Man, hung him in a tree. Who would do something this hideous . In my vision, a brownskinned man in a gray casket, i couldnt tell who he was. And thats when i began to call all my children. When i think about the hurt my mom went through, i cant talk about it. The mobile Police Department just didnt want to believe that mobile would still have klan in it. But they did. The fact that klansmen lived across the street from where this happened, it was something that the Police Officers found more to be a coincidence. Michael donald was an innocent, good samaritan, not a thug. The likely suspects were identified. But we had the wrong people. We felt the cops and the klan working hand in hand. Were calling upon mobiles black community to be as cool as possible in response to this murder. Let there be no doubt, the klan is behind this. But you gotta prove it first. The body of a black man has been found hanging from a tree in mobile, alabama. Lynching is a tool to control and oppress black peo
man, hung him in a tree. who would do something this hideous? in my vision, a brown-skinned man in a gray casket, i couldn t tell who he was. and that s when i began to call all my children. when i think about the hurt my mom went through, i can t talk about it. the mobile police department just didn t want to believe that mobile would still have klan in it. but they did. the fact that klansmen lived across the street from where this happened, it was something that the police officers found more to be a coincidence. michael donald was an innocent, good samaritan, not a thug. the likely suspects were identified. but we had the wrong people. we felt the cops and the klan working hand in hand. we re calling upon mobile s black community to be as cool as possible in response to this murder. let there be no doubt, the klan is behind this. but you gotta prove it first. the body of a black man has been found hanging from a tree in mobile, alabama. lynching is a
people were telling me, there ain t no such thing as the klan. michael must have been doing something wrong. the truth will come out, because we ain t going to let it rest. we originally arrested the wrong people. it was my mistake. eventually, mr. galanos realized, he said, look, we re going to go back, and we re going to investigate the michael donald case from day one. behind the scenes, there was a lot going on. there were two separate investigations. one track was the federal track, the other was the state track. we were both trying to get to the same place, following different paths. on the state side, i went to jeff sessions and said, i ve got this guy named bob eddy. he was chief investigator for the da.
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