Civil rights leaders question hanging inquest

[Nambe]

BELLE GLADE, Florida (AP)

Civil rights leaders accused the state of using an inquest into the hanging of a black man only to prove that he committed suicide, and of inadequately probing concerns that his death may have been a lynching. ---

But Adora Obi Nweze, the NAACP state president, said the state has refused to consider the possibility of murder, saying: "Today the issue was: 'A suicide was committed. Period."' ---

NAACP leaders questioned why Golden had little or no soil on his shoes after walking across a lawn on a rainy night, and how he was able to climb the tree with a blood-alcohol level of 0.334 percent.

Cohen questioned the chief investigator about rumors that Golden had been lynched and was dating the police officer's white daughter.

Belle Glade Police Detective Steve Sawyers said investigators did not look into the rumors because they felt they had no validity, prompting questions from those watching the proceedings.

One written question handed to the judge read: "Did you not investigate the rumor because you did not think it would get this much attention?" ---


We are going to change history -- we're going to have a ton of fun doing it.

[Sequoia]

1. His hands were untied later?

Maybe he didn't struggle because he was too drunk. How did he drink so much, was he forced? So what if the sheet came from the house. Back in the KKK days where it was a fun thing to do on Saturday night after filling themselves with moonshine and Blue Ribbon they jumped in their cars or on their horses and rode to a house. Seems ole Jim Bob forgot the rope, but hey there's a sheet we can pull off the bed, that'll work. Black man + white woman x The South = lynching.