Gov. Hogan pardoning 34 victims of racial lynching in Maryland
A spokesperson for the Maryland Republican said the sweeping pardon is the first of its kind by a governor.
FULL STORY HERE in Politico
Republican Governor Kay Ivey has been in office since April 10, 2017. So far as I can tell, the only pardons she has approved have been for Thanksgiving turkeys.
From The Equal Justice Initiative:
"EJI has documented 4,084 racial terror lynchings in 12 Southern states between the end of Reconstruction in 1877 and 1950, which is at least 800 more lynchings in these states than previously reported. EJI has also documented more than 300 racial terror lynchings in other states during this time period. In addition, for all the documented lynchings covered in newspaper reports, many racial terror lynchings went unreported and their victims remain unknown."
No comments:
Post a Comment