I find this case very intriguing. So many questions. First of all, I do not see how this could be thought to be a lynching. Why would anyone care that this boys was dating an old crack addicted prostitute. It would make sense if she was a revered member of society that someone objected to being degraded by a black boy. (In another vein, this woman should be in jail for statutory rape.) Does this make sense? I am curious about the shoes. I could more likely see him murdered for his expensive shoes than a lynching would make sense. That said, were there any defensive wounds found on the boy? He was a strong healthy teenaged boy at his physical prime, a standout football player. I can't imagine him going down without a fight, let alone getting him up there to hang him. Makes no sense. I suppose a gun could have been used, but he would still fight, yell, scream, etc...and there were homes that would have heard anything. Those are mobile homes with thin walls.
Suicide seems much more likely. Funeral the day before. Troubled relationship ending the day before. Teenaged hormones raging. Saying he was out walking to "think." All signs point at suicide at this point, particularly if there is no evidence of a struggle, which I firmly believe this young man would have put up if he was being "lynched."
I suspect the FBI will investigate and agree with the ruling. I just don't understand how this has become a race issue where the NAACP needs to become involved. It's just further race-baiting in my opinion.
