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The case of a lynched Black man in the American South warns the nation about its history of lynching.

The case of a lynched Black man in the American South warns the nation about its history of lynching.

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September 17th, 2026

The case of a lynched Black man in the American South warns the nation about its history of lynching.

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A Black woman was found hanged from a tree in Mississippi, and her death has once again evoked painful memories of the dark history of lynching across the American South.

密西西比州一名黑人女性被发现吊死在树上,她的死再度唤起了人们对美国南方各地私刑那段黑暗历史的痛苦记忆。

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

29岁的塔西娅·福琼的遗体于8月3日在州首府杰克逊一处废弃房屋后方被发现

Jaquez Ratliff, 51, who is also African American, pleaded not guilty to murder charges on Monday.

同为非裔的51岁贾奎斯·拉特利夫于周一针对谋杀指控表示不认罪

Police and prosecutors have so far not disclosed any suspected motive, and they said they expect more arrests to be made.

警方与检察官迄今尚未披露任何疑似作案动机并表示预计将有更多人被逮捕

Regardless of the specific circumstances of this case, for many Black people, the imagery of ropes and nooses evokes the historical legacy of lynching and lynching violence against Black people in the United States, and brings deep pain and trauma.

无论此案的具体情况如何,对许多黑人而言绳索绞索的意象都会唤起美国针对黑人的私刑私刑暴力的历史遗留并带来深深的痛苦创伤

"As Black people in the South in 2026, we are feeling and experiencing things that we also felt in 1956 and 1966, and this should not be happening," Jackson activist Brad Franklin said, speaking about Fortune's death.

“2026年的南方黑人,我们正在感受和经历一些我们在1956年和1966年也曾感受过的事情,这不应该发生,”杰克逊活动人士布拉德·富兰克林在谈到福琼之死时说。

But because this is Mississippi, and because of our state's history of racism, our skin has been hardened to cope with all of this.

但因为是密西西比州,因为我们州种族主义的历史,我们的皮肤已经被磨得很硬,以应对这一切。

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

编者按9月全国自杀意识月

This article contains discussion of suicide.

本文涉及对自杀的讨论

If you or someone you know is in urgent need of help, you can call or text 988 to reach the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline.

倘若您本人您所认识的人亟需援助可拨打或发送短信至988联系美国全国自杀与危机生命线

Fortune's mother, Christie Spivey, stated that she does not believe race had anything to do with her daughter's death.

福琼的母亲克里斯蒂·斯派维表示她并不认为种族与女儿的死存在任何关联

Spivey is white.

斯派维白人

She pointed out that Fortune's father is Black.

她指出福琼的父亲黑人

"I think it's a very personal matter, very personal," Spivey said, insisting that those involved were people Fortune knew.

我认为这是非常私人的事情,非常私人,”斯派维说并坚称涉案者是与福琼相识的人

Over the past two years, about six Black women and men have been found hanged across the South.

在过去两年里南方各地发现了约六名被绞死的黑人女性男性。

In some of these cases, the police quickly ruled the deaths suicidesa conclusion that, when investigators offer only limited evidence to rule out homicide, often invites skepticism rooted in historical experience.

在其中一些案件中警方迅速认定其为自杀——调查人员提供有限证据以排除他杀时往往引发基于历史经验质疑

"I say, let the evidence speak," said Sean Joe, a professor of social work at Washington University in St. Louis and a nationally recognized authority on suicidal behavior among Black Americans.

我说让证据说话,”圣路易斯华盛顿大学社会工作教授全国公认的黑人自杀行为研究权威肖恩·乔表示

"But if you... arrive at a definition or conclusion of suicide, you have to produce some evidence to support it."

但如果你……得出自杀的定义或结论你必须为此拿出一些证据。”

Spivey stated that she firmly believed her daughter could never have taken her own life.

斯派维表示她坚信自己的女儿绝无可能自杀

"Absolutely impossible. Even if she had been able to climb that tree, no, no, she would never, never have done it," Spivey said.

绝无可能即便她能够攀上那棵树不,不她绝对不会,绝对不会,”斯派维说道

In Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, police are investigating the death of 38-year-old Demetrius Eugene Fleming, who died on August 21.

在北卡罗来纳州罗阿诺克拉皮兹警方正在调查38岁的德米特里厄斯·尤金·弗莱明于8月21日死亡的事件。

Police Chief Lawrence Wiggins said on Tuesday that his office is awaiting the medical examiner's report.

警察局长劳伦斯·威金斯周二表示其办公室正在等待法医的报告

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

2月佐治亚州科布县警方在一座公园内发现了21岁的凯尔·巴辛加的遗体

Investigators said no signs of homicide were found; nevertheless, Bassinga's death "reminded many people of the era of slavery and Jim Crow laws," according to Lisa Cupid, chair of the Cobb County Board of Commissioners.

调查人员并未发现他杀迹象,然而巴辛加之死令许多人联想到奴隶制吉姆·克劳法的时代”,科布县委员会主席丽莎·丘比特如是说

In September 2025, 21-year-old Black student Tre Reed died at Delta State University in Mississippi and was ruled a suicide; in September 2024, 39-year-old Dennorris Richardson died in a rural area of Colbert County, Alabama, and was likewise ruled a suicide.

2025年9月21岁的黑人学生特雷·里德在密西西比州德尔塔州立大学身亡被判定为自杀2024年9月39岁的登诺里斯·理查森在阿拉巴马州科尔伯特县乡村地区身亡,同样被判定为自杀。

Richardson's wife, Leigh, stated that she did not believe her husband died by suicide.

理查森的妻子利表示她并不相信丈夫自杀身亡

According to news reports, just as in other cases, a private autopsy was conducted in this case as well, and the results indicated that his death was consistent with hanging.

据新闻报道与其他案件如出一辙此案同样进行了私人尸检结果显示其死亡与绞死相符

Leigh Richardson told ABC News that although her husband suffered from chronic asthma and other respiratory issues that would trigger anxiety attacks, "that was simply not how he would choose to leave this world."

利·理查森告诉ABC新闻,尽管丈夫患有慢性哮喘和其他呼吸问题,这些问题会导致他焦虑发作,“但那根本不是他会用来离开这个世界的方式。”

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

总部位于阿拉巴马州的平等司法倡议组织称,自重建时期至二战期间美国发生了4400多起私刑

In 1955, Emmett Till, a teenager from Mississippi, was lynched after being accused of harassing a white woman, and this incident helped to fuel the civil rights movement.

1955年密西西比州青少年埃米特·蒂尔因被指控调戏一名白人女性而遭私刑处死这起事件助推了民权运动

"These lynchings were public, deliberately public, intended to spread terrornot only to the individual and their family, but to the entire community," said Carlos Hill, a professor of African and African American studies at the University of Oklahoma.

这些私刑是公开的是故意公开的目的是传递恐怖不仅针对个人及其家人也针对整个社区,”俄克拉荷马大学非洲和非裔美国人研究教授卡洛斯·希尔

Hill is the author of the book Beyond the Rope: The Impact of Lynching on Black Culture and Memory.

希尔著有《超越绳索:私刑对黑人文化与记忆的影响》一书

In September, nearly 60 members of Congress signed a letter calling on the Department of Justice to investigate cases of Black people found hanged and to enforce the 2022 Emmett Till Antilynching Act, which classifies lynching as a federal hate crime.

9月,近60名国会议员签署了一封信,要求司法部对黑人被绞死案件展开调查,并执行2022年《埃米特·蒂尔反私刑法》,该法将私刑定为联邦仇恨犯罪。

"At a time when anti-Black sentiment is running high and white supremacy is growing ever more brazen, we cannot stand idly by and let Black bodies hang like strange fruit from trees across this country," U.S. Representative Ayanna Pressley said in a statement.

在这个反黑人情绪高涨白人至上主义更加肆无忌惮的时刻,我们不能袖手旁观任凭黑人躯体这一奇异果实悬挂在全国各地的树上,”美国众议员阿亚娜·普雷斯利在一份声明中

Presley's office said that the Department of Justice had confirmed receipt of the letter but had not yet responded.

普雷斯利的办公室表示司法部已确认收到这封信尚未作出回应

Presley is a Democrat from Massachusetts and the principal author of the letter.

普雷斯利马萨诸塞州民主党人也是这封信的主要起草人

Trent Thompson, 58, who lives in Florence, Alabama, said that recent incidents of Black people being hanged and dying have sparked discussion within the Black community about the death of Nolan Xavier Wells this summer.

现年58岁、居住在阿拉巴马州弗洛伦斯的特伦特·汤普森表示,近期黑人被绞死和死亡的事件,引发了黑人社区对今年夏天诺兰·泽维尔·韦尔斯之死的讨论。

On July 4th, Wells, an 18-year-old Black youth, set out by boat with friends to an island along the Mississippi Sound, yet did not return with them.

7月4日18岁的黑人青年韦尔斯与朋友乘船前往密西西比湾沿岸的一座岛屿未与他们一同返回

Two days later, his body was discovered.

两天后他的遗体被发现

Thompson stated that, given the state's history of racist violence and the public's distrust of law enforcement, scrutiny of the investigation into this case has intensified further, sparking suspicion within the Black community about many cases involving Black deaths.

汤普森表示鉴于该州种族主义暴力的历史以及民众对执法部门的不信任对此案调查的审视进一步加深并引发黑人社区对许多涉及黑人死亡案件的怀疑。

"I am acutely aware of the color of my own skin," he said.

“我对自己所属的肤色有着清醒的认知,”他说道。

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