Mother, mother There's too many of you crying Brother, brother, brother There's far too many of you dying Marvin Gaye "What's Going On"
Something's amiss. I feel greatly troubled, because black men have been reportedly hanging themselves in trees, at least four within a year's time span since the year 2025. Black men are not people to hang themselves, for black people know about this nation's history of lynching. It is an abhorrent act to blacks, for lynching has been a way to murder and terrorize black people throughout America's racist history. No, black men are not hanging themselves. I do, however, believe others are hanging them. That's murder.
We are living in a period where the United States, under the direction of a white supremacist leader openly celebrates racist ideologies and takes action accordingly. Racism is ok "again" (aka "Make America Great Again"), nor should racism be rebuked or legislated against in policies, save the erroneous argument against "white discrimination". The idea under this regime is white people are being discriminated against because of D.E.I. policies, whether in education, housing and employment. Consequently, as 34-count convicted felon perverted Donald Trump and his racist entourage continue to sow seeds of division; white supremacists feel emboldened to vamp up atrocities against people of color. After all, is not our federal government erecting concertation camps for illegal immigrants (with detainees experiencing mysterious deaths inside labeled as "suicide") and killing people in political opposition such as Renne Good and Alex Pretti? We are very much like Nazi Germany at this point in time.
Demartravion Trevon Reed (Trey Reed), a 21 year old black student was found hanging from a tree on the campus of Delta State University in Cleveland, Mississippi. His body was discovered early in the morning on Septermber 15, 2025, near pickle ball courts on the college campus. The university and local police declared there was no evidence of foul play, declaring it a suicide--and did so very quickly. His family was left in the dark during the early investigation, and I am uncertain as to how many answers they have received to date.
The "incident" with Trevon Reed occurred within a week after white supremacist Charlie Kirk was murdered; his death was also on a college campus. Immediately upon learning the news of Trey Reed's death, I thought this is "retaliation" all based on racial warfare as perceived by white supremacists. It was not based on what Trey Reed might had done or stood for, but simply because he was a black man. Only because he was a black man. Details would later emerge that Kirk was killed by a white man, but such a fact does not matter to white supremacists. Not at all.
"There were at least 581 lynchings in Mississippi from 1882 through 1968, the most of any state, according to the NAACP. A lynching is a public killing done outside the justice system, usually by a mob that was often aided or ignored by authorities. Nearly all the victims were Black. Tree hangings were frequently used to send a message of terror to the Black community." (statement from The Marshall Project)
In April 2025, Earl Smith, a 58 year old black man from Albany New York was found hanging from a tree. His family believes foul play was involved, yet police ruled it as homicide. At that time, Earl Smith was on a trucking assignment for his employer.
Mario Kaiser Jr., was found dead on April 29, 2025, with a noose around his neck, 50 feet from his apartment complex. Why would someone intending to commit suicide go outside to hang himself, and not within his own apartment? That simply makes zero sense! His family suspects foul play, yet once again, the police ruled it a suicide. No autopsy was ever performed in his case.
Just this past week, Kyle Bassinga (depicted in photo on top of this post), a 21 year old black man was found hanging from a tree in Marietta, Georgia, along a walking trail in a park. Police are stating there is no evidence of foul play, and yet again, ruling it as a suicide. There is very little coverage on this case. Kyle was a student at Georgia State University. Few details have been released to the general public (and probably little to his family as well).
Two, 21 year old black men, both students, found hanging from a tree within a year's span. I am not buying it. In all of these cases, the families have not been satisfied with the police investigations into the deaths of their love ones. These are the hangings of black men which I learned of, but some part of me wonders if there were more of such incidents in the past year. Look at our Department of Justice, Department of Homeland Security, and even our local police--can we trust information dispersed by these people?
What's going on? I would not assume these occurrences to be suicides on face value.
