Definitely sounds like a lynching to me. The kid was not wearing shoes his size and someone apparently stole the new sneakers he left the house in. He was reportedly very excited to start high school football, so why would he commit suicide? Why walk a third of a mile to kill yourself in the middle of a trailer park?
He lives in an area known for racism and flying confederate flags. And his friend on the team, a young white kid, said that Lennon's dating of an older white woman made people in the area upset.
So how in the world did the investigators wrap this all up so quickly and label it a suicide? Sounds like a small town coverup. Good thing the feds got involved.
http://www.cnn.com/2014/12/15/justice/north-carolina-lennon-lacy/
PS - I wait for the whining about "why doesnt the FBI investigate this white person's death". The FBI would if local law enforcement quickly closed the book on a suspicious death without doing some real investigating. Also, derailing discussion in that fashion is akin to going to someone's funeral in order to bring up someone else's death. Or trying to tell a cancer patient "well what about AIDS.. That's bad too". So let's keep it on topic here.
He lives in an area known for racism and flying confederate flags. And his friend on the team, a young white kid, said that Lennon's dating of an older white woman made people in the area upset.
So how in the world did the investigators wrap this all up so quickly and label it a suicide? Sounds like a small town coverup. Good thing the feds got involved.
http://www.cnn.com/2014/12/15/justice/north-carolina-lennon-lacy/
PS - I wait for the whining about "why doesnt the FBI investigate this white person's death". The FBI would if local law enforcement quickly closed the book on a suspicious death without doing some real investigating. Also, derailing discussion in that fashion is akin to going to someone's funeral in order to bring up someone else's death. Or trying to tell a cancer patient "well what about AIDS.. That's bad too". So let's keep it on topic here.