Earl D. Smith

By Blackmansstreet Today

Earl D. Smith, 58, a Black man, was found hanging from a tree in the middle of the day in Albany, New York, the capital city of the state of New York. His body was discovered on June 18 around 8 a.m.
Police removed his body from the tree and ruled his death a suicide, but others question their assessment.
Several neighborhood residents have posted on TikTok that Mr. Smith had been baptized recently, according to a GoFundMe page organized by Melissa Saunders, who writes that Smith was her uncle.
Mr. Smith was born on October 17, 1966. He was a husband, father, and grandfather, as stated in his obituary. He worked odd jobs, and one of his favorite songs was “Nuthin’ But a “G” Thang” by Dr. Dre.

Although police said his death was a suicide, others claimed he may have been lynched, which has been rampant throughout our history. There is considerable history to support that belief.
From 1882 to 1968, 4,743 lynchings occurred in the U.S., according to records maintained by the NAACP.
The highest number of lynchings during that period occurred in Mississippi, with 581 recorded. Georgia was second with 531, and Texas was third with 493. Lynchings did not happen in every state. There are no recorded lynchings in Arizona, Idaho, Maine, Nevada, South Dakota, Vermont, or Wisconsin.
Black people were the primary victims of lynching: 3,446, or about 72 percent of the people lynched, were Black. But they weren’t the only victims of lynching.
Some White people were lynched for helping Black people or for being anti-lynching. Immigrants from Mexico, China, Australia, and other countries were also lynched.