Danye Jones Was Lynched in 2018: We Should Be Talking About This More
24 year old Danye Jones was lynched in mid October in Missouri. Black men are still dying as a result of racist acts without getting the coverage and justice they deserve. Don’t let his story go unnoticed.
By: Omar Cook
Every parent’s worst fear is to find out that their child has died, but to find out that your son was lynched is a nightmare no parent should have to endure. On October 17, Melissa McKinnies found her 24 year old son, Danye Jones, hanging from a tree in their own backyard outside of St. Louis County, Missouri. The fact that this happened in 2018, just lets us know that we aren’t as progressive of a society as we think we are.
McKinnies found her son dangling from a bed sheet that did not belong to them and insists that her son was murdered even though the situation is being investigated as a suicide. McKinnies posted a picture of Danye’s lynching in a facebook post that has been deleted saying “This is what I woke up to. They lynched my baby,” she wrote. “I’m sick and losing my mind but I had to let the world see what they did to my baby.”
Melissa McKinnies was a prominent activist and protester in the city and helped setup protests during the Ferguson uprisings in 2014. “She said he was targeted and murdered in retaliation for her activism,” according to the Post-Dispatch. “They watched my house and when my husband and my son would approach the car, they would drive off,” McKinnies told KMOV-TV. This is the third death involving Ferguson activists as DeAndre Joshua, was murdered in 2014, and Darren Seals in 2016. Both of these men were found inside of vehicles that had been torched.
“Three untimely deaths in St. Louis County over the past four years have inspired speculation that Ferguson protesters are being systematically murdered,” The Washington Post reports, “although so far there is no evidence to suggest that the parallels are anything more than coincidental.” It’s unfortunate that black people can’t protest in this country without receiving threats or being ridiculed for speaking out on issues. NFL players kneel for situations like this, but there are people who choose to ignore that racism is still a major problem in this country, and will try to sweep the issues under the rug to fit their agenda.
McKinnies may have to face the harsh reality that this case may not get the justice it deserves. These are the types of stories that mainstream media needs to be covering but instead it’s up to black sources to cover our own stories. As a black parent, you almost have to be cautious every time your child steps foot outside of the house. It’s sad that there are people that are filled with so much hate that they have to murder someone because they have opposing beliefs. This is the America that we still live in. Racism is very much alive and black men are still dying as a result of it.
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Don Lemon: "The Biggest Terror Threat In This Country Is White Men"
CNN’s Don Lemon did nothing but tell us what we already know. "The biggest terror threat in this country is white men."
By: Omar Cook
CNN’s Don Lemon did nothing but tell the truth on Chris Cuomo’s show Monday night by saying what we already know. “We have to stop demonizing people and realize the biggest terror threat in this country is white men, most of them radicalized to the right, and we have to start doing something about them,” Lemon told Cuomo. “There is no travel ban on them,” he continued. “There is no ban on—you know, they had the Muslim ban. There is no white guy ban.”
I mean ask yourself, whatever color you may be that is reading this, did he lie? As fed up as Don Lemon is, i’m about fed up too because we give white people too many passes for the shit they be doing. White people have been doing evil things to humanity since the beginning of time but they love to pass the blame on other races for whatever an issue may be. White people literally had a whole system of slavery in this country, but are now somehow on high alert for “terrorists” of middle eastern decent, and fear for their safety by saying they need to build a wall to keep immigrants out.
Everyday, I become more under the impression that white people as a whole are delusional in the fact that they refuse to acknowledge their own wrong doings. Everyday Donald Trump says something thats off the charts racist, and yet he’s still in office. White people also threatened to boycott football games and burn up their nikes because they are upset that black people are tired of getting shot up by law enforcement and finally made a stand about it. Most of the biggest incidents in America, have come at the hands of white people (mass shootings. bombings, slavery, Jim Crow, Native American genocide, wars, etc, etc.)
Of course Don Lemon’s comments weren’t received with the best criticism. Donald Trump Jr let it be known how he felt.
Is Don Lemon really a moron for saying what’s real? If this post offended anyone, sorry but not sorry. People of color are offended every single day, and it’s encouraged by the man sitting in the oval office. Donald Trump Jr is quick to point out his outrage about Lemon’s comments, but how about putting the energy elsewhere? Like showing your outrage for the young black man, Danye Jones, that just got lynched in Missouri? That would be too much to ask for, to show compassion when black people need it most.
Don Lemon thank you for keeping it 100, because in this day and age, our voices will go uncensored.