Death of Lennon Lacy

Lennon Lacy was a student attending West Bladen High School, in Bladenboro, North Carolina. On August 29, 2014, at age 17, he was found dead, hanging from the frame of a swing set in the center of a mobile home community.[1] The death was initially declared a suicide by North Carolina's Chief Medical Examiner, but Lacy's family believed that he had been lynched.[1] Lacy, who was black, had been dating a white woman, who also believed Lacy had been murdered, and who claimed neighbors had warned her that their interracial relationship was "not right".[2] In December 2014, the FBI announced it would investigate.[1] In June 2016, the conclusion of the FBI investigation was announced, having found "no evidence to pursue federal criminal civil rights charges".[3]

  1. ^ a b c Blackwell, Victor (December 15, 2014). "N.C. teen's hanging death ruled a suicide; mother says it was a lynching". CNN. Archived from the original on 2014-12-16. Retrieved 2014-12-15.
  2. ^ "Black North Carolina hanging victim's white girlfriend, 32, reveals neighbors had hassled them over interracial romance". Daily News. New York City. 2014-12-19. Archived from the original on 2019-09-21. Retrieved 2019-09-21.
  3. ^ Pilkington, Ed (June 19, 2016). "Was a black teen's hanging death a hate crime? The FBI answers, two years later". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 2019-01-07. Retrieved 2019-01-06.