Tag Archives: lynching

Nashville’s ABC affiliate reports: State Rep. Paul Sherrell (R-Sparta) is now apologizing after comments he made Tuesday suggesting Tennessee’s death row inmates be executed by “hanging by a tree.” Sherrell’s comments took place during a House Criminal Justice Committee meeting Tuesday, discussing an amendment to a bill that would allow death row inmates to be executed with a firing squad. …

CNN reports: A Georgia judge is preparing to sentence the three White men who chased and murdered Ahmaud Arbery after listening to arguments from both the prosecutors and defense attorneys Friday. Judge Timothy Walmsley said he will take some time to look over his notes, then come back to pronounce the sentences for Travis McMichael, Gregory McMichael and William “Roddie” …

Via press release from Texas GOP chair Allen West: Congressman Chip Roy’s comments were inappropriate and unfortunate, no one should infer hanging as a metaphor. While his comments about hanging were dumb, they’re not grounds for resignation. I would advise that the Texas Democrat Party Chairman read American history and remember lynching was a Democrat Party tool of violence and …

The Daily Beast reports: Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) kicked off Thursday’s House hearing on violence and discrimination against Asian-Americans by railing against the Chinese Communist Party and extolling lynchings, saying he takes “justice very seriously.” “The case we are talking about here the tragedy we just saw occur in Atlanta, Georgia,” Roy declared. “I would also suggest that the victims …

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports: A Brunswick father and son were charged with murder and aggravated assault Thursday night in the shooting death of 25-year-old Ahmaud Arbery. They were arrested one day after the GBI’s Kingsland branch opened its investigation into the shooting. A video showing Arbery’s death, posted online Tuesday morning, triggered a dizzying turn of events that increased public …