Representative Ayanna Pressley Co-Signs Letter Demanding Federal Investigation into Alleged Lynchings
Representative Ayanna Pressley, a member of 'The Squad,' along with 59 other Democratic lawmakers, co-signed a letter calling for a federal investigation into what they described as a 'spate of supposed lynchings' of Black individuals across the United States. The letter expressed alarm over reports of Black people found hanging from trees in various states, including Mississippi, Michigan, and New York. The signatories stated that 'the series of deaths raises significant suspicion of foul play given the role of lynching in our nation’s history' and deemed the situation a 'national crisis.' They insisted that inaction by the federal government would be 'tantamount to complicity.' Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, another signatory, supported the letter, citing 10 reported hangings of Black people this year and emphasizing the need to address 'widespread modern-day lynchings and put a stop to this racial terror.' However, some sources suggest that many of these incidents were ruled suicides by local ...
