in the state dating between 1854 and 1933, saying they were denied legal due process against the allegations they faced.signed the order at an event honoring Howard Cooper, a 15-year-old who was dragged from a jailhouse and hanged from a tree by a mob of white men in 1885 before his attorneys could file an appeal of a rape conviction that an all-white jury reached within minutes.
House Speaker Adrienne Jones, the state's first Black and first female House speaker, described it as an important day when the governor, Attorney General Brian Frosh and Baltimore County Executive Johnny Olszewski — all white men — came together to “say that this was wrong ... in order to move forward into the next chapter."
The sign unveiled Saturday said Cooper's body was left hanging from a sycamore tree “so angry white residents and local train passengers could see his corpse.” In 2019, a marker in Annapolis, the state capital, commemorated the five known Black men who were hanged or fatally shot without trial in Maryland's Anne Arundel County.Will Schwarz, who is president of the memorial project, described the posthumous pardons as a powerful moment in acknowledging the truth — a critical step toward reconciliation. He said the history of racial terror lynching in the United States has been ignored for so long that most people don’t know the scale of the problem.
Pardoning people who were never convicted of anything is not just performative, it is hurtful.
This is morally right - and smart politics for a potential Rep presidential candidate.
Kind of feel like there are more important things to be working on
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A little late, don't you think?...
dum dum dum dum dum
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Now do Rand Paul blocking passage of the anti Lynching bill in 2021 🛑
Larry is running for President. He thinks this will help get off the Republican stink
My Question Is...What happened to the Perpetrators? The Victims Don't Need Pardons, They Need Restorative Justice in some form or fashion!
The Bible condemns all White supremacy 2 cor 5:16 So from now on we know no man from a fleshly viewpoint. Rom 8:13 for if you live according to the flesh, you are sure to die To be with Jesus one must stop being Black, White,Hispanic or Asian and be born again to be a Christian.
So in about 150 years time in the future you'll fix systemic racism is what I'm understanding, right?
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Bout time.
White supremacy at its finest when is this ever going to end
Awww, that’s nice. I’m sure they really appreciate that.
I’m sure that very comforting to them.
Bravo. Let’s do more!! Prove Jim Crow wrong!!
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