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The FBI is investigating the hanging death of a black teenager
in North Carolina previously ruled a suicide.
Lennon Lacy, 17, was found hanging in a trailer park in
Bladenboro, North Carolina, in August.
An FBI spokeswoman confirmed that the agency was reviewing the
investigation into his death "at the request" of the local
federal prosecutor.
The state medical examiner initially ruled it a suicide based on
reports from the police and the county coroner.
Lacy's mother, Claudia, wrote an article in the UK Guardian
newspaper in which she said the police failed to fully
investigate her son's death, including not asking why he "was
found with a pair of white sneakers on his feet that he didn't
own and were two sizes too small for him".
His family and the North Carolina chapter of the National
Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) has
called for a federal investigation into his death and is holding
a rally on Saturday.
Bladenboro
The Reverend William Barber, president of the NAACP chapter told
the Associated Press that many questions surrounding Lacy's
death remain unanswered, including why he was found hanging from
a belt he did not own.
"We don't know what happened that terrible night," Rev Barber
said.
A spokeswoman for the State Bureau of Investigation said agents
had addressed all viable leads and a district attorney had
previously said he had seen no evidence of foul play.
Ms Lacy told AP she could not believe her son killed himself.
"When I saw him, I just knew automatically he didn't do that to
himself," she said on Monday.
"I know my child. As a mother, I would have sensed if something
was wrong to the point that he was going to harm himself."
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-30453152
Of course the America media is all over the Jessica Chambers
story where it is highly likely a black male assaulted her and
burned her alive.
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