Ms Rachel on Instagram: "Just in 2026. Also what the press did to Dr Jason Arday. My heart is with the Black community. Please be an ally. You don’t have to be perfect. But you need to listen, uplift, speak out and show up."
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680K likes, 12K comments - msrachelforlittles on August 18, 2026: "Just in 2026. Also what the press did to Dr Jason Arday. My heart is with the Black community. Please be an ally. You don’t have to be perfect. But you need to listen, uplift, speak out and show up.".

It’s insane to me that there have been so many cases of black people found hanging recently and they’ve pretty much all been brushed off.

There’s something wrong with the world when a children’s entertainer needs to ask the country to bother caring about it.

  • diablicja@lemmy.zip
    10·
    19 hours ago

    the family admitted that the victims was constantly being bullied, so good chance for suicide there too

    Or, the victim was constantly harassed until being found hanging from a tree, so there’s already a motive and likely a handful of suspects

    According to the CDC about 12,000 people a year hanged themselves

    Any estimates on how many did it outdoors, where they’re likely to be interrupted? See, this is the suspicious part. Basically no-one ever attempts hanging in public. Here, you have seven people over a year and the police just shrugs.

    • VelvetPinkOtter123@lemmy.world
      21·
      17 hours ago

      So this is tough to track but the US NVDRS data says that between 2005-2014 there were 25,270 hangings. 90.7% of those involved hanging, so 22,931.

      The three most common hanging points were Trees (2215), beams, and closets.

      That alone says 221 people hang themselves outdoors every year

      https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29308538/