courtesy Andrea Tarella, available under a Creative Commons-BY license)

This A-List Singer Wants To Troll Trump At His Own Inauguration...

It's no secret that Donald Trump is having a hard time attracting A-list performers for his inauguration. Well, it turns out he may be...

Rope. Tree. Journalist. This Is Your Brain On Trump.

At a Minnesota rally for Republican Presidential nominee Donald Trump a man proudly wore a T-shirt that called for the lynching of journalists. “Rope. Tree....
Michael Folk on the campaign trail with Shelley Moore Capito in 2012 (image from Folk's Facebook)

WV Delegate Who Called For Hillary’s Lynching Gets Suspended From Day...

Yesterday, I told you that Michael Folk, a Republican member of the West Virginia House of Delegates, was in hot water for sticking his foot...
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Black Man Found Hanging From Tree In Atlanta’s Piedmont Park

It's 2016, right? Given a recent disturbing discovery in Piedmont Park in Atlanta, Ga., one would think it's possible space-time ripped and we're all...
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BLM Jasmine Richards (Abdullah) Gets 72-Day Sentence for ‘Felony Lynching’

Jasmine Richards (Abdullah), 29, is the founder of the Pasadena Chapter of Black Lives Matter (BLM). According to The Advocate, Richards was sentenced this...
The courthouse where Emmett Till's murderers were tried (courtesy ww_61's Flickr)

Whoopi Goldberg To Make Movie About Massacre Of Emmett Till

Next Friday will mark 60 years since 14-year-old Emmett Till traveled from Chicago to Mississippi to visit relatives, only to be brutally murdered for...

Authorities Investigating Death Of Another Black Man Found Hanging From Tree

Authorities are investigating the death of 43-year-old Roosevelt Champion III after he was found hanging from a tree in Greensboro, GA. Someone discovered a body...

60 Years Later, Mississippi Tries To Come To Terms With The...

The crime remains one of the most horrific reminders of the Deep South as it used to be: In 1955, in the tiny Mississippi...

7 Disturbing Historical Postcards Celebrating Lynchings In America

This topic was originally covered by a former Liberal America writer. It's been completely rewritten as fresh content, with better sources and videos, for...

Demonstrators Overheard Threatening To Lynch Obama: ‘Hang Him! We’ve Got Rope’

On Wednesday,?a small group of right-wing demonstrators gathered in front of the White House crossed some boundaries as shouts to "hang him" were heard....

NAACP And Family Believe This Black Teenager May Have Been Lynched

On August 29, 2014, a 17-year-old high school student, Lennon Lacy, was found hanging from a swing set in the small town of Bladenboro,...