On this day in 1940, a young Black man named Jesse Thornton was abducted and lynched in Alabama after he addressed a white Alabama police officer without the title "Mr.” No one was ever prosecuted for his death.
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This was 49 years ago… all those racist white kids in the video are 55-75 today. They run the country, run the judicial system, serve as police chiefs, etc. Let that marinate, bro.