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发帖数: 1 | 1 Jesse Washington: A Child Who Was Murdered By A City
In 1916, an angry White mob killed Jesse Washington. He was a 17-year old
child whose death was a public event where men, women, and children watched
his torture. It was lynching that would change America and it came at the
expense of a child’s life.
The Murder of Jesse
The following is a summary of Jesse’s death according to Elisabeth Freeman
’s reports, in the article titled The Waco Horror* in the NAACP’s The
Crisis Magazine. Freeman went to Waco and interviewed local authorities, and
witnesses to the murder, contributing to an article that horrified the
people of the United States. The story describes in unforgiving detail the
final days, hours, and moments of Jesse’s life. According to The Waco
Horror, this is what we know:
Jesse was accused of killing and raping his employer, a White woman named
Lucy Fryer. After being arrested, Jesse confessed to the crime and was
quickly put on trial for his alleged crimes. The trial was short and the
verdict from the all-white male jury was delivered in minutes*: guilty,
sentenced to death.
That’s when the mob attacked. Jesse was dragged from the courthouse out
into the street, marched about until the mob had completed the execution
site: a tree where they had built a fire pit. According to Freeman, by the
time he arrived at the tree, Jesse’s genitals had been cut off* and he had
been stabbed multiple times. The article also notes that to prevent him from
grabbing the chain and fleeing the flames, his fingers were also cut off.
The murders then lowered him onto the fire, burning him to death in as
onlookers watched.
In a final act of violence against Jesse, his death was photographed; not
for purposes of documenting criminal activity, but to capture a moment of
excitement for the city of Waco.
That was how Jesse Washington died: publicly humiliated, tortured, and in
his final moments, his death was entertainment for a cruel crowd.
#Black American
#RacialGgaps
#HumanRights
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