The death of a young Black man who was found hanging from a tree in Indiana nearly 100 years ago has finally been ruled a lynching, officials said.
Highlights
- George Tompkins’ hands had been bound behind his back, but his death was ruled a suicide in 1922.
- Marion County Deputy Chief Coroner Alfie McGinty: “We will bring justice to something that was unconscionable to me” The U.S.
- Senate only last week gave final passage to a bill to make lynching a federal crime.
- Indianapolis Mayor Joe Hogsett: “It is up to public officials like myself and others to preserve and promote equal justice for all residents of our city” He was found hanging from a tree at about 2 p.m.
- near the corner or Lafayette and Cold Spring roads.