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AOC and Pressley Demand Federal Probe of Black Hangings

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  • Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Rep. Ayanna Pressley demanded a federal investigation into Black hanging deaths.
  • Their letter to Attorney General Todd Blanche and FBI Director Kash Patel cited ten 2026 Black hangings.
  • Police and medical examiners ruled most cases, including Robert Fuller (2020), as suicides.
  • Only the Mississippi hanging of Tasia Fortune remains a homicide probe, with her father arrested on weapons charges.