There is no lynching epidemic in the US
This week, police arrested a second man in connection to the death of 29-year-old Tasia Fortune, whose body was found hanging behind an abandoned house in Jackson, Mississippi, last month. An arrest warrant for a third suspect has also been issued.
TL;DR
- A second man was arrested in connection to the death of Tasia Fortune in Jackson, Mississippi.
- An arrest warrant has been issued for a third suspect.
- Fortune's body was found hanging behind an abandoned house.
- The article states that politicians have cynically used this murder to claim a lynching epidemic.
- The article asserts that this claim is false and used for partisan reasons.