Piedmont Park Hanging – Man found hanging in Atlanta’s Piedmont Park.
A body was found hanging from a tree in Piedmont Park on Thursday, according to the AJC. Atlanta police say that it is not being investigated and the body was the victim of a suicide.
From The AJC:
Officers were called to the Charles Allen entrance of the park just before 5 a.m. and discovered a man’s body hanging from a tree by a rope, spokesman Donald Hannah said.
Emergency officials arrived on the scene and pronounced the man dead, Hannah said.
A Fulton County medical examiner told the AJC that “There were no discernible signs of a struggle or foul play,” Hannah said. And the death “concurred that the death was consistent with a suicide.”
The identity of the man has not been released. However, many men and women have taken to Twitter to call out the suicide as a modern day “lynching”.
I’m not hard-pressed about getting answers from police on #PiedmontParkHanging. All police do is lie.
— Da’Shaun L. Harrison (@_iAmRoyal) July 7, 2016
ATL POLICE DEPT WE NEED ANSWERS!!! Who was this man? How was this ruled a suicide? What evidence do you have? #PiedmontParkHanging @APDInfo
— ree botts. (@reeciology) July 7, 2016
It’s a shame @wsbtv is turning a blind eye. HUGE moment in Atlanta. A blank man hanging in ATLs park I’m speechless #PiedmontParkHanging
— ms. MoyaEm (@RoseLandsGirl) July 7, 2016
I woke up singing Strange Fruit, not knowing that an actual black body was hanging from a tree in my city today #PiedmontParkHanging ?
— ree botts. (@reeciology) July 7, 2016
Update:
According to Straight From the A, here’s a copy of the police report:
Update:
Witnesses say the Ku Klux Klan was spotted passing out flyers before the Piedmont Park hanging. Following the news that a black man was found dead han… Click here for the full story.
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