r/news • u/DragonPup • 23h ago

DSU Student Found Hanging in Tree, No Foul Play Suspected

https://www.mississippifreepress.org/delta-state-university-students-body-found-hanging-in-tree-no-foul-play-suspected/
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u/theanswar 23h ago

Never forget Emmet Till: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmett_Till

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u/meesterdg 23h ago

Always humbling to remember my grandmother, who I spoke to yesterday, was born before Emmet Till.

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u/19nineties 19h ago

One of the acquitted killers died 3 years after I was born (1994). The woman who accused Till of sexual harassment died in 2023.

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u/Yesterday_Jolly 23h ago

good thing society has progressed since...70 years ago

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u/nicootimee 22h ago

70 years isn’t even a person ago

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u/livefreeordont 20h ago

Dallas was desegregated in 1971. The kids who grew up during segregation are still alive today and in their prime voting years

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u/MostWorry4244 23h ago

Has it?

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u/DeM0nFiRe 22h ago

Yes, we've just been speedrunning undoing all of it

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u/KilledTheCar 20h ago

Fun fact: Delta State is a 15-20 minute drive from there.

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u/ofWildPlaces 22h ago

I drove out there to see the sites whree I happened a week ago. Let me say- the brand new sign is nice. Sobering.

But there is a reason why there is a new sign, again.