deputies mysteriously
unable
to prevent
abduction
of black
men and women-
routinely tortured
and mutilated
before festive
crowds.
every negro
will be
lynched.
fifteen thousand
gathered
to watch
as he was
burned alive.
every negro
will be
lynched.
the crowd chanted.
one father wanted
to make
sure his
toddler
watched.
every negro
will be
lynched.
someone was hanged
or
burned alive
every four days.
every negro
will be
lynched.
violence-
a part of the landscape.
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