lynching

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In spite of all that, Diddy's mother recently defended her son on Sunday and accused the media and others of engaging in a "public lynching."

From Salon • Oct. 11, 2024

The law makes lynching a federal hate crime.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 9, 2023

The accusations featured in the 2019 documentary Leaving Neverland, which Jackson's family described as a "public lynching".

From BBC • Aug. 19, 2023

He also said that signing the Emmett Till Antilynching Act, which made lynching a federal hate crime, in March 2022, was “one of the great honors of my career.”

From New York Times • Jul. 25, 2023

Also, we worked on reports and materials that seek to deepen the national conversation about the legacy of slavery and lynching and our nation's history of racial injustice.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson