CLARKE, PRESSLEY, AND COLLEAGUES DEMAND INVESTIGATION INTO BLACK PEOPLE FOUND HANGING, INVOKES LEGACY OF LYNCHING IN AMERICA

Washington, Sept. 10 -- Congresswoman Yvette D. Clarke issued the following press release:

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 10, 2026 MEDIA CONTACT: e: [e-mail] c: 202.913.0126 Letter Comes Amidst Alarming Spike in Possible Modern-Day Lynchings Text of Letter (PDF) WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Congresswoman Yvette Clarke (NY-09) and colleagues, led by Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (MA-07), wrote to the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), demanding a thorough, transparent, and comprehensive federal investigation into the numerous incidents of Black people found hanging across the country. The letter follows a series of deaths that raise suspicion of foul play given the role of lynchi...