Ferguson police execute an unarmed 17 yr old boy (Update: Ferguson police chief to resign 3/19)

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Whitelies: Lynching Victim Is Cleared of Rape, 100 Years Later

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In 1906, the lynching of a young black man named Ed Johnson was a public spectacle in the heart of this Smoky Mountain city. Just before he was hanged, he said to the crowd of white men, women and children who were watching: ''God bless you all. I am innocent.''

On Friday, almost 100 years later, in a downtown courtroom here packed with a somber crowd of black and white men, women and children, and with television news cameras recording every moment, Mr. Johnson was vindicated.

Judge Douglas A. Meyers set aside Mr. Johnson's conviction of raping a white woman, saying: ''Something I don't believe the white community really understands is that, especially at that time, the object was to bring in a black body, not necessarily the person who had committed the crime. And I think that's what happened in this case. There was a rush to find somebody to convict and blame for this.''

Mr. Johnson's conviction was highly suspect. The all-white jury in the trial never heard the victim definitively identify her attacker. In addition, a member of the jury physically threatened Mr. Johnson and was not admonished by the judge.

Johnson was murdered on the evening of March 19. A group of men entered the virtually unguarded jail between 8:30 and 9:00 pm and broke through a door using an ax and a sledgehammer, which took over an hour. They then took Johnson to the nearby Walnut Street Bridge, and hanged him with a rope hung over a beam. Around a dozen men, believed to be Sheriff Joseph Shipp and some of his deputies, were actively involved in the lynching, while more spectators gathered around the jail and followed to the bridge.The measure was to act as a deterrent to the city's blacks that resided on the opposite side of the bridge who walked the Walnut Street Bridge daily to go to and from their jobs in the downtown Chattanooga area.
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During Johnson's incarceration there was much public interest in the case, and many people including court officers feared a possible lynch attempt.[1] The day after his murder saw widespread strikes among the black community in Chattanooga. Two thousand people attended his funeral on the next day.[2]
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Johnson while in jail, made a Christian profession and was baptized. He publicly forgave those who were about to kill him. On Johnson's tombstone are his final words "God Bless you all. I AM A Innocent Man." at the top. On the bottom is written "Blessed are the dead that die in the Lord"
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during the trial the victim testified that she “believed” he was the man who attacked her. She was so uncertain that one of the jurors cried out “as God sees you, can you say that he is the right Negro?”

Based more on the testimony of another man who said he had seen Johnson around the location shortly before the attack, the jury convicted Johnson, ignoring testimony of eight people that they had seen Johnson at a local bar all evening.

Sentenced to die by hanging, Johnson’s case was appealed to the federal courts by local African American attorneys. On March 19, 1906, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear his case. As word of the court’s decision got out, groups of men began gathering and talking about taking the law in their own hands.

A group of them stormed the jail and, using sledge hammers, broke into the Johnson’s jail cell. The mob took him to the county bridge and prepared to hang him. Johnson, who by accounts, remained calm, told them, “I am not guilty…I know I am going to die and I have no fear to die.” He then said “God bless you all.” As he was hoisted up and hung, men started firing into his body.
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As Johnson was brought out of the corridor and to the head of the stairs there was a cheer from the crowd awaiting him. About half of this crowd was made up of idle spectators who had done no work at all. Some of these became wildly excited at sight of the Negro and some of them began howling “Kill him now!” The men from the section where the crime was committed, however, had no intention of permitting a shooting in the jail. “To the county bridge,” was the command of the leaders and to the county bridge the march was taken up.

Almost as dramatic as the lynching itself was that walk out Walnut street to the bridge. The men who had taken Johnson from the jail and meant to take his life were around him in a group. They had but little to say and they made no noise. Surrounding them was an excited mob or seventy-five or more who yelled at the top of their voices and pushed each other from one side of the street to the other.

When the bridge was reached it seemed the intention of the leaders to swing the unfortunate negro to the first span.
“The second span!” yelled the mob, and with this demand the leaders complied. When the place chosen was reached two men scrambled up the ironwork and pulled the rope, one end of which was around Johnson’s neck, over the beam. The negro was then given a chance to talk and he was urged to make a confession. To all questions and demands for a confession he would only say, “I’m ready to die, but I never done it.”

Finally it was decided that time was being wasted, and the order to hoist up the negro was given. Eager hands began to pull, but the rope slipped and more time had to be spent in adjusting it. When the hoisting finally began, the now frenzied lynchers could restrain themselves no longer, and a fusillade of shots was turned loose. One of the first bullets cut the rope and the body came tumbling to the bridge floor. Then the frenzied men from the suburban district, every one of whom had a gun or pistol, gathered around and emptied the contents of their weapons into the prostrate negro. When all the firearms had been discharged the Negro was seen to move his head slightly. “He’s not dead!” yelled men close to him, and this was followed up with demands for another gun. Then a big, broad-shouldered man, who had done much of the work, slowly refilled the chambers of his revolver. When his weapon was loaded to his satisfaction, he walked up to the Negro, stood directly over the body and fired five shots into it. This ended the work of the lynchers and they left the bridge so rapidly that the idly curious hardly knew they were going.

Dr. Cooper Holtzclaw reached the bridge a few minutes after the lynching. He said the Negro had been shot fifty times, and any one of the shots was sufficient to produce death. The body lay on the bridge for about an hour. Chapman finally sending a wagon for it.
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A few minutes after an old negro woman came across the bridge. She was by herself and evidently did not know what had occurred until she saw the crowd. When she reached a point close to the dead man she stopped and asked about the lynching. A minute later she edged her way into the crowd surrounding Johnson and looked at his lifeless body. “Is he dead, white folks?’ she asked a number of the mob. On being answered in the affirmative the old woman shook her head and said, “Well, I swan,” and walked on towards the city.
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W. G. M. Thomas of Chattanooga, Tenn., who is in town and who was of the counsel assigned by the curt to defend Ed Johnson "There were times when I had doubts of the prisoner's guilt. The evidence, however, was strong against him. The young woman, when the prisoner was taken before her, would not positively swear that he was the man, but she said she believed he was the man."
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The lynching of Ed Johnson led to United States v. Shipp, the only criminal trial ever held by the United States Supreme Court. Sheriff Shipp and several other men were convicted of Contempt of court and sentenced to 90 days imprisonment. In the court's words, "Shipp not only made the work of the mob easy, but in effect aided and abbetted it."However, when Shipp was released he still swore innocence and was welcomed back like a hero.

Ninety-four years after the lynching, Hamilton County Criminal Judge Doug Meyer overturned Johnson's conviction after hearing arguments that Johnson did not receive a fair trial because of the all-white jury and the judge's refusal to move the trial from Chattanooga, where there was much publicity about the case.
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source: http://www.nytimes.com/2000/02/27/us/lynching-victim-is-cleared-of-rape-100-years-later.html
 
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So, I was just talking to my grandma...her and my mother were in the living room of our house watching CNN coverage of the riots/protests in Hong Kong.

I asked her if there was any coverage from CNN on Ferguson and Mike Brown still...she said "no"

I told her about the tweets I read about the army coming in to ferguson to deal with potential riots, them the GJ on the case who slipped up and said that Darren Wilson would not be charged who said her twitter was supposedly hacked but somehow managed to delete the tweet and her page before this accusation, and that there were protestors being arrested and having their bails increased to the thousands...she looked so surprised.

She told me that she honestly thought that they had stopped protesting and that the trial already happened.

I also told her about cops threatening reporters and telling them to leave the scene...to which she was also surprised

So my question is...Why has CNN seemed to stop covering the events going on in Ferguson completely?

This has shown the power of the internet and the digital age...and how outdated television news media is now...

This also shows that there are more people involved in this cover up other than cops and local governments...
 
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Today In Solidarity (10.5.14): Voter Registration surges in Ferguson in the wake of Mike Brown’s death. The ballot box is not a singular or final solution to dismantling the systems of oppression in Ferguson and beyond, but it’s certainly an important area to focus on. Remember, the current city council/government is disproportionately white due in large part to voter apathy. It’s not too late to get registered, but many state deadlines are coming up this week! For more info visit: VOTE MISSOURI or Rock the Vote.
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loyola llothta said:
Racism doesn't exist.



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Why am I not surprised by this?

I guess we can all stop with the "most white Americans aren't racist...it's a small minority" talk...seriously. Let's not lie to ourselves anymore. We can't afford it as black people.

Deep down inside...damn near all of them believe Mike Brown deserved what he got cause their racism supercedes any sense of rational thought, logic, or anything resembling dignity towards others.

Honestly, had Mike Brown been white...they would of been cheering as if this was something from "V for Vendetta" and this would of been commended on many left wing and alternative media news broadcasts, periodicals, programs, etc...

Nah...their hatred of black people doesn't even allow them to see humanity or justice for others not like them.
 
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