FBI to investigate death of North Carolina teen found hanging from swing set
Source: The Guardian
The FBI will investigate the case of Lennon Lacy, the black teenager found hanging in August from a swing set in North Carolina, whose parents have disputed the official ruling that he killed himself and asked whether his death amounted to a modern-day lynching.
It was confirmed on Friday that a federal agent has been assigned to investigate what happened to Lacy, 17, a budding high-school football prospect found hanging in the middle of a predominantly white trailer park in Bladenboro, North Carolina, on 29 August. The move follows a formal request from the Lacy family and from the North Carolina branch of the NAACP to the US attorney asking for the federal authorities to throw their weight behind the investigation.
Pierre Lacy, Lennons brother, told the Guardian that the involvement of the FBI marked a huge step in their search for the truth. We have accomplished a lot even to have the FBI consider looking into this.
Lacy said the assignment of an agent took the inquiry to the next level but added: We are still left waiting to find out where this will all take us.
Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2014/dec/12/fbi-investigate-lennon-lacy-north-carolina
SamKnause
(13,110 posts)heaven05
(18,124 posts)He, besides being who he was racially, was dating a white woman or had some kind of relationship with a white woman in that trailer park. That type of relationship still pisses a lot of the good old boys off. Glad to see the fed doing something.
lib87
(535 posts)This is in a very rural (backwoods) part of NC where I wouldn't doubt for a moment he could have been killed for dating a white teen.
I hope the investigation gets to the bottom of this so his family can have some kind of peace no matter what the findings are.