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The Lynching of James Byrd Jr. | Afro

By Sean Yoes AFRO Baltimore Editor syoes@afro.com The public execution of Ahmaud Arbery in Georgia in February was captured on video; if it hadn’t been, the White men charged with his murder would most likely still be free to this day. On Memorial Day, George Floyd was also publicly executed in Minneapolis at the hands []

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