Atlanta police find black man hanging from park tree
Click here for reuse options!Reed’s statement was issued Thursday afternoon, hours after social media users expressed outrage about the Atlanta Police Department’s contention the scene was consistent with a suicide. An autopsy has not been performed.
Piedmont Park became a trending topic on Twitter, where some users called the death “another modern-day lynching.”
“I am deeply saddened by the loss of a young man’s life last night in Piedmont Park,” Reed said. “This disturbing event demands our full attention. The Atlanta Police Department (APD) is conducting a robust investigation into his death and I have asked to receive regular briefings on the status of the investigation.”
Officers were called to the Charles Allen entrance of the park just before 5 a.m. Thursday and discovered a man’s body hanging from a tree by a rope, police spokesman Donald Hannah said.
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Donkey Hotay ✓ᵛᵉʳᶦᶠᶦᵉᵈ July 8th, 2016 at 16:48
Hands tied behind his back, 10 feet in the air.
Police called it a suicide.
Jimmy Fleck July 8th, 2016 at 16:56
http://www.ajc.com/news/news/local/piedmont-park-hanging-what-we-know/nrtkQ/
Can you tell us where you found the information of his hands being tied behind his back and being 10 feet in the air?
Donkey Hotay ✓ᵛᵉʳᶦᶠᶦᵉᵈ July 8th, 2016 at 17:03
It was sarcasm, son … dark sarcasm.
Jimmy Fleck July 8th, 2016 at 18:03
Sorry – I totally missed that. It is hard to tell with some people around here…
Samira Burkett July 9th, 2016 at 05:05
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whatthe46 July 8th, 2016 at 17:07
Suicide?!!!
Gina Bousquet July 8th, 2016 at 18:17
An autopsy has not been performed…Isn’t it mandatory in violent death cases?
amersham1046 July 8th, 2016 at 18:50
‘ consistent with a suicide’ but in the good old days it was called a lynching