Young Black Man Found Hanging From a Tree – Police Say It Was a Suicide Over the Coronavirus
Outrage ensued after police indicated that a young man black man found hanging from a tree in Palmdale, California, could have been a suicide caused by the coronavirus lockdowns.
The man was found with a rope around his neck hanging from a tree in the city’s Poncitlan Square on Wednesday morning, according to the Antelope Valley Times.
Lt. Brandon Dean of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department’s Homicide Bureau told the Times that all signs pointed to a suicide, but that they would await the results of an autopsy.
On Thursday, Palmdale City officials implied in a statement that the man could have killed himself over “extreme mental anguish” from the coronavirus crisis. . .
Many people on social media questioned whether the man could have been the victim of a racist lynching.
No black man is hanging themself on a public tree in the middle of the night. I’m sorry. I understand suicide is definitely a real thing and many black men deal with mental health issues, but this was not a suicide. This was a lynching. #RobertFuller
— ✨A C A B ✨ (@celestialshawty) June 12, 2020
You search up Robert Fuller, and nothing pops up. WHY ISNT THIS BEING TALKED ABOUT. A 22 year old BLACK MAN WAS HUNG OUTSIDE OF CITY HALL IN PALMDALE. SAY HIS NAME !! THIS FIGHT AINT OVER.
— Renee ⛈ (@MiaaReneexo) June 12, 2020
Call us skeptics for not believing a black man hung up at CITY HALL was just a suicide victim, but its going to take rock hard undeniable proof for you to prove to me Robert Fuller wasn’t murdered. We are waiting @PalmdaleCity #JusticeforRobertFuller
— Codex13 (@codex_isnt_real) June 12, 2020
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