Imagine being a strapping 17-year-old Black athlete from Bladenboro, North Carolina, with dreams of playing collegiate and professional football in your future. Imagine spending an entire summer training, bulking up to 200 pounds, increasing your strength, lateral movement, and overall awareness in preparation for your upcoming season on the West Bladen Knights varsity team. Imagine seeing your handwork pay off, and hearing that you’ve been named a starting linebacker for your squad. Imagine the joy you would feel after crushing your first opponent, South Robeson High School, 42-8 in the season opener. Then, imagine how excited you would be to play your home-opener the following week against the West Columbus Vikings, in front of your family, friends, and classmates. Now, stop imagining, because the boy you’ve pictured in your mind reportedly hanged himself on a wooden swing set in a trailer park. That is the story of Lennon Lacy that we are being told to believe, and if that doesn’t make sense to you, don’t worry you’re not alone. If authorities want us to believe that he hanged himself, they first must explain why both his cheeks, his chin, and his nose were all indented, why there was a knot on his forehead, and why his arms and back had multiple abrasions. Explain why he wasn’t wearing his brand new Air Jordans when he was found, and why the sneakers have gone missing when Lacy reportedly treated them with meticulous attention. This boy, who showed no signs of mental illness, supposedly decided to kill himself after laying out his school clothes and prepping for the big game to come? I’m simply not buying that, but there is a much more logical, and far more devious truth that lies at the heart of this: Lennon Lacy, a young Black boy living in the South was lynched in 2014. thisisyourconscience/2014/11/the-dire-tale-of-lennon-lacy-the-black-boy-who-was-lynched-in-2014/
Posted on: Thu, 06 Nov 2014 22:59:35 +0000
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