AP Invokes Lynching History in Mississippi Hanging Death After Black Man Charged with Murder - NEW YORK TIMES POST
- Tasia Fortune, a 29-year-old Black woman, was found hanging from a tree behind an abandoned home in Jackson, Mississippi, on August 3, and her death was classified as a homicide.
- Police charged Jarques Ratliff, a 51-year-old Black man, with murder; Ratliff pleaded not guilty, and authorities have not announced a motive.
- The Associated Press linked Fortune’s death to the history of lynchings, prompting criticism from Media Research Center host Justine Brooke Murray.
- Fortune’s mother, Christy Spivey, told The Associated Press that she believed the killing was personal rather than racially motivated.
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AP invokes lynching history in Mississippi hanging death after Black man charged with murder - NEW YORK TIMES POST
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AP invokes lynching history in Mississippi hanging death after Black man is charged with murder
The Associated Press faced scrutiny for invoking lynching history in coverage of Tasia Fortune's death in Jackson, Mississippi, after a Black man was charged with her homicide.
AP exploits black woman's horrific murder to lecture America about racism
A young black mother was brutally murdered in Mississippi last month, but the Associated Press seems more interested in browbeating Americans about racism than in finding justice.On Monday, the AP published a video on YouTube that uses the horrific murder of Tasia Fortune, a 29-year-old mother of four, as a pretext to revisit the history of racially motivated lynching.'I don't think this was racist. I think this was something very personal.'"The…
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