Black man was 'decapitated' after saying he was being chased by white men. Cops: No foul play.

[Nevilledog]

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/crime/rasheem-carter-death-mississippi-b2301332.html

One day in October, Rasheem Carter sent a chilling final text message to his mother.

The Black 25-year-old told her he was being chased by a group of white men in pickup trucks while they hurled racist abuse at him.

She never heard from him again.

One month later, Carter’s remains were discovered in a wooded area – his head completely severed from his body, according to the family.

So why are Mississippi authorities saying that there are “no signs” of foul play?

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Rasheem Carter was found decapitated — still no arrests months later even though he gave his mom the name of the individual he was fearful of and told her that he…


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6:48 PM · Apr 19, 2023

[Wingus Dingus]

1. Wow, so how would he chop off his own head?

How does that work, Mississippi law enforcement?

[ColinC]

12. And how does one dig a hole and bury oneself with said decapitated head?

[wendyb-NC]

2. There are no words for this ongoing atrocity

This is intolerable.

[dalton99a]

3. Kick

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

4. kick

[RockRaven]

5. When you close your eyes on purpose, you don't see anything.

[harumph]

6. Mississippi. Godamn.

[Duppers]

7. Zactly.

[druidity33]

18. That was great! Thanks for sharing! K&R, nt.

[oasis]

9. DITTO!!!

[XorXor]

8. The feds need to get in there and have their doctors examine the remains

They should be able to determine if the decapitation was a result of humans doing it, or if it was some sort of animal that did it. I suspect if the local authorities will be going with the explanation that he was having a mental break and then died while in the wood, and then the animals do what they do. Which does happen. There was a case near me a few years ago that played out that way. She even made a similar phone call about being chased.

Get some outside eyes on it ASAP so that they can determine if there is a local coverup and take actions if needed. And if there is no coverup, but just some unfortunate events, then maybe it would help give the family some closure.

[electric_blue68]

10. Uh huh. Yup. 🤬 Will hold final thought since Xorxor brings up a pontentialy valid situation. Out

Outside investigators need to get there Now.


Poor family, and friends.
Poor man.

[ColinC]

11. It's official: the Jim Crow south is back

I don’t give a shit what anybody says. That was a lynching. And it is far from the first in recent years.

[Celerity]

14. It never left.

[ColinC]

16. It needs to be framed in one of those ways

And emphasized imho

[Lucinda]

13. ❤️ ✿❧🌿❧✿ ❤️

[scarletlib]

15. God knows I was born in the South & have lived here my entire life.

My family has roots in Tennessee that go back to the early 1800’s.

All that being said, I hate the god damned South. I hate it’s constant pernicious racism. I hate it’s white supremacy. I hate it’s hard hearted fiscal and social policies.

I hate its States Rights philosophy that never does anything good for anyone.

I hate that other States have now been infected by the South and the hate and meanest are spreading.

[JudyM]

17. More here

Lawyer representing Rasheem’s family calls for DOJ to step in: https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/rasheem-carter-was-lynched-mississippi-doj-cant-look-away-rcna77171

This is the most recent coverage:

(Warning: a bit graphic, showing his skull)

It’s stunning that this is getting so little coverage. Thanks for posting about it, Nevilledog.