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This week, Rep. Paul Sherrell, R-Sparta, suggested an amendment to a measure to add alternative procedures for carrying out executions that would include hanging by a tree.
Lethal injection for Tennessee’s death row inmates has been on pause since last April. In the meantime, one lawmaker is proposing the use of electric chairs and firing squads as alternatives. There’s an uproar, however, against an even harsher proposal.
The Criminal Justice Committee, earlier this week, passed a measure to add alternative procedures for carrying out executions.
During the hearing, Republican Rep. Paul Sherrell, R-Sparta, suggested another option.
“Can I put an amendment on that that would include hanging by a tree also?” asked Sherrell.
The remark quickly went viral, as people called Sherrell racist and questioned if he’s aligned with the Ku Klux Klan.
Lethal injection for Tennessee’s death row inmates has been on pause since last April. In the meantime, one lawmaker is proposing the use of electric chairs and firing squads as alternatives. There’s an uproar, however, against an even harsher proposal.
The Criminal Justice Committee, earlier this week, passed a measure to add alternative procedures for carrying out executions.
During the hearing, Republican Rep. Paul Sherrell, R-Sparta, suggested another option.
“Can I put an amendment on that that would include hanging by a tree also?” asked Sherrell.
The remark quickly went viral, as people called Sherrell racist and questioned if he’s aligned with the Ku Klux Klan.
Tennessee Black Caucus calls for resignation of lawmaker whose bill amendment would bring back...
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
..."Rep. Vincent Dixie, D-Nashville, pointed out the hypocrisy in how the GOP responded to this incident compared to how quickly the Republicans called out Rep. Justin J. Pearson, D-Memphis, for wearing a dashiki on the House floor.
“Before we even got to our cars, the GOP already had a statement up. The silence has been deafening from the Republicans right now. We have not heard one thing from them,” Dixie said.
When House Speaker Cameron Sexton was asked about Sherrell’s lynching statement, Sexton just mentioned that Sherrell had apologized."...
..."Rep. Vincent Dixie, D-Nashville, pointed out the hypocrisy in how the GOP responded to this incident compared to how quickly the Republicans called out Rep. Justin J. Pearson, D-Memphis, for wearing a dashiki on the House floor.
“Before we even got to our cars, the GOP already had a statement up. The silence has been deafening from the Republicans right now. We have not heard one thing from them,” Dixie said.
When House Speaker Cameron Sexton was asked about Sherrell’s lynching statement, Sexton just mentioned that Sherrell had apologized."...
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The little-known mass hanging of black soldiers in Texas in 1917
Mildred Europa Taylor March 22, 2019 at 06:22 am
SOURCE :
https://face2faceafrica.com/article/the-little-known-mass-hanging-of-black-soldiers-in-texas-in-1917
A lynching kept out of sight
Pvt. Felix Hall died in the only known murder of its kind on a U.S. military base. How hard did the government try to find his killers?
Story by Alexa Mills
Published on September 2, 2016
SOURCE :
https://www.washingtonpost.com/sf/national/2016/09/02/the-story-of-the-only-known-lynching-on-a-u-s-military-base/
Remembering the black soldiers executed after Houston's 1917 race riot
February 01, 2018 · 4:00 PM EST
By James Jeffrey
SOURCE :
https://www.pri.org/stories/2018-02-01/remembering-black-soldiers-executed-after-houstons-1917-race-riot
*** Lynching has ALWAYS been a special message sent.
CENTER FOR CIVIL AND HUMAN RIGHTS: LYNCHING POSTCARDS OF INHUMANITY EXHIBIT: JANUARY, 2011
https://kathmanduk2.wordpress.com/2008/12/24/center-for-civil-and-human-rights-lynching-postcards-of-inhumanity-exhibit-january-2011/
NSFW: AMERICAN TERRORISM … LYNCHING POSTCARDS : In
the past century on American soil – the estimated 3,436 lynchings of black American men and women between 1882 and 1950
https://cvltnation.com/nsfw-american-terrorism-lynching-postcards/
http://www.cvltnation.com/nsfw-american-terrorism-lynching-postcards/
https://www.amazon.com/Without-Sanctuary-Lynching-Photography-America/dp/ [login to see]
http://www.gettyimages.com/photos/lynching?excludenudity=true&sort=mostpopular&mediatype=photography&phrase=lynching
http://news.minnesota.publicradio.org/projects/2001/06/lynching/page1.shtml
Mildred Europa Taylor March 22, 2019 at 06:22 am
SOURCE :
https://face2faceafrica.com/article/the-little-known-mass-hanging-of-black-soldiers-in-texas-in-1917
A lynching kept out of sight
Pvt. Felix Hall died in the only known murder of its kind on a U.S. military base. How hard did the government try to find his killers?
Story by Alexa Mills
Published on September 2, 2016
SOURCE :
https://www.washingtonpost.com/sf/national/2016/09/02/the-story-of-the-only-known-lynching-on-a-u-s-military-base/
Remembering the black soldiers executed after Houston's 1917 race riot
February 01, 2018 · 4:00 PM EST
By James Jeffrey
SOURCE :
https://www.pri.org/stories/2018-02-01/remembering-black-soldiers-executed-after-houstons-1917-race-riot
*** Lynching has ALWAYS been a special message sent.
CENTER FOR CIVIL AND HUMAN RIGHTS: LYNCHING POSTCARDS OF INHUMANITY EXHIBIT: JANUARY, 2011
https://kathmanduk2.wordpress.com/2008/12/24/center-for-civil-and-human-rights-lynching-postcards-of-inhumanity-exhibit-january-2011/
NSFW: AMERICAN TERRORISM … LYNCHING POSTCARDS : In
the past century on American soil – the estimated 3,436 lynchings of black American men and women between 1882 and 1950
https://cvltnation.com/nsfw-american-terrorism-lynching-postcards/
http://www.cvltnation.com/nsfw-american-terrorism-lynching-postcards/
https://www.amazon.com/Without-Sanctuary-Lynching-Photography-America/dp/ [login to see]
http://www.gettyimages.com/photos/lynching?excludenudity=true&sort=mostpopular&mediatype=photography&phrase=lynching
http://news.minnesota.publicradio.org/projects/2001/06/lynching/page1.shtml
The little-known mass hanging of black soldiers in Texas in 1917
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