On August 29th 2014, Lennon Lacy, a 17-year-old black teenager, was found dead, hanging by either two belts or a dog leash and a belt (depending on which source you read) tied together to form a noose, from the frame of a swing set in the center of a predominately white populated mobile home community in the small town of Bladenboro in eastern North Carolina.

It only took four days for police to declare that Lennon had committed suicide, without investigating to answer the most glaring question: was Lennon lynched?

Let’s break down the details. 

Sources

https://www.themarshallproject.org/2014/12/16/was-lennon-lacy-lynched https://www.wwaytv3.com/family-speaks-out-5-years-after-lennon-lacys-death/ https://www.essence.com/news/naacp-looking-hanging-death-north-carolina-teen-lennon-lacy/ https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/jun/19/lennon-lacy-hanging-north-carolina-fbi-hate-crime https://www.wect.com/2021/01/20/lennon-lacy-fbi-file-how-authorities-determined-suicide-not-lynching/ https://www.facingsouth.org/2014/12/the-strange-death-of-lennon-lacy-another-lynching-.html https://indyweek.com/news/archives-news/march-saturday-honor-lennon-lacy/ https://www.nixapublicschools.net/Page/6741 https://www.fayobserver.com/story/news/crime/2016/06/17/da-closes-investigation-into-lennon/22391792007/ https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/jun/19/lennon-lacy-hanging-north-carolina-fbi-hate-crime https://www.cnn.com/2014/12/15/justice/north-carolina-lennon-lacy/index.html https://www.alwaysinseasonfilm.com/

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