lynch mob
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Lives Lived: Harold Brown was one of the last surviving Black pilots of the Tuskegee Airmen and faced a lynch mob of villagers in Austria after his plane was downed in 1945.
From New York Times ● Feb. 1, 2023
He compared the riot to “a lynch mob of 150 years ago,” and lamented how many Americans have become “hate-filled.”
From Washington Post ● Jan. 27, 2023
Angry readers wrote to The Times in response to my favorable review of the series, insisting I was part of a lynch mob: “Shame on you!”
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 14, 2021
I learned that my fellow Seattleites found equivalency between a lynch mob and a mere Civil War re-enactment.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 29, 2017
I have always felt it right to defend the referee against a lynch mob, especially when attacks became a softening-up tool for clubs to protect their interests.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 13, 2011
