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The case of a Black man hanged in the South evokes the nation's history of lynching

The case of a Black man hanged in the South evokes the nation's history of lynching

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September 17th, 2026

The case of a Black man hanged in the South evokes the nation's history of lynching

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The death of a Black woman found hanged from a tree in Mississippi evoked painful memories associated with the tragic history of lynching throughout the American South.

ミシシッピ州で黒人女性が木から吊るされているのが発見された死は、米国南部全域にわたるリンチの悲惨な歴史にまつわる苦しい記憶を呼び起こした。

The body of 29-year-old Tasia Fortune was discovered on August 3 behind an abandoned house in Jackson, the state capital.

29歳のタシア・フォーチュンの遺体は8月3日州都ジャクソンの廃屋の裏手にて発見された

Jarques Ratliff, a 51-year-old who is also Black, pleaded not guilty to murder charges on Monday.

同じく黒人である51歳のジャークス・ラトリフは月曜日殺人罪について無罪を主張した

Police and prosecutors have not disclosed any suspected motive, and they say further arrests are expected.

警察および検察当局は疑わしい動機を明らかにしておらずさらなる逮捕が見込まれると述べている

Regardless of the circumstances of the case, for many Black people, the image of a rope and a noose evokes the legacy of lynching and vigilante violence against Black people in the United States, causing deep pain and trauma.

事件の状況にかかわらず、多くの黒人にとって、ロープと縛首索のイメージは、米国における黒人に対するリンチと自警団的暴力の遺産を想起させ、深い苦痛とトラウマを引き起こす。

"Black people living in 2026 are feeling and experiencing the same things they felt in 1956 and 1966.

2026年に生きる黒人たちは1956年や1966年に感じたのと同じことを感じ、経験している

That should not be happening," the Jackson activist Brad Franklin said of Fortune's death.

そんなことは起きるべきではない」と、ジャクソンの活動家ブラッド・フランクリンはフォーチュンの死について語った

"But this is Mississippi, and because our state has a history of racism, our skin has been toughened considerably in order to deal with it."

しかしここはミシシッピであり私たちの州が差別主義の歴史を有しているがゆえにそれに対処すべく私たちの皮膚はずいぶん鍛えられてきた。」

Editor's note: September is National Suicide Prevention Month.

編集者注9月全米自殺啓発月間である

This article contains discussion of suicide.

本記事には自殺に関する議論含まれている

If you or someone you know needs support, the National Suicide & Crisis Lifeline in the United States is available by calling or texting 988.

あなた自身または知人支援を必要としている場合米国の全国自殺・危機ライフラインは、988への電話またはテキスト送信を通じて利用可能である

Christy Spivey, Fortune's mother, stated that she does not believe race played a role in her daughter's death.

フォーチュンの母親にあたるクリスティ・スパイビーは娘の死に人種が関与しているとは考えていないと述べた

She stated that Spivey is white and that Fortune's father is Black.

スパイビーは白人でありフォーチュンの父親は黒人であると彼女は述べた

"I think this is an extremely personal matter, a very personal one," Spivey said, asserting that someone who knew Fortune was involved.

これは極めて個人的な事柄だと思う非常に個人的なことだ」とスパイビーは述べフォーチュンと知り合いだった何者かが関与していると主張した

Over the past two years, roughly half a dozen Black women and men have been found hanged across the South.

過去2年間で南部全域において約半ダースの黒人女性と男性が首を吊った状態で発見されている

In several of these cases, the police quickly ruled the deaths suicides, but when investigators present only limited evidence to rule out homicide, a historically grounded skepticism is often aroused.

これらの事件のいくつかで警察は速やかに自殺と断定したが捜査当局が他殺を排除する限られた証拠しか示さない場合、歴史的に根拠のある懐疑心がしばしば引き起こされる。

"They should present the evidence," said Sean Joe, a professor of social work at Washington University in St. Louis and a nationally recognized authority on suicidal behavior among Black people.

証拠を示すべきだセントルイス・ワシントン大学のソーシャルワーク教授で黒人の自殺行動に関する全国的にも認められた権威であるショーン・ジョーは述べた。

"But if... you arrive at a definition or conclusion of suicide, then you must present the evidence for it."

しかしもし自殺という定義や結論に至るならばそのための証拠を示さなければならない。」

Spivey stated that he was firmly convinced his daughter could not possibly have taken her own life.

スパイビーは娘が自殺を遂げたはずがないと固く確信していると述べた

"It is absolutely impossible.

断じてあり得ない。

Even if she had been able to climb that tree, no, no, she would never, never, never do such a thing," Spivey said.

仮に彼女がその木に登ることができたとしてもいや、いや、彼女は決して、決して、決してそのようなことはしない」とスパイビーは述べた

In Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, police are continuing their investigation into the death of Demetrius Eugene Fleming, 38, which occurred on August 21.

ノースカロライナ州ロアノーク・ラピッズにおいて警察は8月21日に発生したデメトリウス・ユージン・フレミング38歳の死について捜査を進めている

Police Chief Lawrence Wiggins said on Tuesday that the department is currently awaiting a report from the medical examiner.

ローレンス・ウィギンズ警察署長は火曜日署は検死官からの報告を待っている段階である述べた

In February, police in Cobb County, Georgia, discovered the body of 21-year-old Kyle Bassinga in a park.

2月ジョージア州コブ郡の警察は21歳のカイル・バシンガの遺体を公園で発見した

Although investigators stated that no signs of foul play were found, Lisa Cupid, the chair of Cobb County, remarked that Bassinga's death "evoked for many the eras of slavery and Jim Crow."

捜査当局は他殺の兆候は認められないと述べたものの、バシンガの死は「多くの人々に奴隷制とジム・クロウの時代を想起させた」とコブ郡委員長のリサ・キューピッドは述べた。

In September 2025, at Delta State University in Mississippi, the death of Trey Reed, a 21-year-old Black student, was ruled a suicide; similarly, in September 2024, in Colbert County, a rural part of Alabama, the death of 39-year-old Denoris Richardson was also concluded to be a suicide.

2025年9月、ミシシッピ州のデルタ州立大学において21歳の黒人学生トレイ・リードの死が自殺と断定され、同様に、2024年9月にはアラバマ州の田舎であるコルバート郡で39歳のデノリス・リチャードソンの死も自殺と結論づけられた。

Richardson's wife, Lee, has stated that she does not believe her husband committed suicide, and it has been reported that, as in other cases, an independent autopsy was conducted and his death was found to be consistent with hanging.

リチャードソンの妻リーは夫が自殺したとは信じていないと述べており他の事件と同様に私人による検死が行われ彼の死は首吊りと一致することが判明したと報道されている

Lee Richardson told ABC News that although her husband suffered from chronic asthma and other respiratory problems that triggered anxiety attacks, "that is not even a way he would consider leaving this world."

リー・リチャードソンはABCニュースに対し、夫に不安発作を引き起こす慢性喘息やその他の呼吸器の問題があったものの、「それは彼がこの世を去るために考える方法ですらない」と述べた。

According to a report by the Equal Justice Initiative, which is based in Alabama, more than 4,400 lynchings took place in the United States between the Reconstruction era and World War II.

アラバマ州に本拠を置く平等司法イニシアチブの報告によれば再建時代から第二次世界大戦までの間に米国では4,400件を超えるリンチが発生した

The lynching of teenager Emmett Till in Mississippi in 1955, triggered by an accusation that he had made advances toward a white woman, helped to inspire the civil rights movement.

1955年にミシシッピ州で起きた10代のエメット・ティルへのリンチは白人女性に言い寄ったという告発をきっかけに公民権運動を触発する一助となった

"These were public, and they were deliberately public in order to convey terror not only to the individual and their family but to the entire community," said Karlos Hill, a professor of African and African American studies at the University of Oklahoma and the author of "Beyond the Rope: The Impact of Lynching on Black Culture and Memory."

これらは公的であり意図的に公的であったのは、個人やその家族のみならずコミュニティ全体に恐怖を伝えるためであった」と、オクラホマ大学のアフリカ・アフリカ系アメリカ人研究教授で、『ビヨンド・ザ・ロープ:黒人文化と記憶に対するリンチの影響』の著者であるカルロス・ヒルは述べた。

In September, roughly 60 lawmakers signed a letter calling on the Department of Justice to investigate the hanging deaths of Black individuals and to enforce the 2022 Emmett Till Anti-Lynching Act, the law that classifies lynching as a federal hate crime.

9月約60名の議員が黒人個人の首吊り死司法省に捜査させ2022年のエメット・ティル反リンチ法リンチを連邦ヘイトクライムとする法律)の執行を求める書簡署名した

"At this moment, when anti-Blackness is on the rise and white supremacy is gaining momentum, we cannot simply stand by while strange fruitBlack bodieshang from trees across the country," U.S. Representative Ayanna Pressley said in a statement.

反黒人性が高まり白人の優越性が勢いを増すこの瞬間に私たちは黒人の身体という奇妙な果実が全国の木々からぶら下がっているのをただ傍観しているわけにはいかない」と、米下院議員アイアナ・プレスリーは声明で述べた

The office of Representative Pressley, the Massachusetts Democrat who was the letter's lead author, says that although the Justice Department acknowledged receiving the letter, it has not responded.

司法省は書簡の受領を確認したものの返答はしていない書簡の主執筆者であるマサチューセッツ州選出の民主党員プレスリーの事務所は述べている

Trent Thompson, a 58-year-old resident of Florence, Alabama, said that the recent spate of hangings and deaths among Black people had prompted discussions within the Black community about the death of Nolan Xavier Wells this summer.

アラバマ州フローレンス在住の58歳、トレント・トンプソンは近年相次ぐ黒人の首吊り死や死亡事例が黒人コミュニティでこの夏のノーラン・ザビエル・ウェルズの死についての議論を引き起こすきっかけになったと述べた

Wells, an 18-year-old Black youth, joined his friends on a boating trip to an island off the Mississippi Gulf Coast on July 4, but he never returned with them.

18歳の黒人青年ウェルズは7月4日に友人たちとミシシッピ湾岸沖の島へのボート遠足に参加したが、彼らとともに戻ることはなかった

His body was found two days later.

彼の遺体は2日後に発見された

Thompson said that the state's history of racially motivated violence and distrust of law enforcement have intensified scrutiny of the investigation, giving rise in the Black community to suspicions about the many cases involving Black deaths.

州における人種差別的暴力の歴史と法執行機関への不信感から捜査への厳しい目が一層強まり黒人コミュニティでは黒人の死を伴う多くの事件に対する疑念が引き起こされているとトンプソンは述べた

"I am aware of what kind of skin I exist within," he said.

「私は自らがどのような肌の内側に存在しているのかを把握している」と彼は述べた。

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