Black Truck Driver Javion Magee Passing Through Henderson, NC, Found Hanging; Police Deny Family Access to Body

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[Dennis Donovan]

1. Local story link (Trigger warning):

Concerns grow after alleged lynching of a Black man in Henderson, North Carolina

Javion McGee was found hanging from a tree in Henderson, NC, as his relatives question the official suicide ruling.

More at link - trigger warning - read article at own risk due to mention of suicide.

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[hlthe2b]

2. Taking this at (horrific) face value, sounds like someone should try to get a leading activist involved (lawyer Crump?)

Al Sharpton? ACLU in NC?

[ProfessorGAC]

7. Ben Crump Was The First Name I Thought Of, Too (nt)

[uponit7771]

22. Garland? ...I mean, he's the head of doj ..

[no_hypocrisy]

3. Lynching in NC

After all this time, racists still have that bloodlust.

Terrorism.

[Bayard]

4. I don't see how they can keep the family from seeing him

It might not even be him.

[dchill]

14. It would be embarrassing if he...

...beat himself to a pulp while hanging himself.

[Coexist]

5. that is so close to where I live

it's not on the local news? I'll keep looking - this is awful

[Dan]

6. I watched and listened to the video....

My thoughts that the police don’t want anyone seeing the “suicide victim” body is because of the beating that he had to administer to himself prior to the suicide.

Make America Great Again…. People are going to die trying to go back to the “good old days”.

[bluesbassman]

9. Yes, it's amazing how many defensive wounds you can give yourself during a suicide.

Not to mention the rope burns you get on your wrists when you bind your own hands.

[MyMission]

8. Henderson NC is Vance County

About 40 miles away from Raleigh, it's population is largely people of color, POC.
I'm horrified by this. It sends a message to the black community, and needs to be publicized and investigated.

I'm in Henderson county, which is in Western NC, 4+ hours away. At first I thought it happened near me. It might as well have.

[Emile]

10. Here is another news story about it.

https://www.wral.com/story/man-found-dead-near-henderson-with-rope-around-his-neck-sheriff-says/21623100/

[ffr]

11. Not found hanging, found with his back to a tree with a rope around his neck

A death investigation in Vance County is sparking questions and rumors online across the country.

Javion Magee, a 21-year-old truck driver from the Chicago area, was found dead in a rural area off Vanco Mill Road on Sept. 11. Investigators said he was not far from his truck, leaning with his back up against a tree and a rope around his neck.

https://abc11.com/post/javion-magee-death-henderson-nc-investigation-not-lynching-vance-county-sheriff-says-despite-reports-hanging/15299573/

[Susan Calvin]

16. Thanks. I thought the sheriff's statement was pretty weird.

"There's been information put out there that there's a lynching in Vance County. There is not a lynching in Vance County. The young man was not dangling from a tree. He was not swinging from a tree. The rope was wrapped around his neck. It was not a noose. There was not a knot in the rope, so therefore, it was not a lynching here in Vance County."

[Volaris]

23. oh OK everything's FINE then.

This Sherriff thinks there's a difference between red apples and green apples, because the subject matter isn't oranges. Fuck him.

[LymphocyteLover]

29. WTF! Insanity

[yardwork]

32. Ok, so I wonder what happened to him?

This doesn't sound like suicide.

Henderson, NC is just off a major highway, I-85, which is the thoroughfare from college towns up to Richmond and DC. It is a route for drug trafficking, among other things.

Vance County is a very poor, rural county. Two thoughts spring to mind: drug deal gone wrong, or vigilante white supremacists. I'm not confident in the Vance County law enforcement.

[obamanut2012]

12. Just a clarification: he was not found hanging

And please spare me the personal attacks. This is horrific, but he was not hanging.

[hack89]

13. He was seen buying the rope that was found around his neck

and he was not found hanging. Possible suicide.

[Susan Calvin]

18. That does kind of sound like how Robin Williams did it.

Although I must admit to not knowing any details of that, except that how they were found seems similar.

[John Shaft]

26. Ropes don't have to be "hanging" or even have a noose for there to be a lynching

they used to chain Black men to trees and burn them alive then hack pieces of the incinerated corpse for "souvenirs:" this is also considered lynching. Google "strange fruit USA lynchings."

[hack89]

27. I understand that

But given that he was found dead shortly after he bought that rope, there is a strong possibility of suicide. That's all.

[John Shaft]

28. It isn't uncommon for truck drivers to purchase cordage

A 21 year old truck driver who purchases rope doesn't point to suicide. The young man's personal possessions wouldn't be missing either.

[ecstatic]

36. Could be a crime of opportunity

A racist saw him purchasing the rope and killed him with his own rope.

[ecstatic]

35. There needs to be a full investigation

Even if he purchased that item, that doesn't eliminate the possibility that a cop or another person saw him make that purchase and pounced. That would be a very convenient crime of opportunity actually.

When you look at all the other surrounding circumstances and the way the police department is conducting themselves, there definitely needs to be vigorous investigation and follow up from the DOJ.

[PatrickforB]

15. We all know damned well this is a Klan message to intimidate black voters.

This needs to go viral.

[mucholderthandirt]

24. At this point we know no such thing. Let's not stir up trouble about something that may not be what you think.

Or do we become Vance and Trump, spreading lies without having any facts. Just because it's the South and a black man was involved doesn't mean it was a racist attack. Jumping Jeebus.

[TommieMommy]

17. This is beyond horrible. So very sad for his family. 🙏☹️

[Warpy]

19. He was young, employed, and just passing through the area.

Suicide? Unlikely, especially because hanging is such an unpleasant way to go. Driving full speed into a bridge support would have been more likely had he been suicidal. Suicide like this is a long shot.

Mom couldn't claim the body because of COVID RESTRICTIONS? HELL no. The cops know something and/or are in on it.
Will the family ever find out what happened? Probably not. I know the area, it's pretty desperate. Anyone who knows so,ething will be too afraid to talk.

Cops are going to have to do better than "he bought a rope at Wal Mart," trick drives do that alll the time when they feel a load shifting and need to tie it down more securely.

This story stinks to high heaven. I hope the state AG realizes how bad it looks and sends a team in to do a better job than those cops did.

[ms liberty]

30. NC AG is Josh Stein, currently running for Gov.

Dem AG candidate is Jeff Jackson.

[Kaleva]

31. Suicide by strangulation is a common method

Robin Williams, RFK Jrs first wife, my nieces daughter

"A new report from researchers with the Johns Hopkins Center for Injury Research and Policy finds the majority of the previously reported increase in suicide in the U.S. between 2000 and 2010 is attributable to an increase in hanging/suffocation, which increased from 19 percent of all suicides in 2000 to 26 percent of all suicides in 2010"

https://publichealth.jhu.edu/2012/baker_suicide

Your inaccurate first paragraph destroys the rest of your argument . If one is wrong with the opening statement, then everything that follows is suspect too.

[Warpy]

33. It's a pretty rotten way to go, the seconds crawling by as the panic builds

and the person finally blacks out.

Razors pain you;
Rivers are damp;
Acids stain you;
And drugs cause cramp.
Guns aren’t lawful;
Nooses give;
Gas smells awful;
You might as well live
--Dorothy Parker

[obamanut2012]

37. Men usually hang or shoot themselves

Being young, employed, and not from the area doesn't mean it wasn't suicide. Doesn't mean it was, but none of that is a "gotcha" that means he was murderer.

[uponit7771]

20. It will get worse under TFG

[Joinfortmill]

21. This doesn't sound good

[Emile]

25. An autopsy was scheduled to be performed Friday. How long

before they'll release what the cause of death is?

[ecstatic]

34. Holy crap!

The DOJ needs to be working on this NOW before too much evidence is lost.

[obamanut2012]

38. NC's AG is Josh Stein, not a wingnut