"Bolivar County Deputy Coroner Murray Roark told the Mississippi Free Press that he “saw no broken limbs” on Reed, but did not elaborate due to the ongoing investigation.

“I don’t think I should probably discuss this any further than that, my opinion is that it was self-done, and I have reasons for that,” Roark said.

Should be huge alarm bells there. It's not rare, but uncommon for people to hang themselves in public. Two curious points are immediately being brought to mind with the history of the nation and state behind the scenes.

[–] prole@hexbear.net 22 points 5 days ago (9 children)

https://wreg.com/news/mid-south/coroner-says-no-evidence-of-assault-after-body-found-hanging-on-ms-college-campus

“Based on the preliminary examination, we can confirm that the deceased did not suffer any lacerations, contusions, compound fractures, broken bones, or injuries consistent with an assault,” the coroner’s office said in a statement released Tuesday. “At this time, there is no evidence to suggest the individual was physically attacked before his death.”

I guess the county coroner could be covering up a lynching, but he's also a black man and it seems unlikely given the family will just have an independent autopsy done. Surely the family will make a statement if they saw the body and there were obvious signs of an attack.

[–] 666@lemmygrad.ml 14 points 5 days ago

Let's hope.

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